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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL
VOLUME 3. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, MAY 7, 1852. NUMBER 37.
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TO THE PUBLIC. t
NO. 1. a
Dr. Bellinger as an Alderman before the City
* Council, denying the right of protection of the j
City Authorities to a Protestant Clergyman, r
who was threatened by a mob?His uncalled t
for attack on the Moral Teachings of the " Chief ^
Reformer"?Receives the sanction and aid of
the Church. ^
The public is so fully aware of all the circura- v
stances which have compelled me to enter into Sl
this discussion that they need no explanation.?
The multiplied calls on my time and ray periud j(
of life would lead me infinitely to prefer the rest ^
and quietude of my own thoughts, agreeable stu- tj
dies and ministerial labours and associations, to the ^
excitement and often embittered feelings, which ^
are engendered by a religious controversy. When t(
however, great principles are to be defended and fc
the reputations of the benefactors of mankind jf
are to be rescued from defamation, it then be- jr
comes our duty to lay aside for a time our more
agreeable occupations aud battle manfully in the ^
L cause of truth and of justice. s,
! As a native American citizen and an inhabitant
of Charleston, for nearly forty years, I have g|
eSlfe recently felt deeply grieved, that an attempt has j
|HA been made resulting in partial success by a Ro- f(
H & man Catholic Alderman to deprive a Protestant u
Clergyman of the privilege of free discussion in ^
matters of religion , and he, as a member of the ?
tggjgjB City Council voting against his being protected
from a Roman Catholic mob. e.
jan As a minister of the Evangelical Lutheran o<
jmn Church, holding the sentiments of the great re- ai
former, whose commentary on the Book of Gal- It
atians, was instrumental in induciug me to enter ie
on the trials and duties of the ministerial life? n
believing him to have been a great, a pure and a ?
good man, and the greatest benefactor of the s<
Christian world since the day of the Apostles. C
' ' ? l 1 I 1 i
I have been greatly astonisnea aua snocKeu w u
find that the infamous forgeries and abominable ft
slanders invented by the Papists of old, to des- ?
troy the reputation of a man who as an instru- h
ment of God was enabled to break the fetters C|
which had so long enslaved the human mind, ti
and so shake the Papal throne, that it has l>een 1]
tottering from that day to this, and e\'en now is e
only upheld from the fur}' of its own people by ii
the bayonets of France?that some of these r<
, slanders have been once more reproduced with tl
variations and additions. They have been ie- (j
peatedly proved to be false and their authors tl
shamed into silence and confusion. But about b
every quarter of a century they have been waked t<
up from the grave of infamy in which they were tl
buried and once more paraded before the world c
to prove that if many of their Popes had been b
impure and wicked men, the Reformer's had been a
no less so. 0
I will endeavor to confine myself in this num- b
ber to the first head, and enquire whether Dr. b
Bellinger had any right, under the Constitution w
or laws of our State or City, to refuse protection
T-onhov who was Drevented lecturing by a fi
? mob. As far as I understand the spirit of our h
L Jiwi they permit a toleration of all the forms of g
Teligion, and the Protestant, the Roman Catho- tl
8g lie, the Jew and the Heathen are all placed pre- lj
W cisely on an equality. Freedom of thought and fe
speech is the grand palladium of our liberty.
It is true this is not the case in many Roman p
Catholic countries. Protestant churches are not b
allowed to be built, and Protestant Ministers are s
sent to prison if they dare to preach. I had h
myself, whilst travelling in Austria, to lock up in A
my trunk, which, from circumstances connected o
with my scientific pursuits, was not liable to h
search, the Bible of a young fellow traveller giv- i
en to him by a pious mother. If found in his v
trunk it would have been confiscated and burned, g
r If you did not kneel down whilst the Host was J,
passing along the streets you received a thump t
on the head from the long staves of the officials v
in close attendance, who seemed to say to the I
head?bow or break. But we have no such e
laws, and I should be sorry to see any such cus- r
toms in our free country. The Protestant Al- a
dermen who stood up so nobly in Council for the J
right of private judgment, and the free tolera- c
tion of religious worship, seemed to be perfectly c:
I .aware of their duty under the laws and institu- f
iion9 of our country. I should hare thought i
seqaally them 'f they had, under similar r
circumstances, resolved to protect a Roman Cath- ]
|| olic priest in his rights to preach, to say mass, (
gf or*to lecture when and where he pleased, even if x
? they knew before hand that he intended to abuse J
m the Protestants as fiercely as Dr. Bellinger be- e
1| laboured the moral character of one, whose shoe J
gg latches, neither he nor I are worthy to unloose. }
H After having proceeded thus far a friend sent i
IS mc " The United States Catholic Miscellany," j
ii which contains an article which is worthy of be- i
SmI ing perused, not only as a curiosity, but as an t
ividence of what would be done if power was
lot wanting. Here it is:
[From Vie U. S. CaVwlic Miscellany, April 24, 1852.]
u We commend to our readers, Catholic and
Protestant, the letter of Dr. Bellinger given be
ow. Had his only object been to rebuke the
nsolence and calumny of an Evangelical Editor,
ve could almost regret to see so much accurate
earned research and eloquent sarcasm expended
>n so despicable an adversary. But the stern
ustice dealt to Mr. Gildersleeve is only accessary
,o a higher purpose; in the same way that we
inhesitatingly trample on the toad or other
loisome reptile, that seeks to dispute with us
>ur honest appointed path. The allusion to.
l,uther in Dr. B.'s speech in Council was merely
in incidental one, to which no reasonable man i
:ould or did object. We are not sorry that he '
las been forced by the malignant bravado of the
Richmond Editor, to give our community an inight
into Luther's real character. Mr. Gilderleeve
has exhumed the great Reformer, and the
doctor had no alternative than to dissect him
or the satisfaction of all concerned."
Now, Gentlemen of the prioiy, you who hold
he keys of the Kingdom of Heaven either to
idmit or lock out at your pleasure?who have
>ossession of the minds, consciences and souls of
our people, permit me, one of the excluded
leretics, to suggest to you that you have acted
ather prematurely here. I all along presumed
hat thero was a power behind the throne?a
acker of the champion?a secret mover of the
rires in this grand exhibition of intolerance and
ictation. But I scarcely expected that you
fould have shown your hand so soon. I have
jme insight into themanouveringof your order,
nd have generally found them cool, calculating,
)oking far ahead, wildly, doubling on the track,
renting danger from afar, and displaying all
Ua rtnnnirirt on ammo! that chnll Ko numnliXQ
VUUUJW- VI (*U UilUUUI VliMV UUU<V*WW}
ut whose history I once described. You should
ave- left the Doctor to dissect Luther, and then
) feel the public pulse by himself. If it was
sverish, leave him to administer sudorifics, and
the case became unmanageable, the consultig
physicians would have been left unblamed.
lS it is, however, you are now committed? you
re afloat in the same ship, and must sink or
,vim together.
You say in your Miscellany, " Mr. Gildereeve
has exhumed the great Reformer, and the
>r. had no other alternative than to dissect him
>r the satisfaction of all concerned."?This seems
) be a mistake, as Dr. Bellinger exnumed hiin,
rst at his po6t as Alderman, and then was en !
aged a considerable time in dissecting liim for '
ae benefit of all concerned. This practice of 1
illuming and dissecting is, by-the-way no re- 1
;nt discovery in surgery by the Professors of
ny Eclesiastioo-Medical College in Charleston.
: was practised some ceuturies ago. The bod- i
5 of John liuss and Jerome of Prague required :
o exhumation or dissection?they were 'vndem- (
ed by the Church for entertaining most of the 1
ntimcnts held bv this Protestant community. I '
>ue of the Bishops put on the head of lluss a |
irge paper cap, on wiiich various and horrid
>rins of devils were painted, and on which was
ritten, 441 commit thy soul to the Devil.''
luss smiling observed, it was less painful than a
rown of thorus?they were both at different
lines burnt, and their ashes scattered in the
Lbine.?Craniner was spared the degradation of
shumation and dissection. He was burnt, call
lg out in the midst of the flames, "Lord Jesus '
iceive my spirit." Wicklitf and Bucu escaped ]
be grasp of their enemies by a merciful act of '
lod, and they wcie spared from the stake aud
lie faggot by dying a naturol death. But their
odics were 44 exhumed and dissected," according 1
a the ancient Romish practises in Surgery?
lieir bones were dug up and burnt. The Coun- 1
il of Constance, in 1412, ordered WicklitTs j
ones to be exhumed and thrown on a dung-hill, 1
nd a subsequent mandate from the Pope was
beyed by Flemming, Bishop of Lincoln, his i
ones were burnt, aud his ashes tkrown into a
rook. But did they burn their principles aloug
nth their bones ?
Fuller, the Church historian, in his quaint and 1
gurative style, says of Wicklitf: 44 This brook
a* n,.nvnvn/l Kie -lukrw intn Avon Avon into
evern, Severn into the narrow seas, they into
he main ocean ; and thus, the ashes of VVickff
are the emblem of his doctrine, which now
i dispersed all the world over."
Luther also expected to be burned, and preared
himself to die a martyr's death, but God
ad a great work for him to do, and he was
pared in spite of his enemies who thirsted for
is blood. Since that day, however, the Holy
lother has given birth to successive generations
f her children, who for three hundred years
ave been engaged in exhuming and dissecting
he remains of poor Luther?among the last
ras Dr. Bellinger, and the very last his spiritual
;uidcs, who endorsed his sentiments and chuckjd-over
his exploits, and who as the spires of
heir great cathedral are rising higher every day,
rill soon come to the kind hearted, generous
'rotestant ladies and gentlemen, with the honeyd
words in their mouths, 44 help us dear pat
ous to complete the only truo house of God,
,nd we will amply repay you by using all our
esuitical arts by torturing passages from their
ontexts, and by quoting writers of no authority,
lefaming the character of the Father of the Reormation,
and convicting him of immoral teachngs,
and 44 plainly sanctioning concubinage,
>olvgamy and adultery." Since then poor old
Luther has been exhumed by Gildersleeve accorling
to the Catholic Miscellany, and so uncerenoniously
and so unmercifully dissected by Dr.
3ellinger. (These dissections by the way have
oraetimes proved fatal to the unskilful operator.)
who am neither a Jonas, a Bugenhageu or a
delauchtou, the worthies who performed his fuieral
obsequies, will endeavor in a few days to
)erform the charitable act of once more recomnitting
his 44 exhumed and dissected" remains
.0 a peaceful and honorable repose, to which cer
emonial I will invite the attendance of the public.
Leahy, however, it was supposed might have
intended to say something disrespectful of the
Romish church. We are, however, unable to
know what he intended to say, as the mob
threatened?Dr. Bellinger sj>oke in Council of
bloodshed?the Roman Catholic Bishops pastoral
letter could not restrain them?and the man
was advised to decamp.
What Dr. Bellinger says about " their women
and his wife and daughters," is only casting
a tub to the whale?a foil used for other purposes.
Why introduce this appeal at all! He
knows full well that Protestants are just as ready
to protect Roman Catholic women as their own.
But after all is not Bellinger's statement of the
bloodshed which was likely to result from the
intended Lecture reflecting most unfavorably on
the men of his Church. Will they regard it as
creditable to them to have their champion give 1
such a statement of their riotous and blood t
thirsty propensities ? t
They are principally foreigners who have fled ?
from what they regard the oppression and poverty
of their native country, and have sought an 1
asylum in our own free and hospitable city, (
where they have found freedom and occupation? c
a home and bread. a
They are rigid Romanists, more under the in- I
fluence of their spiritual teachers than any other ^
denomination in our city. *
They were commanded by their Bishop not to 1
hear Leahy. This seemed to be superfluous in f
as much as they are exposed to censure, if they "
listen to Protestant teaching. When we begin r
to pray at the bed side of sick Protestants, and thpir
Sisters of Charitv who are in attendance C
happen to be in the room, they adhere to the *
principles instilled iuto their minds and rush h
away from our prayers as if a Lion was in the ^
path. And is it possible that they could be so c
dead to every sentiment of gratitude to a gener- o
ous community??so unmindful of the laws of
their adopted country, and so disobedient to h
their spiritual teachers, as to attempt to overawe t
this community with threatening* of violence and *
bloodshed ? I wish in my heart that I could say ''
that this is a slander on the denomination to r;
whose religious tenets Dr. Bellinger has recently P
been converted?for I am quite sure that the s
respectable and law-loving denomination, the d
Episcopalians, from whom he separated, are bet- <
ter instructed than to act in this lawless and t
blood-thirsty manner. v
But if it all be true which Dr. Bellinger has g
stated, of the bullying propensities and the dis- g
regard of law and order of the professors of his o
faith in Charleston?then is it high time, that o
this community should know it, and prepare o
either to enforce the laws or seek an asylum to 1
which thev mav retreat with their families when c
good old Protestant Charleston shall be ruled bv "
a mob, and Protestant ministers be warned to
observe a profound silence about the abuses of g
the Roman Hierarchy, lest a mob of foreigners, <j
who have from time to time, come among us un- a
tier the pretence of seeking the protection of our t
laws and the rewards of their honest industry, I
should suddenly burst out from the bowels of s
their Trojan hor.se and deluge the city in blood, s
But in battling with the ex-monk Leahy, why 1:
lid he turn round and vilify the character of the t
immortal Luther! He was fully aware that "
more than 30 millions of an enlightened and in- n
telligent race professed the creed which he taught, g
ind read the book of God as translated by his ! r
pen and sung in their church the pious and sub- 1;
lime hymns which he composed. . c
He. knew also full well, that many of them t
were his fellow citizens who had elevated him to d
the post which he had dishonored by vilifying, t
without the slightest provocation or necessity, f
the character of one whose memory they have 0
from their earliest childhood been taught to cher- \
ish in their heart of hearts. a
He knew also that the whole Protestant world
maintain the great principles of Christian truth c
which this man of steel enforced by his pen, and I
the burning eloquence of his tongue. Luther C
was not here to confront him, or he would have 1<
trembled under his indignant frown like a mouse f<
i* tt 1 ? r\t t . V
under tne upnitca loot 01 ziercuies. c/r L/c?ii} l
I know nothing?I ucver enquired into his char- t
actcr, this belongs to the highly respectable de- fi
nomination that received him into their Church, v
However heartily I wish that every Romanist v
might be converted to the religion of the bible, b
I cannot believe that the plan adopted by Leahy a
was wise, or calculated to do good. Be this as p
it may, I am contending for a great principle, (.
not for the man. If, however, I was compelled
to investigate his moral character, I most assu- il
redly would not rely on the evidence of the o
leadeis of the Romanists, who from the manner t
in which they have spoken of ray friend Gilder- c
Bleeve, and call the champion, who has for years r
been a terrible thorn in their sides, a " despica- I
ble adversary," and liken him to a " toad or any
other noisome reptile," are not those impartial ii
witnesses whom I should be willing to consult in L
a point where character is concerned. One thing, d
however, I am authorized to state with the positive
conviction of truth, which will be certified r
by every clergyman in our city, that he was not {
invited to Charleston by any minister among us, ^
or with the knowledge of any one of them. a
Be this as it may, Leahy had no connection s
wifK fl?n T.iitliornn nhiimlK T npver saw him or I r
heard of his name. Immersed in other pursuits,
I was startled from my quiet studies by
seeing reported in all the daily papers the pretended
proceedings of Council?a piece of pomposity
of which our City Fathers, if they had
any hand in getting it up, ought to be most
heartily ashamed.
Therein Dr. Bellinger had blazoned forth to
the world his triumph over Leahey and over the
very principles on which our Government is
founded, and his demolition of the moral character
of the great Reformer. If he had mado j
general remarks in the meeting of Couuiil of : j
the defects in the lives of all the lteformers, it I 1
night have been regarded as a defence, for al- [
hough we revere the memories of Luther, Me- i
ancbton, Calvin, Cranraer, Bucer, and the Lath- i
>rs of the Reformation, and believe them to have !
jeen actuated by the purest and holiest of mo- !
,ives, we do not claim infallibility for any one cf
hem. We have no canonized saints.?Whilst i
,he Lutherans have adopted the great fundanental
sentiments of truth he proclaimed, we
lave a much better guide than the esteemed
vritings of Luther, or any other human creed?
sven the Word of God. We read the transla- |
ion of the Bible he gave us, we sing his sublime
lymns, and use many of his forms of prayer,
jecause we believe they express the teachings of
he inspired Word of God, but we would prove
ecreant to the great principles he taught us, if
ve regarded him as our Prophet, or adopted his
tpinious without the exercise ot our reason and
>f comparing his teachings with that of a much
ligher teacher, even Jesus Christ, the Head of
he Church, that great rock on which the Chrisian
Church is fouuded, and against which the
rates of hell cannot prevail.
But Dr. Bellinger was not yet satisfied with
lis triumph over his fellow-Aldermen, over the
Constitution of his country*, and the rules of
loramon propriety, he went a step further; he
iftcr several days of reflection, prepared and
mblished the offensive paper already referred to. :
rVhilst cogitating on the gettiug up of this remarkable
production it is a little surprising that
le had not recollected the caption on the first
* ? T-T i O. _ A If! II
>age 01 ine united otaies uaiuouc iuisceuanj?
Congress shall make no laws respecting the
eligion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
?tl>o iini1prsf>nrinor is mine. The sentence mav
"t**v ? J
asily be found, as it surrounds the figure of an
American Eagle holding a cross in the talons of
lis right foot? and a chalice in the left?which
i somewhat significant, as both the cross and the
up have been usurped as the exclusive property
f the Romish Priests.
The other remarks of the Editor of the Cath- ;
c Miscellany, in commending to Catholics and <
^otestants the letter of Dr. Bellinger, may as <
fell receiue a passing notice here. He says he i
could almost regret to sec so much of accu- 1
ate, learned research and eloquent sarcasm ex- <
ended on so despicable an adversary." The " depicable
adversary" (Mr. Gildersleeve) will no
ioubt take some notice of his " eloquent sarasm,"
and I will try to see how much weight
here is in his " accurate and learned research''?
finch happened to come from my Library. He
;oes on : "The allusion to Luther in Dr. Bellin;er's
speech in Council was merely incidental,
ne to which no reasonable man could or did
bject." I suppose he and I collected public
pinion from different societies of persons, since
met with not a solitary indiv? ^ual who did not
ondemn it, and some of them spoke of it as a
silly exhibition of inflated vanity."
The editor bestows some very refined and
/...tLmanli? vion t ?t nn flit* Row Mr (ill
^Il(>iv;uiauij VVIl?|MH4.,*.MVW v.. VMW ?V > ..... V...
lersleeve, such as "malignant bravado," "despicible
adversary," who was to be unhesitatingly
ram pled 011 "as a toad or other noisome reptile."
am prepared to have similar contemptious misiles
hurled at my head. Fortunately the Bull is
horn of his horns and his hoots so worn, that
le would tirid it rather difficult in Charleston to
rample even 011 a toad. The editor proceeds
1 we arc not sorry thai he has been forced by the
nalignant brovado of the Richmond editor, to
jive our community an insight into Luther's
eal character." Mow the editor of the Miscelany
knows as well as I do that the Richmond
ditor had no more to do with the bringing out
his terrible Bull against Luther, that was to
lemolish not only him but Gildersleeve at one 1
ilow, than the man in the moon. He knows
ull well that Dr. Bellinger sent his interpreter
if the German language to me, to obtain tbe '
olurae from which he culled the sentences here
,nd there to bring the charges agains t Luther.
What use was made of the book, which I
hcerfully lent h'm, and offered him the use of all
,uther's works, I will show in a future number.
Certain it is, tho big gun against Luther was
saded, primed and ready to be let off long beure
Gildersleeve was thought of, and I suspect
letbre the proceedings of the City Council had
ravelled to Richmond, and if he could have i
jund no one in Charleston to give the word, he (
rould have fired his blunderbuss in tho air, if it i
rere only to enjoy the consternation which would
e created among the Protestants of Charleston, i
,nd especially among the humble followers of the !
>oor "exhumed and dissected" Margin Luther. ,
)vercharged guns generally rebound. ,
There is yet one other thought that suggests i
Lself to the mind, in pondering over the recent j
utrages threatened in our city, the mode adop- ,
ed by an Alderman to permit a Protestant
lergyman to be driven from our midst, and the
emarkable contrast between the conduct of the
toman Catholic and the Protestant. ,
Men's characters are formed from the school
a which they are educated. The principles we
iave imbibed influence our character and con
LUCt.
The Roman Catholic is taught to render im licit
obedience to the Church. That Church
ie believes infallible. Our version of the Scripurcs
he is not permitted to road, and he is not i
.llowed to use his own, according to the deciions
of the Council of Trent, without a special
>ermission from the priest. The result is, that
f the priest gives no permission, he is left with>ut
Biblical instruction: hence, in passing a sum
nor on the continent of Europe, I saw not one j
iible among Roman Catholics, either in Iiava- j
ia, Austria, Belgium or France. They believe
n the power of the priests to forgive sins. Thcv i
>elievo that all who are not within the pale of
he Romish Church are inevitably lost. This is 1
aught in their catechisms. Bishop England's 1
Catechism (although I have it not with me to
efer to) teaches the same doctrine. They re- '
jard the Protestant no better than the Infidel, '
ind ihat all the Reformers arc now burning in
tell. 1
illC Jt*iOU'blUUt Ivliuua liio vil lilC
teachings of the scriptures. If his teachers instruct
him wrong the Bible must be right If
the Reformers were not perfect in their lives, this
does uot affect his religion?that is derived from
the scriptures, and not from the opinions of men.
He believes the true Catholic or Universal Church
is composed of the pious and the good of every
tongue and natiou, and every form of religion,
and that Jesus Christ is the head of the Church.
The time now came to test the efficacy of
these different kinds of teaching in the same city
and within a few days of each other.
Leahy was about to give a lecture, as he at
the time informed some of the clergy, on the impure
tendency of Den's Theology?which is used
in many schools in the Romau Catholic Semina
ries. He requested that women and youths
should not come to his lecture, for he was about
to make "awful disclosures." From the nature
of the teachings of Den's Theology, which directs
the Priest how to ferret out the secret thoughts
of woman's heart, I should be sorry to hear it
detailed oven to the ears of men. At the first
publication, however, of his iutentions, a mob
gathers around his lecture room, and neither the
laws of the city, or the power of the Bishop, or
notices read from their pulpits could restrain
them from threatening violence and blood. The
man was compelled to fly.
About the same period and a little later, a
Roman Catholic Alderman did not threaten on1
ll_ J ^ 11 A.l J* ?>
ly, out uciuauy Luaue awiui disclosures, professing
to convict "the Chief Reformer of the
Protestant faith with immoral teachings and
plainly sanctioning concubinage, polygamy and
adultery." And what was the effect on the
Protestant part of the community, especially on
that branch of it which professes the Lutheran
faith ? They are composed of probably nearly
an equal number with those of the Romanists.
They hnve two large congregations and have
made preparations to build a third church. They
are composed of men of all ranks; high and low,
educated and ignorant, rich and poor, from the
Chancellor on the bench to the laborer on the
rail road. They revere the memory of their
"Chief Reformer." What was now their conduct
? Did a mob threaten to pull down the
house of the offending Alderman over his head ?
Was it necessary to call on the City Council for
protection ? Did their ministers find it necessary
to issue a Bulletin to their people imploring
them to keep the peace ? No; their answer was
"we will tolerate error aa long as we have truth
to combat it."
The public will have the kindness to indulge
rae, whilst, in a succession of numbers, I enter
coolly, dispassionately, and minutely into all the
charges brought by Dr. Bellinger and previous
Romanists, against the immoral teachings and
immoral practices of Martin Luther. After much
labor and research I have obtained such documents
as will assist them in forming a unprejudiced
judgment; and as authorities have been
quoted against him, I will bring au array of authorities?Roman
Catholic and Protestant?on
the other side, that will enaMe them to judge of
the estimation in which his moral character and
teachings were held by the wise, the great, and
the good of every age.
I am aware that my language in this paper
may, to some, appear severe. If it is more so
thau the occasiou demands, I shall regret it. I
can conscientiously say that I entertain no unkind
feeling towards any hutnau being. I? however,
Dr. Bellinger can exclaim: *'Nor will I witness
an attempt to blacken the Holy Catholic
Church (to which I am bound by the strongest
tics of affection and loyalty, and on which my
eternal hopes are anchored) without holding before
me that bright shield of truth, which dazzles
and confounds her eneui.ta,'' he will accord the
same feelings and the same privileges to others.
JOHN BAC UMAX, D D., L. L. D.,
T> . C iU. T ...U?
x itSLUi vi tue x^uiuvtau vuuivu
of German Protestants.
The Girls of California.?Some young fellow
writing to his si iter in Zanesville, Ohio, says:
"It is a rare treat in this country to enter a
house hallowed by the presence of a lady, where
instead of a floor covered with dirty boots and
later peelings,' you see it nicely carpeted with
coffee sacks neatly stitched together, and then
to see in what trim order they keep their cupboards,
whilst we men, miserable housekeepers
that we are, pile everything pell-mell ou one
shelf; bread meat, candles, soap, grease, hats and
cigar stumps all-together. If a gentleman is
courting a lady, the precise time when he popped
the question, and what was said on the occasion,
is known through the country in the short space
of no time. Men are seized with the hallucination
in regard to female beauty, as bewildered
Don Quixotte when we invested a red-faced,
tub shaped city wench with the comelines and
charmes of a Venus. An old maid was lately
married in our neighborhood who had, no doubt,
been singing 'why don't the men propose!' for
the last twenty years. She was red-haired, squint
eyed and freckled?sans teeth and satis money
?in short she had about as little pretention to
beauty as the old gal whose husband had to
practice kissing the cow a year, before he could
screw up his courage to give her a smack/'
A Stretch or Imagimatiox.?Mr. Webster,
in concluding his argument iu the great India
Rubber case at Trenton, ou Wednesday, gave
out in his powerful forcible passage :
" I look to the time when ships shall traverse
the ocean, propelled with India rubber
sails ; I look to the time when ships that sail
over the world shall have India rtibber sheath
ing; I look to the time when this substance
shall be applied to thousands of different uses,
so that what he has now patented is but as dust
in the balance compared with the uses not yet
developed, and and which should be well developed."
A bushel of wheat is 60 pounds, rye 53, barley 47,
oats 88, peas 64, beans 64, clover 66.