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IK , . . . . . - r ' '*i' i j' jj' 'l""^'^i^'"J'':'"'^ ^^ ^ '' r'^1 ?BWTBB TO MT1RATURB, THE ARTS, SCIBHCS, AGRICULTURE NEWS, POLITICS &C., &C~ ."V, "t , ; . ? * ?> ->; , _ -^_^__^_il__ TERMS TWO DOLLARS PER AWHUM,] **** il ** Instilled Into the Hearts of your Children that the liberty of the Press Is the Palladium of all your Rights."?-Junius. [PAYABLE IK ADVAHC t ^ 1 I. 1 * v Vi - i ' iBYW. A. LEE AND HU&H WILSON. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1859. - , VOLUME VII,~NO. 31 THE INDEPENDENT PRESS, BY LEE & WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C. Two Dollars, in Advance, or Two . Dollars and Fifty Cents at the Expiration of the Year- < 2 , All subscriptions not limited at the j irae of subscribing, will be considered a ndefinite, and w.ill bo continued until arrear- ' ages arc paid, or at the option Of the Ptopriv- tors. -Orders from other States must invariably f be accompanied with the Cash. j *" " ' -' - - " ( AT SEA. BY H. W. LONGKELLCW. The night was made for cooling shade. For silence, and for sleep, 1 And when I was a child, I laid, ** ^ My hands upon my breast and prayed, And sank to slnmbers deep; Childliko as then, I lie to night, ..V And watch niy lonely cabin light, 1'Tacli movement of the swaying lamp, I Shows how the vessel reels; t As o'er the deck the billows tramp, C And all her timbers Btrain and cramp, 6 "Willi every shock she feels; v It starts and'shudjors, while it burns, Ii And in its hinged socket turns, t Kow swinging slow, and slanting low, It almost level lies; ^ And yet I know, while to an J fro 8 I watch the scorning pendule go "With restless fall and rise, ? The steady shaft is still upright, '' Poising its little globe of light, ^ fi O hand of God! O lamp of peace 1 T O promi?o 6f my soul! T Though weak and tossed, and ill at ease u Amid tlie roar of einitiiig seas, 1< The ship's convulsive roil, It 5 own, "with love and tender owe, ( ) e "You perfcct type of faith and law ! tl A heaVenly trust my spirit calms! My eoul-with light; The ocean singa bis solemn psalms, .. "Tile wild winds chant?I cross my palms, Happy as if to niglit Under the cotiace roof again . T 1 -1 II 1.I-1 - ? a uudiu wuc uuiuuig auuiiner ram, -* ' -? [.dl/tlliftC. - REFUSES FOB THE UNMLAREIAKAfiLS. f ?George milliard, in one of Ijis capital letters from London to tlio^^uston Courier, -j *peaka*bf a class of "sojourners in London tl who are men of birtli and breeding, but noi !> ,possessed of an income sufficient to marry 81 ?for marriage, here, upon a small income " "is a solemn thing?who have no homes, or 'rather houses, of their own, and pass their v ilives.iu lodgings with occasional visits to ti the continent," etc. lie then proceeds to (' speak of the "club life," which is the substi- ^ >tute, to such men. for domestic bliss :? ' ... ' c "^Bat'thero is one elemeut in the life of D such a man which I have not stated : he c -would, almost i .variably, bo member of tl someone'of the many clubs in London, o which are such characteristic features of * fi unodern London life. Iu his club ho would tfind all tbe material comforts of the most lf (luxurious home, at a very moderate ex- 8j f>ense:?a well-chosen librarv : nil the lan/1. ~ in reviews, magazines, and newspapers,' -tl foreign and domestic ; pen, ink and paper; the attendance of well-trained servants; 11 &bd besides these, be may take all bis p meals at tbe club, and upon any scale of h expense that he chooses. xlubs are tl fucceasful applications of aggregation . or combination which lies at the bottom of 1: bo many tff the socialistic schemes of the * f>reseritftlay: the principle is right, and the . only question is bow far it can be carried, t] Unj. fartbeciliaQ it baa been done in . the 1 London club. The principle is, tbat what is 1 done for many more cheaply in proportion to l! the numbers, than what is done for one? 0 you can feed or warm a hundred for a sum a; lewihaif a hundred times what it takes to p Vrarm-obf A thousand persons dub to- ti gather aod-pay seventy-five dollars each; ^ 'this wilf erect and furnish a large and hnnd- R some bnitdiog, and then each of these per- n sons %ill pay thirty dollars a year,^hich 0 **QE?ippply an fMom?'-to; tarry (t* on. R Though s thousand persons 'hjwe. :a . right ' tprU*d tbeqlob, yet iiotjnore tiiati fifty :pr VbandfetJ are actually using it at any one g( time." ./> . Q { -i? li ? ubvauihu i^iA^NKRs.?mere are a ibou- ci aand pretty, ep^agiog little way* wf&b evtfp ^erto^njaypat<m* wUboot nmnimr the risk "of being deem ed eUber affected or 43 foppiah. Tha sweet -fimile, the quiet, cor- * dial bow, the earnest movement in address- B lag ft friend, or more especially a etraDger t\ whom ooe may lecommeaft to oar 'good -w <?***. >* - ^ I ^ COMMUNICATED. TAX COLLECTORS AND TREASURERS OF THE BOARDS OF COMMISSIONERS, AND THEIR COMMISSIONS. (rUBLXSIlED UY REQUEST.) (COMMUNICATED.) Mr. Editor?Sir: It is not my business or suatom to write for tho press, but wilh 3*our permission I will offer some suggestion through Llie columns of the Batiner. ! have recently iccn a list of tho Acts passed by our last Legql nhi ra nnrl trr nntr woha nnoaA/1 ftmi ' ihonld not hfcYe "been I shall not atempt to iay ;"butl will endeavor to show that they ailed to pa;s Or amend Acts that should have, >ecr, and in consequence of w1iic'h, the Tax 3olkctors cf the State and the Treasurers of he Hoards of Commissioners will this year eceivu of the tax payer's money, the sum of ?wenty Five Thousand Dollai-s, over and above , full compensation for their services. This, have no doubt, will be regarded as rather a lold assertion. I shall attempt, however, by acts and figures, to prove it The Comptroller General of the State, as I 11 hink, very property, rccommendcd to the .egislature in 1837, the propriety of reducing 1 Iterate of Commissions allowed to the Tax 8 Collectors, stating the present rate of Commis- c ions was affixed when the amount of Taxes 1 ras one half less than at present. Since the ^ urge increase of the Taxes of the State, to re- 1 am the old rates of Commissions is unfair nnd " ngeneroua, thus to pny one set of officers v louble the vnlue of their services, while others ' re poorly paid. c Tho Legislature, however, failed to enrr}* " ut the Comptroller's recommendation. I think n owever, it was generally expected that tire 1 legislature in 1858 would acton it, but they '' tiled to do so. Aud although they raised the e 'axes of Mi<? Onn TTnmlpoi? nn.l l.'iftvr ll 'housand Dollars, the old rate of Commissions a rSS continued, which will give tho Tux Col- P ictors this your upwards of nine thousand dol- 'I irs additional pay over last year, arid, I shall I1 ndcavorto show they should have received f liat amount less than last year, mahing eigh- f< 2on thousand dollars this year- over and above n full compensation for their services. There are forty si.\ Tax Collectors in the h tale, one (the Tax Cellcctor of Charleston) ? eceives, aa commisssons, four per cent, on 0 ivcnty five thousand dollars, and one per cent n n the balance of kw collections ; ten collectors 'J eceive five per cent.; thirty-threo receive f even per cent,; and two receive ten per cent. I find the average wilt be about six and a 0 ourtli rcrcent , a Now, sir, I have no doubt but the General c 'axes of the State will amount to six hundred j, liousand Jollnrs, and the District Taxes, two g undred thousand dollars more, makirif th<> um of eight hundred thousand dollars. Tliis t six and a fourth per cent, will give the 9nnd sum of fifty thousand dollars as com- ] lissions to bo divided between forty-six men j 'ho, in discharging their duties, will occupy toe varvini' from thren to t.i>n #>nr.li u [lerlinps the Collector of Charleston may re- 1 uire twelve weeks, for which he Will receive I pworJa of four thousand dollars.) But I will j nrry the calculation a little further; I have ^ o doubt hut an average of seven weeks will over Ihe time of each Tax Collector, making le entire time occupied by the Tax Collectors ^ f the State, about three hundred and twenty I reeks. for which they will receive this year r fly thousand dollars, paid in advance. *] Now, sir. my position is, that the last Legis ^ iture should have reduced the rate of Commlsons to at least an average of four per cent. ^ hich would have paid the Tax Collectors of t ie State the sum of thirtv-two thousand dot- ? irs, or one hun&fed dollars for each week'n 0 *r vices, paid in%tqvMee. Is any reasonable r i*n prepared to say that one handred dollars ^ week is not ample pay. Aqd this would ave saved to the State the sum of eighteen r lonsand dollars this year. a V I ! -- V * * - -1 '? * * ii?w, mi, uuving, as 1 mime, Known lhal tlie r ist Legislature should have amended the Act ? rhich provides the rate of Commissions to the ^ 'ax Collectors for receiving the State and Disrict Taxes, I now come to say something of ' lie amount of commissions received by the F reasnrers of the Boards of Commissioners t hroughout the State. I take it for granted ( ]at the law is unifortn. and tbnt the Commis- , oners in the different Districts Rod Parishes y .? : ^ rtbe St&* receive the same, rate of commisions. I shall btfse my calculations on the Re- ? orts of the Commissioners of Abbeville Disrict. An/1 T vnnlil iiint li?f? r?m?rt t.Tiat. if AK. ^ eville delegation had taken a glance at the J Reports made lost Octotiifc Court, by theTrcas- ii rers of the Boards, and especially the Report r f the General Board of (he Commissioners of ^ oads, whose Coam iselone amounted to the :m of four'hundred and thirty dollars, for 1 boat one day's labor, they would have seen ^ le propriety of amending the Act which gives c leUvpay. TboXreasurers of tb?Gojniat#?k>ners e f Poor and Publico Buildings, is tbeir pub- g slied Reports have ebown, reoeive five per ent. commissions for receiving the Taxes from io ColUetor and piying it oat?; I ' i . 'Iv _ - ' k .1 tpv? aeon no published Re porta of the #tmo?M$onwt of ibttda, for aevernl ye?rs, 1 ntil last October. But I understand for the C five y??te the T? r4ij*#rera of the General ojrd haTe'VleeeWed fijp per'cent. comtnU- n on? on tbe wbde amount of Ihe Bridgi Taxea rhi^3?iW^a, T*x .GfojMtor 0 fownrefri o* tt?e Sob 1 varue. xuo x reuureri ei uiVBut tff#rds ft 4V? etch revived twenty dollars annually, a ni tlieti<ierdfe^Df-'8ie Gen?r*l Board,' Mn ^ oll^vre, (if -^fflBover in the Report that the toMuret ot the TJpp?r B*ludjp?o?rd lut vetr ^ ?Iu?id tin M?f?^ * ' oifcbcrta^Brid^T^tf'AbboMeDis- I rfet And *<> BgSflge tafc**-*** usually as i wy ?? ^ *y i MM UiliiflM^RaniL kwniTOi* tKnn 1 1 dollars for the Treasurers of the Poor, Road and Publio Buildings throughout the State, and this I regard as at least seven thousand dollars more than it should be. It is to be borne in mind that the commissions, though they are ] large, are not their only incomethey frequently hive large amounts Cf cash on hand which they use three or Fix months Without accounting ' for interest, and I will juBt here (ako the last < Reports of the Treasurers in our own District for example. They had cash in hand the first of October over fivn Llimisnml ilnllnro Ihi* was in their hands for three months at that time, (tho first of July Seing the time pros- < :ribcd by law for the Tax Collector making | settlement with the Treasurers,) and I presume < the most of this sum remained in their hands to the first of January, say six months. This it the legal interest, would give them the sum , >f oue hundred and seventy-five dollars. Is my reasonable man prepared to say that tho Jse of this money for six months without inter- v :st is not ample compensation for receiving the { noney from the Tax Collector, counting it over ] ind charging themselves with the same! , Now, sir, my position is, tho Treasures of the | Boards of Commissioners throughout the Slate I hould only receive two and a half per cent, f :ommiBsion instead of six, and this would save c hree and a half per cent, this year on two hun- r Ired thousand dollars, or the sum .of seven -c I .1-11 tl: JJ..1 ?_ r_i. - iiuuouuu uuiKiirs JLIIID uuucu lo II10U8- ? ,nd of additional or extra pay to the Collector, t vill make the sum of twenty-five thousand dol- i; irs. You and your reader h&ve these farts and r alcnlations to examine. If my propositions are a uir, and the calculations correct, I think I have r ?ade out my case?that fur want of Legislation J Ircre will be twenty fiv?. thousand dollars of the \ , T .... . - ' ' |iuujiit: ? money expended 11119year without any t quivalcut. This sum,'of course, is not* very i irgc for Ihe Stutc of South Carolina to give way, but, sir, it might have been applied to } ay the interest 011 soma of the Stale debts, ot I r the Legislature had granted aid to tho Blue \ tidj?e Railroad it would have paid interest 011 I jut hundred thousand dollars, at six and a D jurlh per conl., which would have kwt it in < lotion. I havo only to Bay, iu conclusion, sir, that I v ope this subject be. taken up by sonie per- F on more capable thanmyself, and discussed, l ud when the uext Legislature assembleq^tlicy 8 lay see the propriety of acting in the case.? v ["he remedy ? with thatbudy, and should they C ail to reduce the present rate of commismonaaN t awed to the Tax Collectors, and the Treasurers f the Beards of Commissioners of Poor, Roads c .nd Public Buildings throughout theStale, 1 shall e oncludo that the men holding these offices, ti uve strong friends in the Legislature of our j, tato. t] A TAX PAYER. a Hon. JonN Y. MASON.-^MiniBter to ^ France, died in that country on the second $ nstant. Mr. Mason was born in Virginia, fi bout the year 1765. In 1810 be grad- b mted at the University of North Carolina " le devoted himself to tho study of tho law jj uimediately after his graduation, and rapi- 0 lly attained distinction in his profession, b or some years be occupied tho office of 0 udge of the District Court of "Virginia, ictween tlie years 183*7, be act$l as th? . cpresentativo of his native state in Congress. e( .'he prominent part which he took in poli- a ical affairs, and the ability which he dis- a ilaycd, gained him a seat in Tyler's Ca- 11 >inet? He accepted the appointment of S lecretary 01 iue .wavy unaer tnat JfresiUer p n tbo fourteenth of Ma rob, 1??4, an i( esigned the position on the thir^ of March tl 845. He was not, however, permitted to 1> emain long in private life. Preqjdent Polk b ssigned himJ.be position of Aittorney-Geneal in bis Cabinet. Mr. Mabon occupied, bis post but a short time. In 1846 be Cl ras transferred to the .Navy Department, fa ?itb the duties of which his previous ex- b erience rendered him more familiar. Upon n be accession of General Pierce lo office, Jenersl Mason was selected for the French J, niasion, and at once proceeded to Paris, w r.1 1.-1 !_.J l . ucip un uua rouiuiueu WllUOUl IDieiTQlSSlOD e rom that period until bis death. 0 b Mr. George Vandb rho??.?ThU dis- ft inguiBbed elocutionist, is creating quite a utore, we notice by our western exchanges a tbe various cities in Wbich be is giving u eadings. At St. Louis, be was engaged E or four evenings, and read from shakes- U ebb, Sheridan, Dickens, and the poets. E [lie Mercantile Library Asaoci^ion of that o >ity paid bim tbe highest price Jfer reading b ver given by it to any gentkman who hat. a .ppeared in the lecture hall the society, a Fhe Missouri Republican thus Speaks of-his b Cvenihg with Sheridan?"Mr. Vandkjt- 1 low introduced the celebrated oodttdy vt>f It ha "Biwale.' with a. ikatoh of th? lifo ?n<? a ?ni* * . . >. r "MM areor of Shsridan, and remarks on the e ige in wliich be lived and- ?parkled/and u rrote?of the origin of h\h firit comedy^ T >f bia marriage, elopement, and duels, eta- h ruciafcall the principal incidents from bia * cbool-boy daya to the boar of hi? deatb; * 11 - r m. 4ii 1 i-J- .? > ii oi wpm ww k BHioj prwuae w mo : Bfiding of the'{dtp. Mr. Vahdknhopf's ?> etidition of the play tUalf was remarkabUr <1 ;ood, and bis rapid ohafigo from one chafac- ir ar to another, and hfa adnrtr* le persooation of Sir Aotboop Alxwtfltt, E ^ ii UTOtaWW by esolAiQiog, "How I o y^njdTO^^k wi^lr ? u WKITTKN VOE THE 1'RIM. JOHN'S BAPTISM. NO. 2. 1. " By what formula) did John administer Buptistn ? 2. Was John's Bapt'um Christian Baptism f 3. If John's baptism was Christian B.iptism why were tho people who submitted to it baptizd? 4. Why was our Lord Jesus Christ baptized? 6. And, upon what profession of Faith i 0. What does baptism represent! 1. If it represents the burial And resurrection if Christ, what represents the descension of he Holy Ghost, or, the baptism of the Holy jliostf 8. By what mode wa3 baptism administered ? 9. If by immersion, eoow how "into means it\dert" I now proceed to notice the third Query. "If John's Baptism was Christian Baptism, vliy wero the people who submitted to it re bapized?" Suppose the Disciples Paul found at Iphesus had been baptized by John and aftervards re-baptized ut Ephesus. This could not tare proved John's baptism was not Christian mptisin, for there is no intimation of any deect in the ordinance as practised by him, but rnllie other band the fact that the Savior subletted to it, is a proof of its perfection as an irdinancc, and tire Appointment of John by the invior is a proof that there was no defect In ho administrator. The natural inference then 5, that the defect which rendered re baptism icccesary was in tbe candidates. The objection issumcB the very thing to be proved?that their e-bnptism was rendered necessary because ohn's baptism was not Christian baptism; vhioli is nowhere intimated. But, if true, llie ruth of it would!of course, fall upon my Querst. But if this is a case of Re-baptism it is periaps the only ?no Tccord?d in the Scriptures.? 'uter, Phillip, Andrew, Nathaniel and Apollos, mil many others, ?nbrnitted only to John's isptism, afcd yet these labored by the m>poinlaest of Christ under the Christian dispensaion, -even admitting that tliat dispensation did rot commence until the ascension of tho Saior. What would the oue caso at Ephesus rove agaiuBt bo many / But I again repeat hat if all had been re-baptized, and their caes reported by the sacred historians, they rould not have proven that John's was nc4 Jbriatian baptism, unless, my Querist wfll prove hat they were baptized for this reason. Zt would be <$@cult to provfe4h&t these Disiples were re-baptited tit nlkvj believe, howver, they were. I will now proceed to give he most probable reason why they were* nud , j doing so, I will give my Methodist' Brother lie authority wd&ave for baptizing those who re so frequently leaving his Society for tiro urpose of Uniting with the Baptist Church. It is fi?t said these Twelve were baptized yJohn, but "unto John's Baptisn)/' These ;om their distance from Palestine had probaly heard vague and erroneous reports conccrn lg John's baptism?perhaps they were entire1 ignorant of the qualifications required by ini preparatory to tho administration of the nlinftiiPA * nr fcliA , , ? -J ccn entirely incompetent, either on account f ignorance concerning what John Ujijglit, or 'om not being duly appointed to thi^^fork? aul's conversation with them seems very cleary to imply that there was a want of proper iutruction, either in the candidates, or, in the drainistrator. If Mr. Wealey could organize Society ''on his own book" becoming her twgiver, and dispensing, as be did, with the criptural Qualifications for bfrtotism bv adher ? ?* g to the practice which hie Chureh ^that of Ingland,) had borrowed from the Church of '.orae; surely is it not unreasonable to suppose ist a similar thing was done in a lesser enghtened age of the world. And if our pedo nptist brethren re-baptizo those who come to ieir communion from the Papal Church, sure* j they can never cennuro us for baptiting those ho come from their Societies to our Church, specially when we remember the well known ict that in several respttots (such u mode of nl!am anil ifo onltiA/tfta #?!?#> iMttt mI* lent, Ac,) there is a much taorS intimate re* itionship between their Societies and the Paul Church, than their is between theirs and * * uro. If, therefore, the. Disciplc3 at Ephesus, 'era re-baptized because they had not complii with the tecg^of the commission, surely all there who havefailedlo complv with it should e re baptized on appfioatioitto our Churches >r ?emb<rahip. ' HottSnous wonic.--^n attV*ctivo rol- . mo baa just appealed from "the press of tinni._ A J fuuu auuvo' icmil. CUUUOU) "AUU AUV6UH ires of Mr. Verdant Greeny' by Cutbbert k'do, one of the acknowledged humorist* f England. It is a capital after-dinner ook?one to louDgs over when, (be nuts nd wine being disposed of, a desire lo be toosed and instructed, with the least: powile exertion on our own pari, possesses as. bit work delineates Soglish college-life..1 [r. Verdant Green is an oifintd mllnmAt*. 1 - - V~v ? to . ho portrays the^ different stages of^ hisi areer from bis initiation as a fresh man nlil be taker bis degree*"and is marrie?$ | he book dboopds with strokes of. riohr. umor and sprightly description. The ork, as published in En?te&d,*lx>ing filled ith extensive ptate* va^too cotfly to' be iy_v_ _ .i ii,i. ? ' ;U.i *_ &U? a ?W?in New-Yofk the Lfibo? publish?' 8toreotyp**j?U of th^g^uft, , lcludio^the tbont* ikj oopie? yi un mrpifMHjpia in * ' THE HtfSBAHD WHO WAf TO BIIITD THE HOUSE. Once on a time there was a man so surly and cross, ho never thought his wife did anything right in the house. So, one evening, in hay making time, became scolding and swearing, and showing his teeth and making a dust. 'Dear, lavcr, don't he so angry ; there's a good man,' said his goody ; 'to-njprrow let's chango our work. I'll go out with the uviTcia anu iiiuvt 1W1U jTOU BUail lllinU IUO ! house at home.' Yes, the husband thought "that would do very well?he wa9 quite wiiiing ho said. So, early next mornlBg, his goody took a scythe over her neck, and went out into tho hay field with the mowers, and began to mow, but tho mau was to mind the houso and do the work at homo. T?:_i _it i - ? x-irai, ui an, ue wanna to ctiurn tlie butler, but when be bail churned a while, he got thirsty, and weo^.down to the cellar to tap a barrel of ale. So, just when be hail knocked in the bung,and was putting the tap into the cask; bo heard overhead the pig corno interfile kitchen. Then off ho ran up the cellar steps with the tap in his band, as fast as be could, to look after th e pig lest it should upset tho churn ; but when he got up and saw the pig bad already knocked the churn over, and slooJ tb ere, rooting and grunting amongst the creatu which was running all over the floor, be got so wild with rage, that be quite forgot the ale and ran at the pig as bard as bo could. lie caught it, just as it run nnf r?f /Iaai-o orwl VV.% v. turn It OUC1I it JVltb) that piggy lay for dead on the spot. Then all at once he reraoiiibcuid ho had the tap iu his hand ; but when ho got down to the co liar, every drop of ale had run out of the casu. Then be went into the dairy and found enough cream to fill the churn again, and so bo began to churn, for butter they must have at dinner. When ho had churned a bit, ho remembered that their milking cow was shut on in tho bver. and hadn't had a bit lo cat or drop to drink ail the morning, though the 6un was high. Then all atonco he thought' twas too far to tako her down to tbe meadow, so ho'd just get her on the houso top?-for tho house, you must know, was thatched with sods, and a fino tjtop .of grass was growing there. Now their house lay close up against a steep down, and ho thought if he has laid a plank across to the thatch at tho back, ho'd easily get the cow up. 13utstill ho couldn't leavo tho churn, tor there was Lis little babe crawling about on tho floor, an 1 'If I leave it,' ho thought, 'the child is sure to upset it.' So ho took the cliurb on his back, and went out with it; but then he thought he'n Kflcf firot lirofnr tKn l%rv tnmiA/1 VVU? Miu. OMVVI kUU \j\J ? UUiUlO ug IUI1IUU her out on the thatch ; so ho took up a bucket to draw water out of tho well, but as he stooped down at tho well's brink all the cream ran out of the churn over bia shoulders, and so down into tho well. Now it waa rSftr dinner limo, and bo hadn't even got tho butter yet,; so he 1 thought he'd best boil porridge, and filled tho T?ot with wator, and hung it over tho ' fire. When ho had done that, he thought the _ cow might perhaps fall off the thatch ' and bjs^Lher legs or her neck. So he got up<on^pfTicma6 tQ tie her up. One end of the- rope he made fast to the cow's neck, ( aD^theyOther 60 slipped down tho ohimnev and tied round'his own thigh ; and he had to mako ha?(j5,for the water now began to *oiI iu the pot, and he bad stiU, to grind the \ Afltmaal 1%A <* ? ? ? ? * * * vuvmtoK uy gliuu HWHJ' j UUl | while he was bjird at it, down fell (he cow , off tbe housetop after all, and as she fell, ( sho dragged the man up tbe cbitnney by , the roDe. - Tbera Iia ntiip.lr fust oncl f?? the-coW,?h?d_ down tti&' jfeffl.' ,J ?w>n|ii)g^ iotreen .1$*^*' ^?Mj?B^<br s sh?jfc?u1(i neithdr got down t Anilgtftiow had waj|?djf9*en v lepgtbs And aeven breadths for her husband? c to come and dfll her home to cUiiner; Jflpp] never ?,^all bad. At last, she thooghfcla, .fruited long enough and went home.* j, But^.iihftn she got there and saw thecgy a ??&N$, -in each an pb?*i aha ran^p t and ?ai the rope in twd or" fofthc. v ^Butas she did this down s out of, thocbimoey ; And RO,Vtfb&oBl?fw % th* ." #?r^aa |?i?JVorw Tales. V ", ^<^N.-*-#here#iB Kptli-if fnr/a* < " "/TO be pays ? lipp v- ?>.?<?,' c'V;. , W 4: I I ? will HOW THE ABOLITION DOCTORS DISAGREE. Greeley, in his labored defence, of the assassin Brown, says that bo was driven into his present coOrso by the conduct of the 'Border Ruffians that ho had gone to Kansas to settle as a pcaceable citizen, but was attacked by tho pro slavery men, his property destroyed, o:c. All this had rendered him desperato, and ra&dc him anxious for vengcr.nce. The argument of Greeley is ergo, tho "Border Ruffians' aro rcspon sioio ior liio Harper's lerry conspiracy. Now all this stuff is hii'ked over both by Drowflfc hiinsclf and his dear friend Jani3. Iledpath, a correspond mit of th e Tribune Brown said, in a recent conversation with Senator Mason, 'that ho did not goto Kansas to settle, bui because of the difficulties. Now, bear what Red path says, which entirely corroborates what Urownsays of him- I self; | Tor thirty years ho (Brown) seoretlyJ ctiemueil tlio idea of being the loader of scrvilo insurrection ; tlio American Moses, ine-deatincd by Ojgmjpolenco to lead tlio scrvilo n:ilir>n in nut- R/?iii ?? freedom; if necessary, through the Red Sea of civil war, 6f rapes. Tt was no 'mad idea,' 'concocted at n lair in Cliio,' but a ' mighty purpose, bora oT religious convictions, which he nourished in his heart for a half a life-time. When tho horizon of freedom looked gl.'Oiny in Kansas, ho took leave of his wife and tho younger children, and, with several of his sons-^-four or five ' of them?went out to Kansas. Ho thought tho hour was nnnrr?n<-liiiirr i'w liie ir/M-lr ? ?> - 11 - o "W.a. iw bcpin.' Now wo see what all Greeley's excises for Old Brown amount to. It is proves conclusively tliat ho went to Kansas not as a peaceful seltler,? but for the purpose of doing just tcltal lie had done in Virginia^ and tbe 'llepublicau' preachers and politicians supplied.- him thero with Sharp's rifles to do what ho has now ijone. Ac _.i:?? i). .1....i. i !_ ' tuiiuujj iu ii, ins purpose^nas always been tho same.Surely this revelation throws great light upon Kansas affairs, and proved what has often been'contended, that tho LJlaek Republicans' supported theso wretch> es 111 .Kansas for the purpose of forcibly attacking the institutions of the South. Of course tbousauds wero**'dclui^fed* into the belief that it wa3 - all done as a defetico i against t'io Missouririns, but the leaders knew better all th'e time.?fiV. Y. Bay Book. ' Always Pomte.?Once in a wWta even ladies aro met with who are i^dt&frpoliLb as they should bo; and occasionally^J&rey meet their match. - * The Columbus train was unusually full; from Ibis city to Bcrea. However, fi gentlo man occupied one whole seat to himself and his wife nuotber to herself. tli ey were strangers To this part of tli'o country, were good clotbers, and Apparently thought tboy were rather more pumpkins than other* were. The lady was young, and bad tantalizing Curls. In Amn n rslpnsnnt o 1 ,vv""8 lady, also young, but without tantalizing curls, and commenced looking for a seat. | "IsjJiis seat engaged ?" she affably 6aid io me imiy wuti curls. "I calculate to occupy if myself," was the reply. "Is anybody occupying itjjitb you V "That makes no difference?I mtend to iccupy it myself." / Will you see me stand up?''' "Yott can do a9 you please." "Well, I think I will sit down." * So saying, the pleasant lady sat dtjwn, jut instead of striking the seat slio found lcrsclf in the lap of the lady with curls vho had suddenly moved with tbo intention >f blocking the pleasant lady, out. 'Very veil," said the latter, as pleasant as a mor?ing' "I a in comfortable enough." But fa$)ftdy was not. Tbo mountain of con oUdatodTsrinoJioe was riffKr too much for n*rr?w spaco; bcsWtas, the pleasfttiflady 1 yas rather heavy; and curls'dartod fiogcgly.J 1 >at <jf the scat and darted into the hpxt car. , ?hefclcasant lady, when she found .that sTie tad the seat all to hmelf, leaned back an3 aughed outright. Xhflgfe^btttbaod bad. ; woke from a expressed-a desifb somebody?Hifdo't^gjaotJy know ?ho-rfof insulting his WW, but IS? paa DgorB 1 jjughdd hjra out of it The p lea- . MVitlrfd* a*id A ft A *ToA Sti^A iral?' ?Clevtfaiid Ptaindrtfer. ' . *\ Dcrfeiif an bcoKiron^j JarU, and '. . : v.?C:>. " ' - ' info- :. v. -.- 'i E X C E it T S. Though a good life may not silence cal urriny, it wrll disarm ill ?v Whoever writes or acts by system* may stand n chance ofbeiDg uniformlywrong. Anindirect way of getting a drink of water at a boarding-house, is to a?k for 4 third CJp of tea. sjThe gentleman wbolfe lips pressed a lod^'i "snowy brtiw,1" did fi^t'c-'^h cold. * A poor spirit-h poorer than a poor piH&e. ! A very few pounds a year would easo a raa"a of the scandal of avarice. ^ ; A Icllow not on good ttnns with liis boots, bad the impudence to remark tl^at be comH 'soil tbcm easily enough, -because they by.', been half Boled once. 1 Equivocal.?A writer in once of our ! lodnl papers speaksrof a friend* of bis thai ! lias alwHys been accustomed to tbo peri. Is t]r^B}6tfd an author or a goose ? "John,"said Browne to bis son, "John; you are lazy ; yftiSt on earth do you expect to do for a living!"?"Why, father, I've boon thinking as how I would bo a railway director." ^ rtaiuro lias givcu woman twq painful^ but heavenly gifts, which distinguish them; raid often raise thern abovo human nature compassiotl and enthusiasm.?Lamar^xnt. Wit may be a thing of puro imagination; but humor involves sentiment and chancer: u??? ?i-.i- - "" Jul jo v>i n guuiai quality, ana is cioseiy all'.ed to pity. How small a portion of oiir UVea is that wc truly enjoy ! In youth we are looking f.,.. 1 ?- ?i--*? . *4'" I .vinniu iui luuiya maiaru 10 come; id <ji<1 age wo look backward td thirigs that' are past. ^ Wherever there ia au tborityj. tWe; ia-i natural inclination to disobedience. " "it waa 60 with ourflrst parents, and it his .over beeti so with all their descendants. Upon matters whiclj-are affected by feeling and sentiment, the judgment of womari [jsurpassos that of taian ; ber more sensitive nature carries her to hei(?ffts wbich .his coat^ * ser nature cannot reach.Some <iay it will be foiltod liiat to,*tfKiig -J' ? > nnu a gcillUL Udvmns,n gyud temper, and a liappy *fraiiJe bTmiod, itf1 A greater effort lhap to perfect bitfi'm manf accomplishments. * v . + Aim at perflation'in everything, though in most thinjfra it is unattainable: however they who aim at it, afad-'^iifsever*,'' wiji come much nearor to it than'.-those whose lazicSaa and dapondency it up as unattainable. .*^S? TTTt -*t I. . 1 '*"> w nen *onnire was ipiu iuai a ujena oi Lis w;is studying; to bucoaie^ plrtAicfnn',lfd exclaimed, "Why will.hg Be bo mean i Hs will bare to thrust drugs of which he knows little, into a body bf Knows leas: A would be wit Ji^Sfbg fired off all his .stale jokes without effect, at last exclaimed t never laiugh tftien Isay^good tbjo? I'?"Don't "Ported too with ohe:w .>%' >. ,. . - ~ . fki ;'A-~ AC*? ' vv.1 a reprosj^jiayon 01 ittozam, W0*1 Giovanni,'" aryoung coxcomb Ji6otN<L^ loud Certain airt bf the cpem^ijs all his DeigbfebtS. Afl'"6iuateur,%'ii5 Bat,, beside fiim ur^ableWb heifr loW_ Raid nloutfc^What n fool me ?" Ba??j|?fr tro\ib1e&0ttio ,/dtoi^ "Nffigir. Ccbmp^iilS^tarib.JfthbJarereot* my hearing you." " "Ma*sTotn_l Tom; bowse I gwinelo get downKdae?lN?p ''Come down the wfatyr #ay .up; LI -.t.1 . i ? J ./jwII /'ikjl ypu oiocKueaa i rentea toe oing up to see #Uat ,ttie jn^Waf. f **tte A3 mo way afc I eg. 1704;"amidW tbt p^arl*,and pliimetljrtfe M?^J|rjady whfckahwui 9re*a tousl^W iipiMfrplo from a - kf oakr &p . ^fc" fr,UK^nK rti^nA-^ HlnMVlPQHl3in2tf09Wfr? ' ^1