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IrilOMAS^RAGLlJf) t 00.,—PROPRIETORS.
(SliME xxxin.
STRICT CO VST RUCTION OK THE CONSTITUTION —AN HONEST ANO ECONOMICAL
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY
d tbtuwk«iti» conspicuously Inserted, at the
(fcitqnirtr.
[SHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING.
Lyj-Two Dollar* and Firrr Ca.vrs per ahnum,
invariably in advance, or Tumku Dollar*
sot paid In adrance.
L ^er will be discontinued while any arrearage
t ice,onlcas at U.e option of tho Pul Ushers; and
, Dollar* will, in all ca>'f, he exacted where
»ro<ni D not made before the expiration of the
acriptlon year.
ADVERTISEMENTS
nearly Inserted at Ore Dollar per irinare,
IjsrtJif insertion, and FirTY Ckkt.m for every
■n^pjoentcontiniianco, A square In the Enquirer
||l} lt qiaee of eleven lines In sinuli type, contaln-
■fcj.M II docs, one hundred words.
K... AoTeanaxwENT* published at the usual rates
with strict attention to the requisition* of the
Noticks over eight lines charged at Uie reg-
l^idvcrUslntc rate*.
m Communications intended to promote the private
■ to* er Internal» of Corporations, Societies, Schools
lfbArMsak, will he charged as advertisements.
|THE LIVER INVIGORATOR!
PREPARED BY DR. SANFORD,
apounded Entirely From GUMS,
if nvy nf TDK BEST I'lTROATIVE AND LlVtClt
I XEDICIMuS now before the public.
tinnur^'iVT Oncdoseoftenrcpeat-
or bad mails r .
Bi, supply-
Olio LK It A MORBUS,
' and a preventive of
, 0UOLV.UA.
purifying th# w to throw i
od,fjviag tone and P. tern the fl
A to the whole in a- “ c
, removing the:
al- fj
te* ef bile, lavlgo- in
r the stomach, eaus-
t food to digest Q Onlyl bottle Is needed
villC the V to throw out ut the #)•*-
of niedl-
1 cine after a long sickness
— »l jj
jt .if the disease—ef-;fl One bottle taken for
a radical cure. * JAUNDICE removes all
fj sallowneas or unnatural
Bilious sttirek* color from the skis.
■ Q 1 ■
makes Uie food digest
j One dose, often repeat-
I (hr doss after eating
iisflklcnt to relieve tin ^
■ u h rbA prevent tin
a rising and k
VjAHKlKKA In
IIV dose taken after 'M
Li. nirsl will 1'urn •“
oi a mi.nu
. . »;i-rat, 1 w ill n it.,inly,
I. SICK HEADACHE, - and th msands are wll'
■ linnie- ij ling to testify to its won-
COLIC. ™ derfulvirtues.
Cht |)ililD Ifcltnaircr. ! = ^ ur * lia y Morning, Feb.~23,1880.
® 18 PUBLISHED * ** ^ —
rrtry D,y~su,,.u>» Excepted. W. d. n . i U ' ,,fc
pTg POLLXU8 PER ANNUM IS AI'VANCR, " U * h 10 be unjcr.lood I>
gx Dollar* If payment is delayedslx months. eulogizing Mr. Spcuker Pennington, for wo
h * ve J el t0 b « ■atiaGed that he deservaa
eulogy. Out wo must say Uiat he has been
nssailed at tho South with a virulence and
unscrupulous vindictiveness that is lament
able aa well us astonishing. It is a fact
which every man will discover by cornpar-
i ,?on t * bal in the appointment of the Com
mittees of tho House, he baa constituted
them with more liberality towards bis uppo-
nents and with a nicer tegard to the relative
strength of all parties in the IIoulo than
any Speaker who bus tilled the chair beforo
him for many years. On tho committees
consisting of nine members there aro gen
erally lour of them implacably opposed to
the Black Republican party ; in nearly all
of them moderuto and conservative men
acting with that party hold the balance of
power; and in some ot them there is actu
ally a majority belonging to parties antag
onistic to the black Republicans. When
wc contrast these facta with the constitution
oi the committees of tho last Congress by
Mr. Speaker Orr (who as u general rule put
aix Democrats and three opponents of that
party on the important committees), wo
better appreciate Mr. Pennington’*
liberality.
but our muin object in referring to this
matter at piesent if to notice a most unjust
and deceptive table, that ban been gotten
up to show that speaker Pennington inaii-
ilestcd partiality and undue lavor towards
those members who endorsed Helper's book,
in making up hi* committees. In reality,
the table, when anulyzed by those conver
sant with legislative custom* and with tho
stute ol parlies in tho House, proves just
the reverse / but, wheu not an examined, it
is Well calculated to deceive the render. It
wus gotten up, we believe, by tho Wash
ington States^ aud tho editor of that paper
well knew iis deceptive character, hut we
presume that most of the Georgia papers
that have copied it did so without investi
gating for themselves.
'1 he list contains the nnines of G8 mem
bers ol tho lust House who endorsed and
recommended Helper's “Crisis,” and it
show* that of these 34 have been placed by
Speaker Pennington on committees, and 10
of them hove bei.n mude chairmen. Wo
believe that there aio in tho present House
37 of these G8 black Republicans who, as
merabeia ol the lust House, endorsed the
book, and thus it a| pears that three of
them huve not been appointed on any of
those committees. Now, peisons convcr- I
sunt with legislative business know- that it
is the general custom to put u!l members
on one or more of them. The committees
huve hard work to do, and they have neces
sarily to meet so often that litquenlly a
number of them are in session at one and
tho same time; conse quunlly it is neces
sary to distribute their labor* among all, or
v ■*' Au iiiVH«tioatum
will show that Mr. Pennington ha* ouittleu
ua lew Democrut* aa llcpublicunn in making
up hie committees—he ha* given them all
work to do, but haa not given them the
ascendancy, which no rensunnhlu man could
expect him to'give lo tho party in the
minority and which opposed hi* election.
There are 37 sluuding committee*, and
about 112 black Uopublicuna in <ho House.
How, then, could the Speaker distribute tho
duties ol tbeso bodies properly, und how
observe tho legislative custom of pulling
every member on ono committee or more,
if he had excluded the 37 signer* ol the
Helper endor»einenl 1 Tho idea that ho
could or would do so i* preposterous.
but it is said that he appointed 10 ot
Helper's friends chairmen ol committees.
Now, it will be found that even in this
selection he bus discriminated against the
iielpc-rites. Thero nre, a# wo have said, 37
of them in the present House. These con
stitute more than one-third of tho entire
combination of inembe*s by which Pen-
riingtou was elected, and ii he hud treated
them with simply tquul favor, they would
have had more limn ono-third of the chair
men—say at least 13 ; but they get only 10.
Again, it should he horna in mind that the
37 i 111 pi* rites are all experienced members,
who have served in Congress before, while
many others of the Dlack Republican* are
new und inexperienced members ; and that
it is customary lo select old and experienced
members u* chairmen sf the committee*.
The table, when viewed as it should be,
thus shows that Pennington discriminated
against the Hvlperitcs, und some of them
have expressed chagrin theiual.
Several unju-t charge* have been huEtily
made against tba new (Speaker, huf this
which we are now noticing i* mean. We
are glad to seo that our neighbors of the
Times (who understand the customs rf
legislative bodies) huve not copied the
juj 1 ! when sold by the barrel a liberal deduction deceptive statement.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT.
28, 1860.
L’llltONIU 1)1
In it* woi
SUMMER
g BOWEL C<
•Mr retiring, prevents H yield almost
Igktnarv. ^ dose.
I I a few bottles will cure
Blrlildooscn. the bow-1 DROPSY by exciting the
b p-ntly, xnd cures tf absorbents.
1 iliveuess. 'ft
We take pleasure In
reenramending ltd* ined
Iclnc ha u preventive for
FEVER A Atil'E, CIIIU
BILIOUS t tr *
<u*and« i
□ ling to t>
relieve# OGLU', “ derful virtues.
,11 w ho
l moil * testimony InTlw favor,
(water In the mouth with the Invlgorator, and
- It are giving Ilielr unmn-
w both together.
_ „ . MUCK "SK DOLLAR f BA BOTTL*.
■i.1 SANFORD, Proprietor, No. Jttfi Hroiulway, New
Ketalled by all Druggists. Sold also In Colum-
PEMBERTON k CARTER,
ACRE * IVERSON,
J A. WHITESIDE A CO.
dwly
WCLXl CONTINUE THE
FORMERLY. THEIR OFFICE and SALFJS-
\ ROOMS
*rthe Lower Store cf Rerid, Freer k Co.,
r they will be hap|iy to see nil their obi and new
:« and cuMomeri. They are prepared to
ill all Orrlet^ for Goods, make Advances.
''Stead the usual facilities to their friend, and
-
A. M. ALLEN,
THOMAS CAMAK.
lumbar, Angutt 2.'>, l c f.9 dwtf
Notice to Skippers!
ALL OW'D IN inlcitih-d *.<. I>e ,'iii|)|).-l over
1 ‘ ’ oust have th*
too ther wilti
yjailhe Mobile A Girard
or Tilt OWNER
dl.tlnelly marked
• farnUbnl by any of Ike \\ arehousvt to tkelr
*T*. grail-.
lUbnnty of the Company begin* with
t th. receipt and ceaik-t
»n off thaCars at Girard.
i they an
TK Ushillty
'‘tj Sw delivery at tin* Btationa to which they
**k •• appeals from the subjoinwj resolu lion o. the
••nl of Iff roc tors:
'
. - rii-i«,>f this Hoad where ordered, the liability of
i' Hoad for said giKtds ivar. i, and the gooda are at
4* risk of the ownera."
Viartirl* uf Frei/ht will N* delivered untill all
^tss on the whole bill* are paid.
^ndsnler 19.1850 dwtf
HOME DISTILLERY.
l:W0B WARBAN'J ED tli* VERY PUREST.
THE eatreciiher I. now manufacturing
nbyWHlAKEY dally, by a refining proees*
«i nmrb bni.n v. » H imr ami quality.
dlnKsstrcngth and parity.
. ich i
dilution la hnpot.lldc In lla
ig this pure Whiskey at only |>
n •
be allowH.
T 1 *'*. hscuLS k Rrasmill on Randolph
. Utah on Front street, and (ruLKTiiKB
number of o
such a thing
•1 Ja.es
wa l
I Broad Street, have my Whiskey
icll county, Alt., one mil
AMBROSE BKANNAN.
ANDREW J. MUSE,
JI A J»\tl purchased the right of the SUts ofGsur i Mnniphi*
i TtUgraiih
JACK SMITH
to pm up aud sell his
“Southern Cordial!”
*!U d.v iic hi* personal attention to the same. The
'■i** 1 *' 11 be put up as heretofore at former prices.
, CASH orders will be thaukfally recelvsd,
* t "l forwarded f rlliwitli by ex|iuss.
f *«W'I.v kept constantly on baud.
^Jx-tury IT. |r<&^ wly
Dissolution.
r J , HE Copartnership heretofore existing between
ri.o. 11 * u b»cfiber* under the firm of BREWER k
t *tUNK,UUds day dlaaohed by mutual coiueut.
J. K. IlHEWER,
- . W. II. PERRINE.
Ulondtus, January 1, 1 SCO. JanJl-dlt w4t
Copartnership.
r PllE underaigned have this day for.ncd a Coparl-
»■* “vrslilp for the |-ur|M..c of cnnducllr.g a « AK-
P»Ul and M ILDER.-* ML'rlNEA**, and lor the .
'•nufacture of hi»li. Ill I ml- and boors, j
«*<Urth« nau.c and style ol PERKINK A GlFEui.D.
W. 11. PERRINE,
- , B. F. GIFFORD.
J^Klw.Ga., Jan. tl, 1*#> dlt wtf
DR. NOBLE,
SURGEUN DENTIST
n „ aow LocxTKft at
U1I0I SP&INU8, MAU0N COUNTY, ALA
Vt ol LD rv»portfuily inf irm the cit
iseua of L'uiou t i prtngs aud vtrinity
|that he I* portnanently loratsd hare,
aoUeila the patrouage of those
-W «un to avail i hr in-elves ol his ProhMsionaJ asr-
, *► •* Dentist, lieu preparw! to mount toe th
h u*44 Plata, In the meat improved and taut atyla,
&4 warroj.it all Aptralwni. that are reasonable to
lainn Bprtngs, Jan. 11,
W The whole mail system, at least sooth
ut Mason umi Dixon’s line, i» m n more
complete stale of confusion nn<i derange-
mem just now than it has ever been wiinin
our rccolleciion. About a year ago we
received Nashville paper* only iwcniy-lour
hours old ; now they seldom como through
>n less than seventy-two hours, and Ironi
e same lime. Tho Macon
rally comes in twos, threes,
and sometimes lours ; and Irom Albany,
Americus, and other points below Macon,
papers generally arrive here three or lour
day* old.—Augusta Chronicle.
This reminds us of n complaint about
iho Nashville papers, which wo had inten
ded lo make before (hi* time. A few
months ago they were among tho most
valuable papers on our cxchac.z° *»•*. be
cause their issues of one morning reached
us on tho afternoon of tho following day,
•ml their full telegraphic and commercial
report* were uaeful to us. Hut now we
never receive thorn in less than aixty hours
after their date, and generally they are even
longer in reaching ue. There is also, we
! understand, complaint among our merchants
of the unaccountable delay of their letters
«n route to or from Nashville.
\V« have alao observed the irregularity
mentioned by the Chronicle in the arrival
uf the Macon papers, but we suppose this
must be attributable to delay* in mailing.
Hr Mr. Speaker Pennington denis* hav
ing had anything to do with the payment
of Mr. Clay’a debts, as atated by a corns-
,,undent of the Cincinnati Commercial.
He neither saw the money collected lor that
purpose, nor paid it out. The story ii •
fabrication. «o *ays an exchange—we
hava not *e«n hi* latter.
ltnilroad Meeting.
Wo are requested lo give notice that the
Board of Director* for tho LtGrsnge and
Columbu* Railroad w ill meet in Hamilton
on the Grst Tuesday in March. Business
of importance i* to ho transacted, and i
hoped that all of the Board will attend,
friend of the enterprise cheeringly writes
us that “the road will bo built, and
mistake.”
The Iitimpkiii Palladium.
Thin paper has been suspended on account
of difficulties incident to its Into transfer.
Tho new proprietors, Messrs. Bright and
Wright, say that they bought the office
supposing it to ho unincumbered, hut that
they find it to be bound by a morigogu and
by executions to a largo amount. Mr.
Bright therefore retires from it uncondi
tionally, and will go to BainbriJge to take
charge of the Southern (Jeorgiun. Mr.
Wright remains at l.umpkin for tho pur
pose of endeavoring to make tnmo arrange
ments te continue the Tal/adium, but Mr.
Bright considers the experiment too haz
ardous lo allow him to venture upon it.
Person* who have paid subscriptions in
advance will have their terms filled out,
cither by tho Palladium revived or tho
Georgian.
Under tho management of Messrs. Bright
and Wright, tho Palladium wus ull that it
professed to be—an independent and con
servative journal, of high lone und marked
ability. Mr. Bright, during hi* vditoriul
manageinvnt of it, gave abundant evidence
uf hi* tulont and facility us a writer, and
ho will no doubt maintain the high rep
lion of the Georgian. Wo shall much
regret it, if our friend, Mr. Jesno B. Wright,
becomes a loser by his brief connection
with tho Palladium.
The Priiitl!t£ of the House.
Tho House of Representatives at Wash
ington i* now unable to elect a Printer, and
has had a number of bifllo'ingi without
uvnil. Tho leading condidulrs aro Delrees,
IIluck Republican, und Glossbrcnner, Dom.
Tho Black Hopuhlicuns generally, three
Douglas Democrats, aud Mr. Dnvi* of Md.,
support Do frees; all the Democrats voting,
except the three above named, nnd nearly
all the Southern Opposition, also Mr. Briggs,
Am. of N. Y., support Glossbronner. Two
or three Black Republican* throw away
their votes, nnd two Southern Opposition
ists (Gthoiidgu and Stokes of Tcnn.) vote
for Messrs. Gales & Heaton. This was the
case in the lust vote beforo us, when Dcfrces
had 00, Glossltrenncr 80, Gules &. Heaton 2,
ami 2 Black Republicans scattering. Tho
vuto was not lull, as a number of members
had paired offi
Defrees belong* Ij tho Howard wing of
tho Uluck Republican*, aud wn* nominated
by the caucus of that parly by only ono
majority over Mitchell of tho Hi. Louis
Hews, who represents tho conservative ele
ment. This contest, moro than any other,
has drawn iho lino between the “irreprussi-
pot lion'’ oY"lfiVf "tffivlnMtt Wift..wM r 'Wt
though the latter generally support Defrees
now that ho has secured tho nomination,
they do it with a bad grace and with on
evident understanding among tbemselves
that ho shall not bo elected. Wo think
that tho Republican* will soon bo forced to
withdraw bun, a* they finally had to with
draw Sherman, nnd put up a moro moderate
candidate. Wo would ho much gratified
if Messrs. Galea <fc Stolon, ol tho National
Intelligencer, could bo elected, and w<
believe that it is in tho power of tho Dem
ocracy to elect them aud thus defeat the
Republicans.
It is said that Defrees secured his nomi
nation by promising to givo half the profits
of tho office to aid in tho election of the
Kepublicott candidata for tho Presidency.
This, if true, is ns direct nnd palpable no
act of bribery and corruption us that of the
late Democratic Printer and Superintendent
of tho Public Printing, by whoso compact
a portion of tho proceed* of the office
was to ho up plied lo the support of u
Democratic paper at Washington.
Tut Three Per Cent. Aid.—By tho
Alabama hill distributing tho Three Per
Cent. Fund of that Stole, as it wus amen
ded and finally passed by both branches of
tho Legislature, tho following roads are
, niJed by loans to the amount named :
)'Northeast & Southwest R. R $210,000
Wills Valley Ruilroad 7.1,000
Al". nnd Tonnessoe Rivers R. R.* 225,000
Helma A. Gull Railroad 40,000
Cahnba, Marion &• Greensboro K. R. 25,000
Opelika &. Oxford Railroad 50,000
.Montgomery A, Bulaulu II. It 30,000
These amounts aro loaned for tho term
of five years, ut six per cent, interest; and
out of tho inteiest tho «qm of .$25,000 is
to bo appropriated to tho clearing out of
Colbert’s Shoals in tho Tenncsaeo river.
Tho balance of tho interest and tho loans
I when paid are to he given to the Tennessee
I and Alabama Central Ruilroad Company.
nr We are indebted to Hon. John E.
Ward, United States Commissioner to
China, for a pamphlet “Narrative of the
American Embassy to Peking, in July,
\y5y—by S. Well* William*, LL.D.”
Wu shall rrad it with inteiest, and may
make exirucis lor tho entertainment of our
readers.
The New Dime.—The new dime has
been issued froui tiro Mint. It differs from
tho old coinage. The goddess of Liberty
is in a sitting position as on tho old coin,
but instead of the encircling slurs there nre
the words “United States of America.”
Tire wjrd# “Ono Dime” on the othor aide
of (he coin are iu a wiealh of cereals,
instead of the old-fashioned wreath of
leaves. The new coin is very pretty.
Savannah BTEAMfiHiPi— Messrs. Wilder
Ac Gallic, agents of the side-wheel steamers
plying between Savannah and New York,
give uuuco that until further advico there
will be no steamer of their line leaving
S.v.„ U .h on Tuo,d.y«. Th. f.r. by ihi.
line ol splendid steamships has been redu
ced to only $21 through tickets Irom
Columbus lo New York.
The Wilkes Reflblicar.—This p«P«'
oe* taken on an entirely new and beautiful
.re, nnd ch,nu«d it. n.ro. lo lb.
tiigtun Independent.
iy A South Carolina paper notices the
death ot a tuule, whose ego was known
with certainty to ba aixty-two year* at th®
I ima of hta death.
OFFICE-RANDOLPH street
NUMBER 9.
Adjournment or the Legislature.—The
two branches of the General Assembly
adopted a resolution on Saturday Iasi to ad
journ sine die, on Monday, 27th inst. at 12
M. As they RHsoinblod on the 14th Novem
ber Iasi, the session will hare lasted, exclu
sive of tho rccois, twelve week*.—Monts.
Mail.
|Th« follonrlnff poem by Jtulwcr—a bitter satire on
fickleness—Ij supposed to patnl hit own experience.)
MiilulyM |>;»*l? Not a sontid of nuaht
Through thut silent house but the wind at his
I sat by ii,.. .lying fire and thought
The Postal Deficiency Hill, Ac.
From Washington.-— Feb. 5.—The Pre*-
ident having approved ol tho Pc
hill, it ia thurelorc now a law. A* amended
previous to its passage it npprooriatca
$4,002,1)% tor (-implying tho delici.'iu'v in
the revenues nnd uelraying the expensm ol
•ho Department tor the year ending with
Juno lust; ami toward tho support oi the
Dcpurtmcut tor tho fiscal year ending in
Juno next, $4,000,000, und n further sum ol
$2 100 0t>0 in payment ol (lie salaries ol the
ofiicoi* and clerk*, transportation ol mails,
wrapping-paper, bags, stamps, etc. Inter-
cat at the rate cl 6 per cent, per annum, to
commence sixty days tiller iho expiration ot
the quarter in which the service was ren
dered, bill iu no case prior lo tho let ol May,
lb.VJ, lo tho present dale, shall be paid oil all
sum* lound due the contractor* lor currying
tho mails—tho interest to bo paid only lo
tho conirnctors themselves in lull ol ull
damage* by reason of the failure ur de'ny
in their payment. No intercut i* in be I And l could i It
allowed on payments lor tho Inst quarter. *Tn... n, i
ending with December last. Aauin lor this »»’, r th. i
purpose i» also appropriated. *
Tho Select Committee appointed by tiio
Speaker to inquire into and report on iho
printing ai.d binding reforms about to ho in
augurated, is composed ul Messrs. Grow,
Quarles, Burnotl, Walton, Florence, Heard
nnd Gurley.
Tho National Convention ol iho Sonyurf^jijjgIj aiioririiithe
Malta commenced its session here to-day "iTfte'
being a tl nroujjh
my watch to kce;
"K priest wuh the Raphael face,
Which n
Hunting it o’er with her tender eyes, " ’
When my own face w«a not there.
And I snhl, “The thing la nrcctnu* to me :
I hty will bury her soon in tho churchyard clny,
It Pea on her heart, and lost muxt ha,
If I do not take It away.”
Ah I stretched my hand I held my breath;
I turned hn 1 drew die curtain* apart,
I dared not Ink n i her face «>r death ;
1 knew where to find tier heart,
my touch full there,
iirst, aHVHHMNRNVI
, |: ' 1 " 1 1 ! ■ l.i- with I-,w ■
; * ! ' ' . arm, 1 swear,
The obj<
revision of their laws
order.
the ri»aal ot the
i, that v
d>'.vl -from the other side;
Douglas and Stcphei
Washington Fob. 15.—Ii is
politicaljcircles that Do J.m
understood
tailing tu
will t r:
“"ho D lobbing t!
Oppmdtc me, by the
^ The friend of my l
Stood over Uie r.«rp«
Amt neither <>t iw
Looked Iirst
ni
it is mine,"
flajd the'
moving slow,
•e corpse V'I cried,
taper*# light,
I loved,
11 ^all a* white,
friend T” Tho ii
—the faco
Stephen* m Georgia. jT Vt ' “ ';>* 1 -bin*
t entirely ter.ivetud. # "’ms"'IiV' j ! ' ' l_,he r
will Im ' IW,» trains daily J tin “* ’ '“' r " e ‘
iy tho Mouth U'< isrtyn •| l hVVu-,- l ! 1 '‘'-' '.V"*
, ** "Is our filendV.tl... Itui.l.ael faced
\\ hbii,.^T News. confessed her when rim died'
Interesting IV, bhlngdtfu News.
Wasiiinuton, Fob, lfi,—It i* reliably
ted, that Juarez's Government ha* uccepiod
tho profiereil aid ol sevoral thousand Amur-
icanr, and has rrdod them largo truct* ol
land in several Mexican States.
Mr. Alvord, ol Michigan, und Mr. I.os*
sell, ol 8. C., officers ot tho IIoiihc, canto
hostilities j t;,ionlay, but tho ulluir was
settled.
Tho Senato confirmed Mr. Dimes ns Keg
inter, nnd Mr. I.a Place as Receiver ol the
Land Office at Natchitoches.
Mr. Rives, ol tho Congressional Globe,
testified before the Printing Committee that
ho received two-thirds nnd Mr. Uotvntan
ono-third ol the profits of the printing, the
latter incurring no risk or responsibility.
The Pennsylvania Delegation will support
Mr. Breckinridge lor the Presidency iu tho
Charleston Convention.
The lVar In Northern Mexico
St. Louts, Feb. 18.—Advices Irom Chi
huahua, report that tho American and For
etgn population have been ffxpollcJ Irom the
country nnd their property confiscated.
Tho Liberals were tie lea tod oil the Plain*
of Tnlninantes on the 10th (1)
The Americans loft the Capitol, leaving a
million dollar* of treuaury to tho mercy ul
t inarching c
the robbers.
Cagun vvitit 1,000
Capitol.
The Liberal* are friendly to tho Ameri
can*, but are unable to protect them.
The Church party has united with tho
CoitgrcsNioiinl.
Washington. Feb. 20.—Tho proceedings
in the Senate to-day uro unimpnria
death ol Hon. Mr. Ujodo, ol Virg
formally announced, und eulogiu
when uu adjournment look pine £
In iho House, Mr. Lovejoy,
endeuvored but failed, to introdui
tution to appoint u committee
into the expulsion oi Abolitionists
Southern Stales. The death of
Goode, ol Virginia, wu* turnout
usual resolutions passed,
bill wu* introduced, which was ren
involves an expenditure ol nearly
dred thuusuttd dollars.
stute Fuir for IHGO.
Measures aro being tnken to make tho
next tho mast imposing of any Fair ever
held by the Society. Among them, a ma
terial addition to the list of articles lor
which premiums aro offered, and, in soma
esses, offering larger premiums for many
which have always been included
list. In the List of Premium*
eil ot the next Fair, to ho held ot Atluutn,
October 23d, 1800, uro two which may
prove of very great importance, n* the mar
kets are now crowded with commercial ma
nures, the utility of many of which ar* a*
yet untried. If thny aro what ia claimed for
thorn, and cheaper than domestic or barn
yard manures, let it bo proven end tho Incl
made known. Will not our Farmers give
all of them a fair trial, and mako the result
known at the next Fair 1 Something must
lie done to recluirn tho exhausted lands of
the State ; they must bo enriched by turn
ing under green crops, by using burn-yard
manure, or some ol the commercial manures,
or abandoned. The premiums ulluded to
are : For that experiment on one aero of
upland cotton, with commercial or other
manures, which will show the greutost in
come Iroru amount invested in manure ; the
land lo be compared with similar parcels of
land untnsnored ; kind nnd quality of Und
cultivated to hi given in the report. The
other i* for a similar experiment for Corn.
Now let nur Farmers tent the value of fer
tilizers—domestic or barn-ysrxl manure, cot
ton seed, turning under green crops, swamp
mud, comport, guuno, and other commer
cial manures, and determine (or themselves
ami others, which pays best.
We learn that it w*s recommended that
the Executive Committee appear on t' a
Fair Ground at the next men tug in g« o ■
manufactured ut the South.—Atlanta Amer
Georgia and Florida Ilonndary I.lnc.
mcr.l yoaug priest,
Celestial* and \ alikech--Thu Contrast*
Uno of the Missionaries in China thun
shows, up tho following ‘‘they’*” sud
“The Chinese parents select the wives for
•heir son*, and decide whom their daugh
ter* hIiuII marry. Their badge ot mou.-iui,
is while, nnd their funeral card* are written
with blue ink. They mourn lor the dead
by proxy, und select a burying place for the
departed (>y tho aid of ono who make* that
his profession. Wo rend horizontally, they
| erpendiculurly. We read from left to right,
they from right to leit. Wo uncover the
head as a mark of respect, they pul on their
caps. We black all our hoots, they white
wash their*. Wo compress the waist, they
the feet. Wo give tho place of hoeor on
tbo right, they on tho lelt. We #penk of
Norlh-woid, they ol West-north. Wo say
tho needle ol the compu#* points to the
North, they to tho South. We shako the
bund of a friend in rululalion, they shake
their own. We locale tho understanding
in tho bruin, they in (he belly.
Our official* designate their office or rank
by n star on tho lirensl, or epaulettes on
their shoulders, they by n button on tho ap
ex of their cup*. Wu page our hooks on
tho tup, they on the margin. Wo print on
both uidt * >d the leaf, they upon one. We
'ri l tis“o! M u r bJi« , tW , im)"Wl»fi
they on tho margin of the leal. In our
libraries wu #u' the volumes up, they lay
theirs down. Wo kpep our wives in the
patlor, they keep theirs in the kitchen. Wo
pul our daughter to school, they put their*
to service. We ptopcl our cuual hunt* by
horse* aud steam, they pull their* by men.
produce to murltel by railroud,
hoy tuku then* on men’s shoulders. We
lumber and grins’ flour by steam and
power, they do it by human muscle.
W& turn it lhou«u->d Hpindle* und lly a hun
dred shuttle*, without u single bund to pro
pel, they employ a hand for each. We
print by | otver presses und metal types, they
on wooden block* with a huml-brush. We
worship God ; they offer incense lo the
devil.
— —
A Snake Story.
‘During the Florida wur,’ said tho speak*
or, I was with the American army. One
day I shouldered my gun
be award- ! » n,r,uit
In pusaiug through a
thing a lew leel ahead
ol me, lying upou the ground, which hud
every appearance ol it log, it being some
lorty feet in length, nnd
milting but it !<
I paid no attention
1 would huve sworn bclore
ustice that it wa# u log und timb
er should huve believed
snake* growing
and the luet i», 1
it it 1 had.'
‘Well,’ he continued, 'between
the log (;.s I took it to he) was a miry place
which it wa* necessary lor mo to avoid
1 thercinre placed the butt ol my gun on th
ground ahead ol me, nnd rpriiigtng upon ii
lit right on top of—wlutt do you suppose ?'
•A bou-conatrictur,' said one.
•No
ii.lu,* said d
ol It c
•What could it have been ?'
* J ut»t xvliut 1 supposed it t
be
ing.
i Would a Mistake ?—Uno of tho
mistake* which good people have
in supposing the world to be a mis-
'o these people—and their number
mail—tho earth is hut u theatre of
I aickness, sorrow und deuth. Joy
illusive, laughter a mockery, pleasure a
I cheat, and happiness impossible, and not
even to-ho looked l*r this side of the grave.
'1 * Ii t# perlorinanco of ull duty is the tsking
up of what they call “a cross.” They are
aciually afraid lo ho happy, under an over
shadowing impression that they have no
right to be iu this life. They believo thero
g intrinsically b.td in the woihl
the mouth
tern terminus, and mn to the mound km
ss Eltcott’s uiound B, the eastern terminus.
They reached this on the 26tb of last month,
and have since been engaged in murking
the line hsck by setting up posts, and throw
ing up mounds of earth ul every mile. It
was run on the urc of a great circle, aud
henco is u little north ol that run by Mc
Neill between tho mine points, on which
the survey* of the United State* lands iu
Florida weie closed.
The one now established has been run
out all the way by the exact azimuth* called
for in tho calculation carefully prepared be- , - #
nd it missed the mound i tt
They huve
ich afiltci* the human race has
strifek ill. To them life i* a trial, severe,
unrelenting, perpetual- All that seems
good und graceful and glorious iu the world
i* a hollow shorn, for the deception ol the
unwary and tho rum ol the unwise.
'I lie Moorish War.
(IKW CONCHA TO TAKE A COMMAND.
It ih stated Irom Mo.-r.d mat tbo bulk of
the Moorish arm) bus n u yet been engaged
with ttie Spannh lorccs in Morocco, but
walling lor the Spanish army
only 37 links of a chain, or about tight
yards. The line ts 158 miles and 24 chains
long ; and it is probably the most astonish
ing result of any survey recorded.—Flori
dian.
A Stone from St. Helena—G. W. Kim
ball, the United Stules Cousul at St. Hele
na, haa obtained one of the original atoms
from tho tomb of Napoleon 1 ., j* a contri
bution to tho National Monument at Wash
ington. It was put on board the United
Htutes steamer Mystic, which left St. Hele
na J*n* 4th, ‘for the coast of Airies, and
would probably bo transferred to tho U. H.
■toresbip Relief, bound home. Louis Na
poleon, tba present Emperor oi France,
gave his consent lo the removal oi the atone
to Washington. It* removal was w.messed
by eaversl Freiicn and American officers, iu
umpauy with Mr. Kimball.
advance
>r, vvhero u great but-
aud Marshal O’Donnell is
uvo considerable rctniorco-
, general engagement takes
incuts bt-b
placc.^r ( jj a p atc | 1 announces that another
Corps d’arinee is being raised and equipped
in Spain b r service in Morocco, and that it
ia to be placed under il.«' command ot Gen.
Concha, la"- Captain ‘• ml ol Cuba.
A Hui.cMNu Old Wuetcu.—The Cincin
nati Enquirer Stairs that a man sixty year*
of ago separated from his wile, a French
woman much younger then himself, some-
where in one nf the Eastern Stales, and
alter wards married an English woman in
Cincinnati. The Frenchwoman found out
• her place of reaiduncu, and created a dis
turbance nl once, which resulted in some
pulling of hair aud much dninugo to appa-
ud. The venerable Lothario lelt them to
settle the matter, and has not been seen by
rrther since. He eloped Irom the city with
• Dutch widow.
*uuj Weller’s Valentine.
YV n givo to our renders ns appropriate for
the season Sain WellaFs Valentino to |,j fl
Bweotheart, with critical remarks by his
l ather Tony Weller. Esq. X
” i ° ladies and gentlemen,’ who are no
in Hie habit of devoting themselves practic-
u'tier is iio"^ 0 -- 0 ' 0 “i* P en , m ? n,,li l’> wrilinq n
•I neces |
Ilia head ...o ,cn arm so as
}° J. n« hi. «»-, u„ ar |y „ | S on ,
Iclul Willi III. pupur. an j w h[] r ,,| unc j lle
* at .'t 1 ® 1*. i* constructing,
WI1 * l,M iniRUB imaginary charnc.
n r.. lo corrcapomi. Theac motion., n|.
tun tgli unquestionably ol llie itruato.t au
nt..nnco to original composition, retard in
some degree the p„, sr ,.„ „[ „. rilor , j
bain bad unco,mcinunly boon a lull hour umi
a hall writing word, in .mull teat, .me.ring
ou vrong letters with hia little linger, and
putting in new ones which required going
r.'® r *, Br T 0, ' e " 10 render them visible
(nrough the old blots, when ho was roused
by tho opening of the door and tho entrance
ul Ins parent.
“X” 1 .!" s “'»y," said the lather.
Veil, toy I’rooshan Blue," responded the
son, laying down hia pen. “What’s tho
lu*t bulletin about mother-in-law f”
"Mrs. Veller passed a xvery good night,
hut is uncommon perwerse, and tin P 1ea*ant
this mormn —signed upon oath—Tonv Wl-
ler, Lsq. That’s the Inst vun bi was is-
sued, Sammy," replied Mr. Weller, unly-
tng hi* shawl.
"No baiter yet f” Inquired Sam.
i.r.i >ym,om ® “gkerawatod.” replied
Mr. Weller, shaking hia head. “But wot'a
thut you're a doin' oi—pursuit ol knowl
edge under difficulties—oh, Sammy f*
“l ve done now.” said Sam, with alight
emtnrrasamont; “I’ve been wrilin.”
“Ho I see.” replied Mr. Weller. “Not to
nny young ootnan, I hope, Hammy.”
“Why it'ano uao a aaying’ it ain't,' res
plied Sam. "Ii’h a xvalentlne.”
"A what 1” exclaimed Air. Weller, up-
parent I y horror-stricken by the word.
“A wnlentine,” replied Snm.
"Samivcl, Samivtd,” said Mr. Weller, in
reproachful accents, “I didn’t think you’d
lijt done it. Arter the warnin' you've had
o your father’* wicioua propensities, ortcr
all I ve said to you upon tin* hero xvery
Hiibjcct ; artor nctixyally aeoin’ and bein' iu
tho company o' your own motlior In-law,
vch 1 should ha’ thought wo* u moral les-
hoo ns no man could ever ha’ lorgotton to
Insuytu day! I didn't think you’d hn’
done it, Sammy, I didn’t think you'd ha’
done it.” Thesu reflect ion a xvere too much
lor the good old man. He raised Sam’s
tumhler to In* lip* ami drank off'lho contents.
^fiWot's the mutter now 1” said Ham.
Ncv’r mind, Sammy,” replied Mr. Wol-
, Won , t do ' said Sam. 'Never sign a
waicntine with your own nnmo.'
m'J 1811 i« ’Pickvick,’ then.’ said Air.
* r „ : 11 " « wer y good name, und a
easy one to spell.
on7w?.k”° ry B “ id S " n '- 1 »»«
end with a werre; what do you think V
1 don t like It. Hum,' rejoined Air. Wcl-
rnn’n .* ncvcr kn ‘*w d « respectable conclt-
n lernn’ n r °' U,, . 0e,ry '' ’ Cept 0r,c - n " t" 0 * 1 ®
wchlngT^hU’w'-* ■" i * h ‘ b °
only tt CombiTvolf
rule.”
ocou’ro"d Ti b?m.
he signed (hr lexer
‘Your lovesick
lick vick. 1
And having folded it. in a. very intricate
manner, squeezed a down-hid direction in
ono corner* To Mary, House-maid, at Mr.
ft Uptons * .Mayors, Ipswich, Suffolk;’ anj
put it into his pocket, xvafered, and ready
tor tho General Post.
nr Tiio doings Of tile House or Representative
hare been aptly Illustrated by the Philadelphia
Journal, in a new version of "Mother Goose:’’
“There were Congressmen In Washlnirtou
And they were wondrous wtoo **
They balloted, until they louud
They could not organize;
4^^ws!i , i5sr““ fc ’
They got 'advanc #’ on their mv
And—ballote.i >• pay,
agonizin' trial t
We learn that the surveyors began Hie |h |b * j||babit BI|J all Ibo joy that pro-
ol r lint river, tbo wo#- caf>4 ) 4 fruru it* They have uu idea thut the
ler, "it’ll be a x
my time ui ih«
coiiHoIntion, n* the wury old turkey re
marked veu the burner *»id he woa aioerd
he tdiould he ohliued to kill him, fur tho
London market.’’
Wot'II be u trial/” inquired Sam.
To see you married, Hammy—to see
i a deluded wictim.uttd Bunkin' ttt your
innocence that it's all wrry capital,” replied
Air. Weller. “It's a drendlul trial to a la-
tlinr'* leolin'*, tiiat 'ere, Sammy.”
oiiHOiiKO,” s.id Sum. "1 ain't a goin'
to get murried, don’t you fret yottraell about
letter—there
Snm dipped liis pen into ink to ho ready
for any corrections, und began with a very
theatrical air—-
Stop.' said Mr. Weller, ringing the bell.
‘A double gln*« o’ the inwarinblo, my dear.’
Very well, Sir.' replied tho girl; who with
great quicknessnpppeared, vanished,return-
and disappeared.
They scout tu liuuw your ways hero,’ oh-
ved Sam.
Yea,'replied’his father, ‘I'vo boon hero
belnre, in tny time. Go on, Sammy.'
‘No, no,' replied Sam.
'Wery glud jo hear it,' said Mr. Weller.—
‘Poetry 1 * unnat'rol ; no man ever talked in
poetry'cop nbondloon boxin' day, War-
ren'a blackin' or Rowland's oil or aotne of
tliont low fellows ; never you let youraell
down lo talk pootry, tuy !ioy. Begin again,
Sammy
Air. Weller resumed hie pipe, with
cal solemnity, .uid Sum onco more
me need, nnd read as billow*.
‘Lovely crectur, 1 leel myself a dammed'—
‘That ain't proper,' said Mr. Weller, tuk 1
ing hia pipe Irom hi* mouth.
•No ; it ain’t dammed,' observed Sum,
holding the letter up to (ho light,
•shamed,’ there’s a blot thero—‘I loel ....
sell ashamed.’ ‘Wery good,' auid Air.
Weller. ’Goon.’
•• Feel inysult ashamed, and completely
cir—” 1 forgot wot ihishoro word ia,' said
Sam, scratching Ins head with the pen,
vain atteinpia to remember.
'Why don't you iopk at it, then /’
quired Mr. Weller.
•So 1 um a lookin' at it,' replied Hnm,
'but thcre'e anmiier blot , here'* a *c,’ am'
u *i,' a ltd a *d’
‘Ciroumwented, p’rhaps,' suggested Mr
Weller.
•No, it ain't that,' Buid Sam, ‘circutn
Bcilied,tliat'd it.'
•Thut ain’t a* good a word a* circutn
wonted, Sammy,' said Mr. Weller gravely.
•Think not /’ said Sam.
•Nothin' like*it,' replied Ins lather.
•But don't you think it moans more J
Inquired Sam.
•Veil, p'rhaps it is a moro tenderer word
h it id Mr. Weller, alter u few moment * re
flection. 'Go on Sammy.’
• 'Feel myseli uidiamud arid conudctely
circumscribed iu a drussiu' ol yot
ure a nice gal and nothin' hut it.'
•That'* a wi ry pretty sentiment,' said
the elder Air. Weller, removing his pipe '
make way lor tho remurk.
•Yea, 1 think it is rather good,’ observed
Sum, highly fluttered.
•Wot iitku iu that 'ere style ol writin'
said tho elder Mr. Weller, *i* that there
uiu't iio callin' names in it,—no Wenusus,
nor nothin’ o' that kind ; wot’s the good o’
cullin' a voung ’ooir.un a Woiiub or u angel,
Sammy /’
‘Ah ! what, indeed V replied Sam.
•You might .list as veil call her a griffin,
ora u nicer it, u king’s arm* ut unco which
i* xvery xvell known to be a collection o ’
lubiiloii* animal*,' added Mr. Weller.
•Just u* well,' replied Sam.
'Drive on, Summy,' -aid Mr. Weller.
Sam complied with the request, and pro
ceeded u* loilow* ; In* lutbet continuing to
smoke with i. mixed expression ol wisdom
and complacency, which waa particulary
odifiying.
• ‘Aloro I sec you I thought all women
•So they arc,’ observed the elder Mr.
Weiler, pan utlieiicully.
•'But now,’continued Sam,‘now I find
what a reg'tur solt-huaued, inkred'lous
turnip I must ha' been, tor there ain't no
body like you, lie ugh 1 like you better thun
110111111’ ut ull.' 1 (bought it best to rnuke
that ruthor stung.’ suid Sam, looking up.
Mr. Weller nudded approvingly, and Sum
resuined.
• 'So 1 lake the privilege ol the day, Alary,
my dear—n* the gen'lem'n in dificultirs did,
veu lie valked out ol u Suuda
thut the first aud only litno 1 seo you your
likeness was took on my hart in much
quicker time and brighter colour* than evor
u likeness was taken by the prufeel maohceii
(wich p'r’haps you may have heard oil Mary
iny dear) although U dors liuikh n portrait
nnd put the Irarne and glass on complete
with a iiook at the the end lo hang it up by
and all in two minutes and a quarter.' '
'] a in ulcered thut wcrgtsuu the poetical,
.Summy,' aatd Air. Weller, dubiously.
•No a don't, 1 replied Sum, nuiog OD
very quickly, to mold contesting ttie point,
‘‘Except of mo Mary my dear as your
walenttno and tliink over what i'vo said.
My dear Mary 1 will now conclude.’ That's
all,' »atd Sam.'
‘That’* rather a Htiddeii pull up, ain t it,
Samiuy f' inquired Mr. Weiler.
•Not a bit on it,' auid Sam; ‘•lie'll viah
there win more, and that'* the great art o'
letter writin'.'
•Well,’ said Mr. Weller, ‘there’* tom#*
thin' in thut; and 1 wish your mother-in-
law 'ud only conduct her eonwersatiun on
ii.e same gmiccl principle. Ain't you a
gom' to sign it f'
•‘Tl - '
And—balloted again
‘ Hry diddle diddle,
The ‘chair’ In the middle I
The Coagrosa' will organize soon I
Tll ° Lobby men laugh to ace thu #i,orL
A„d .11 fwd from frSm
An Answer Wanted.
Thinking iho Enquirer, nbaorhoj in k. on .
mg the account between Wiao .„ d Humor
uiny lia.o overlooked iho toiiowing, nnd bo-
MlSnatual y «n„ou» limt nur Into "noigli.
,h “ Cunvemwn
’> J hurad.y v.uh . clear record, we call
... attention to the toiiowing paraerauh in
tho Nashville Banner: t. uragrapn tn
" A t Iho rocont Union Mooting held al
Knoxville, Judge Ilmley, a liro-coiing Dent-
ocral, laio ol Georgia, announced the . om „-
what etar ling foci that in 1856 he had Been
“ letter tiddreeeod by U„v. Wi«o, ol Virginia
.o tno Governor ol Floride, in which I, J
WiBe) atatod ttol hf haJan armv in ,,adin.„
lo march at hi. rail, la Wa,h,a e ta n, in the
eeent 0/ I'rernoot’s ,1m,aa, la prteinl hi, la-
h"lg hi. .Cal a, I rcttJenl ! ,, y ov .
srnor tt iso Imd Buell a .come on font, and
was flatting the co operation nl Soutlierif
Uovcrnora in Ins secret revolutionary de-
«"■' '‘ ,0 '““"‘O.“> l»rg« hn. a right tn do.
mi nd a t cxpoBttton ol tl H , whole plan.—
Without comment further ju.t now we
de.irn to call tho attention of the Uiclllnond
Gtiqnlror to title matter, in tin, hope that
wit this subject. Wa* such a sclw inF' uti
loot I Wu* such a letter written by Govertie
or Wise to tho Governor ut Florida / Were
similar loiters written to other Southern
Governors, or to any of them / How many
Governors coincided with Wise? And who
were they f Wa respectfully ask that those
inquiries bo answered. Tho Southern peo
ple have u right to demand tho truth iu re
ference to tins affair.''
I’arsun Brownlow, with an admirable
regard for the interest of Gov. Wine, “en
closed tho whole affair in n lutter” (as ho
tisaiirus us) “to Gov. Wisp the next day, to
thecuru of the Richmond Enquirer, putd tho
postage—marked the points, und culled his
attention thereto. Hi* Excellency due* not
ser in ns prompt in responding to this grave
question as ha usually is in matter* uf this
kind.”—Jiichmond Whig.
Chinese Reveubnob for Puintkd Paper.
Every scholar keeps in hia study a waste-
paper basket, which, when in u«e, is hung
uguinst the wall, and receives from time to
lime the scrap* which have been scribbled
upon, or nny, even tho smallest pirce of
with tho large basket#, king sift szc tsze,
“Revere arid spare tho printed paper,” is
heard, then he will go or send hi* servant
lo tho door, and empty tho contents of his
basket into tho light and capaciouu skep nf
the collector. Tins collector is usually em
ployed by n company of scholars; n* in this
case (alluding to the etching) the letter* on
bis little lbg inform u* that ho belongs to
tho “great lilorary sjcioty.” Tho paper
thus collected is burnt iu i separate fireplace,
often erected in the side-court—tho kitchen
above is loo profane s pluco—of a temple ;
and, by the moro strict scholars, evou the
a#he* aro not allowed lo become tho sport
of the four winds, but uro taken to some
tidal or running stream und emptied into
tho waters.—Cobbold's Pictures of the Chi-
Democratic Aimstlb and a Convert.—
Down in Egypt, Illinois, Deacon Smith on*'
day xvns called upon to marry on old cotijilu
not Ichs thun tnxtv year* ol age. The
crowd assembled at the old log school-house
to see the happy couple joined together.—
The Deacon und tho inaniul candidates
'Mr. Jones,' said tho Deacon, ‘nnd Sarah
Long, stand up. I)o you, Mr. Jones, take
Suruh Long, whom you hold by the right
hand, to he your luwtiil anil wedded wile so
long as you both shall live /'
‘No, *ir, Deacon Smith,’ said Jones; 'so
long ns wo both shall agree.'
This mutter being understood, the .Dea
con proceeded.
'Do you Sarah, Long, tako Mr. Jones,
whom you hold by the right bund, to be
your lawful nnd wedded husband so long a*
you both shall live /'
'No, sir, Deacon Smith ; so long as Mr.
Jones shall vote the Democratic ticket,' re
plied the patriotic lemnle.
Tha hnppv couple were joined together,
i their wny rejoicing.
In TtMB o? Paxes Prepare for War—
Just heur how Mrs. Croly.lhc ludy,local of the
Rockford Duily News, counsels her sex ia
view of tho fact that this is leap year :
Are the girls awaro that this is leap ye ir
—a grand chance for those who may leel
tt.at they are verging toward uncertainties,
to mako u desperate plunge. Wo know
one or two gentlemen who certainly ought
to ha married and probably tho right kind
of tactic* would induce them to come to
the same conclusion. A little care, a little
caution, *o a* not to “•care” the poor vic
tim#, and tho game may be your own, girls.
A Fable to Show tub I’ollv ok Boast
inu.—A gouriJ had wound iisclt urouud a
lulty palm, and iu u lew wouka climbed to
its very top.
“How old inaycst thou be f” atked tho
“About a hundred years,”
‘‘About a hundred years, and no taller !
Oi ly look : I huve grown ns lull a* you iu
lower days lliun you count years !”
1 know tha' well,” replied the palm ,
■ hurt lived us thou wilt be."
Hmart Wifk.—An Illinois editor challen
ge# the Htato toproduco a wile equal lo his,
for »inartness anil muscle. Among tho ma
ny thing* enumerated which she easily per
formed one morning before breakfast, ‘whip
ping the editor, spanking nine children,
kicking over the lablo and breaking all the
dishes, wringing u neighbor's nose for inter
fering, cutting off a dog's tail, and throw
ing a servant girl into a cistern.’
8uch a tvil'e te a jewel!
Our Representatives und the bunding
tom in liter*'.
Our Representatives are on the standing
cominiltroa as follows:
Hon. M. J. Cruwlurd, Committee Waya
and Means.
Hon. L. J. Gortrnl, on Elections.
if ou. James Jackson, uu Revolutionary
Claim*.
lion. P. E. Love, on Expenditures in
State Department.
lion. J. W. Underwood, ou Navy Depart
ment.
Hon. J. J. Jones, on Unfinished Business.
liou. Joshua Hill, on Foreign Affairs.
lion. Thus. Hatdeman, on Mileage.
From Um state (Illinois) Journal.
Somethin*- about Hears.
A RRMINIflCXJVCX OP CALIFORNIA.
1 he grizzly hear is the largest, as well as
tho most formidable of his species. Ho is
I.iund f.eryw hem itlon c tho we.tern ulupo
ol the liockey Mountains ; but it is in the
coast range ol the Sierra Nevada*, in Cali*
lorn la, that he attains to tho greatest size
It I® said he will not taste flesh, and is na
turally of a mild nnd pocitic dispoat'ion. but
when aroused by wounding or otherwise
becomes at once the most dangerous of nni«
mols. His tenacioueness of fife j 8 vorv
great, which makes him tho moro to bo
dreaded, aud wound* which would provo
rr.rr 11 ' “"w h.™
hut llltlo utloct upon him. When unmolwt-
cd ho seem, inclined to ovoid the pm.er.cn
“'ll! W t, f 0 " ,ull » «l>y Iron,
um «t sight This is not always tho case,
however, lor the lemnle, acc.tnpanied with
her cuh., will attach nny Jiving creauiro
that happen, locoine in her way.
One beautiful moonlight night Ihlhcoarly
part ol September, a, I wtt. reluming homo
Irom n neighboring village, 1 came mddenly
upon two largo luff.grown bears, ft xvas al
most as light us mid-day,bur a audden bend in
the road had prevented me from seeing them
until 1 xvu* within a few yards of where
Ihoy otootl. They worn in the act of lying
down, and although they moat have bcoft
aware of my preaem-.. , thev cava no ind-.ca-
lion of the Inct. 1 did not tarry very long,
however, having hut very little cunueily “
lourn whether B.u.n would tight or tun
away, hut left the place myeefi with con-
atueruhie degree ol rapidity. On another
occoahtn, while passing along the road
loading Iron; Ucorgelown to the Uoaton
i unnel, on (he Middle Ford of the Ameri
can River, J met one of those large animals
in broad daylight. We (Ins bearahip and
myseli) were traveling on the same road,
but in different directions, and wet o perhaps
witliin forty or fifty yards of each other
before I discovered him. He saw me about
tbo same time and stopped, nnd raised his
lieud umi looked to - urds me for a second or
two, and then walked on in t|, c same gener-
nl direction, shying off from the mud a
little tu tiio left, while 1 did the same on the
opposite side, and hi tin* manner wo passed
euch other. He manifested, as will be seen,
no disposition to molest nte, but on the
contrary very politely gave me tho mad, but
although i end not avail myseli ol his
politeiiesB, I willingly record this little
mcident in Ins praise.
1 lie savage di*po«.tion of tho fcmulo has
already been ulluded to. The first settlors
ul California met with many adventures
illustrative oi this, i wi |, a|ludo to onl _
o and thut ono very briefly, and occurring
it did, to, my own immediate neighbor
hood, I can vouch ^ir its correctness. A
party of miners, three in nutnbor, were
returning one evening, when ull of u sudden
from a (Tump oi iuuiiz<iuuu i>i.o,. V u
stoud by the roadside, and beluro nicy
had time to recover Irom their first
movements ot surprise, the bear seized one
ol them und in les* time man it lakos tu
relate the circumstance, bad bu mangled the
poor lellow that his file wus desputred ol
lor. u long t nte. The other two took tu
their hpel*,the bear alter them— oncescupud
und tho other shared the tutu ol lit* wuuud-
ed comrade. The bear did not leave tiicni
lor sumo tune, but kept walking to und Iro
between them, first giving one a bite and
then the other, ever and anon turning them
utoutVuh her paws, a* tl to sutisly Horse 11
whether they were reully dead or not. Both
ultimately recovered, but remained badly
crippled and disfigured for liio.
Iu iho summer of 1854 u miner, whose
name 1 huve lorgotten, offered lo wager live
bundled dollar* thut with no utiier weapon
than a knife ho would attack and kill on the
spot the largest umi o ust vicious bear thue
could be procured. Tho wager wus taken
and the tight came olf in the presuuce ul a
largo number <•! person*, some liiieon or
UllllllUl I
boldly into thu ureuu. The b ar wu* now
irl loose. Our ln-ro was urn oil witn two
knives—one ol which xvn* in in* right bund,
lieu vy buckskin glove, made lor l lie occasion.
A* he entered the ring hu putised a moment,
then boldly und with u i>rm step udvunced
toxvuru* the bear, who with open mouth
sto-'d ou hi* huunchu* to iclcivu him. A
ileal uie** silence now purvuded the crowd
ol spectator* and thu ‘boldest held their
breath lor u tune.’ A terrible combat was
uboul to begin in which the fife ot a fellow
inuitul wu# at make; lor unless he killed
the bear, it would most assuredly kill linn,
and thu chance* ol victory were largely in
lavor of the bear.
When our gludiutor had arrivvd o within
nearly an arm'* length ol Ins uutuguiiml,
ha again paused—thu latter suit upon hi*
(luniichei, remained motionless us u statue,
each steudtly eyeing ilie other lor a second
or two, when, us quick a* thought, Bruin
made a pas* at our hero With one ol his
puws, winch must have ended tho combat
had hu not adroitly avoided thu blow by a
quick movement to tnc right, ut the name
nine oinking u thrust ut the bear with hi*
knile tic missed ins utm somewhat, inflic
ting only it slight wound, winch without
dnmbliug the oour in the least, only curugcd
iilin the more, and what xvas h. ill wur*u, hy
some means or oilier, tho knife was wrench
ed from In* hand. Nothing daunted how
ever by bi* piece ol bud luck, be now thrust
lit* gloved hand into Brum's mouth, whilu
with iho other lie droxv hi* remaining ku fu
from it* place ami plunged it into the bear's
side to it* vuiy Inlt, penetrating tbo heart,
winch soon put an end tu the conflict.
Then such a wild shout u* worn up from
that crowd 1 never bef-re listened to. Tiio
very mouiituiu* seemed tu catch tbo sound
and bear it up to Heaven. Our hero wilt
unharmed with the exception ol In* Kit
mind, which wus pretty budiy inutiluled,
not withstanding ns covering.
Thus ended one ol tho most intensely ex
citing Beenes which I over witnessed, and
the likcol which 1 huve uu desnu to behold
A Case ul Cutihdiciico.
•‘Friend Broadbrim,” said Zephanialt
Htruitlacu to in* master, a rich Quaker uf
the city of Brotherly Love, “tlmu canul not
eat of that leg of mutton at thy noon-tide
table to-day.”
“And wherefore not t” asked tbe good
Quaker.
“Ufcauso the dog that appertained) lo
that son of Beliuh, Lawyer Fozcraft, hath
C"iue into thy pantry and stolen K—yea,
and bo hath euleu it up.”
••Bow we, fiieud Z phaniah, of bearing
false wittier* against thy neighbor. Art
thou sure it wu* friend Foxcratl’s animal i"
•‘Yes, verily, I »sw it with my eyes mid
it wa* Lawyer Foxcruft'* dog ; evou i'tnch-
“Upon what evil timo have we fallen l”
said the harmless secretary, as he wended
tils way lo his neighbor’s office. ••Friend
Gripus,” said he, “1 wan*, tu *»k thy opin-
••I am all attention,” replied tho scribe,
laying dawn hu pen.
•‘Huppoie, inend Foxcrafi, that my dog
had gunu into thy neighbor’s pantry, and
■tolen therefrom a leg ol mutton, and I
aw him, and could caff him hy name,
what ought I to do T”
••Pay lor the mutton; nothing can bo
cleirer.”
••Know, then, friend Foxcrafi, thy dog,
even the beast men detioiuiuutu Pinch-’eu,
nsth stolen from my pantry a leg of mutton
.1 thejuat valuo of lour shillings slid six
pence, which 1 paid for it this morning.”
"Oh, well, then, it is my opinion that I
must pay for it;” and having Oouc so, the
worthy friend turned lo depart.
“Tarry yet s little, friend Broadbrim,”
"Mod tba lawyer. "Uf a Verity I have yet
further to say unto thee. Thou owesl uio
n« shilling* for advice.”
'•Then, verily, I must pay thee, and it ia
my opinion I have touched pitch aud bean
defiled.”
Recipe non Hafpisess.—Go without your
J inner and #t‘e if you don't i'etl happy w hen
is auppel-ttois.