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Vol. 3. WI'TIE'J. ■ • " —t- r --7TT z=zit^zz auppsHY mu. >'o, strangrr, he doesn’t live here now, Ho clipped the vigihlttf-e—don't know how, For we’ve digging high and low Soncfe the wnch, ten year* ago. % reckon 'you haven’t hyAjjn about. The gajno he played when he dashed cat f He lit herqabouts in a qtrloUs way, An’, sq'ttWVy ,he fir ’’* ,mt wouldn’t play. •Things lively as eommon when The bpya }6 ,oyi;r from Snaky Glen. The tables vr<jn‘ pil.xl knee deep witl) gold', "ind bi/. was brisk with keerds, I’m told. Bill Sdt Nitlliit there for a •Ji'iuld’, ... And watched the pWo’oding* Without A smilj. Hut as the game was heatin’ fed-hot, He slowly riz up from whore he sot, And pcured some powder into his paw, As he worked his quid from jaw to Jaw. No luck, an’ I rnout as as well bo dead A* livin’,” was what the hairpin said. His face was full of wildiali sheer, And durn his pictur, he acted queer. “ I will,” he says, " I’m blowed if I don’t. And I’ll carve the galoot who says I won’t.” “ When luck goes back on a cuss like I, He’d better pepper his carcass and die ; And if 1 don't do it, just call me a liar”— Chuck went his powder horn into the flro. The way the boys lit out beats all, They hid behind stumps and rocks and wall. Hut the gold and the p< wder hom wore loft behind. With Bill all alone to go it blind. We waited an hour across the road. To hear the shanty and Hill explode ; We waited an hour after wo ran. Hut never so much as a flash in the pnn ; An’ when we diskivered that we had been sold And footed it back but we found no gold ; But we found in that cussed horn of Bill’s The blackest sand on these tarnal hills. , —Kngmt Scoit. TO-DAY. Only from day to day The life of a wise man runs, What matter if seasons far away Have gloom or have double smis t We climb the unreal path. And stray from the roadway here; We swim in the rivers of wrath, And tumid the hills of fear. Our feet on tho torrent’s brink. Our eyas on the olouds afar. We fear tho things we think. Instead of the things that are. Like a tide our work should rise, lOach later wave the best, “ To-day is a king in disguise,” To-day is the special test. Like a sawyer's work is life ; The present makes the flaw i And the only thing for strife Is the inch before the saw. an a 3 s 5 k q> a a v •_ MURDER WILE OUT. Here is a wonderful s'ory of love, crime ami superstition, w 1 ich ha* been worked oiu during the last few month*. If the principal character were not so intolorably base, it would furnish mate rial for a first rate sensational romance. In Bayard street, in New York) lives a respectable Polish Hebrew family) by name Uubenstein, who have successfully carried on a dry gcods trade for some lime. Three years ago, one of the sons) Pesach, came from Poland to tty his fortune with the rest of iiis kindred. He started as a pedler of cheap jewelry; and by dint of energy and native sagac ity, managed to save five thousand dol lars. He had left behind him a young wife and family, aud three months ago was in such good circumstances that he remitted the means to enable them to join him here. It was a noticeable feat ure of this young nun's conduct that he was an invariable and devout observer ot all the religious ceremonies of his faith, never by any chance omitting to attend the synagogue and go through all the prayers ot a most orthodox He brew. By this source Pesach gained the re spect of his fellows and the admiration and affection of h's handsome cousin, Sarah Alexau ler. He seduced his young relative, but gratified his passions with such restraint that not a suspicion was entertained ot any undue familiarity existing between them. liis religious observances were undiminished in fer vor, ami his application to business was redoubled in vigor. As the lime went by, the condition of Sarah became such that a speedy exposure of her folly and his crime was iuevi'able. Disgrace was before him, and his very reputation for <!■ veutness would serve to make his shame the greater. Tims was tho way paved for a horrible crime, and Pesach, With a Satanic caution, prepared to sac rifice two lives to save liis own cham fer. Hero we come to a singular feature of this terrible drama, which shows to what an extent religious belief may affect our ordinary actions. Certain passages in the Talmud sanction the assumption of the sins of one man by another, and permit a sinuir to shiftthe responsibility and the penalty of his crimes on the •shoulders ot whoever shall willingly ac cept the position. The crafty Pesach determined to avail Jrmself of such scapegoat, who should bear not only the chastisement for the rins he had committed, but also that ot the horrid deed he was thee meditating, to save the religious ehrraoter ho had built up with such pains. Without much difficulty he found a poverty stricken fellow-countryman, who, lor the modest sum of lorty-ti ve dol'araj agreed to b,ar th ~ weight of all the sins committed and to Oe committed by Ku beusteiu from the last day of atonement CONYERS, GEORGIA: THURS DAY. JANUARY 30, 1876* to a specified time. The contract wan formally itl Wn up in Hebrew, signed, sealed, witnessed, and the money duly paid. .When the wile of the man \rlo iud s ill his soul for forty.flve dollars leariletl by what means her husband had beo mile possessed of bis rich OS; the good weni iii. tell into an Agdity of grief, and cd tii pel led tier HkhViiate to offer to return the money wlijoft bo bad obtained at such a cost. lVsach, however, thought his bargalii too good to be lightly thrown dp, so he tuterly ref ised to cancel the contract'. The substitute, who was al ready receiving some of the punishment fie had contracted far from his wife, suit in the lletli Haiuidrash, a Court held in 69 Ludlow street, where it was tried by Chief Rabbi Abraham Jo seph Ash. After full consideration, the Rabbi decided again t RiOenstein on the following grounds : 1. There are sonte transgressions which iilYPlv* the wife aud children of the assumer. The wife not having been a party to the ountract was entit'ed to prohibit it. 2. The Talmud prohibits the over charge of more than one sixth the amount of a bargain. As l’esach’s sina had not been stated in the contract he might have got the better of the assumer by more thau the one sixth of the forty five dollars. lleaten here, Pesaeh appealed to an other court to compel the assumer to stick to his contract. At this second trial it was settled by Pesaeh rescinding the contract, while the assumer kept the money and bound himself to say daily prayers for one year in Pesach’s behalf. This being concluded the next thing definitely known is that Pesaeh bought a tobacconist's knife cheap, at a shop in Division street, and two days afterwards the body of poor Sarah witii her unborn child was found with its throat cut in a field in the suburbs of Brooklyn, and the cheap knife was discovered hid in the corn sheaves beside VfhHSh the corpse was lying. Yet another curious Circum stance in this ghastly tale. The night of the day when the body was lound, when detectives weri groping about in utter ignorance, and not tveu the fami lies of the murdered girl knew of her absence or fate, Pesaeh rose and went to liis father, saying : “I have seen Sarah in a dream ; the is killed, lying in a corn field ten mil's away, and she wants me so bury her,” The old man at nt him to his bed agitlll, saying: “this is foolish' ness, my son.” But it was true. The spirit of tlie murdered girl had driven him to betray himself. This dream was spread abroad the next day. It was the clue the detectives sought, and Pesaoll Rubensteiu is noiv in '.lie Tombs aiVnit ing his trial for as foul a murder as ever Stained the bloody annals of our criminal calendar. BEN HILL’S SPIiBCH. Correspondence ot tho Louisville Courier Journal. Washington, Jan. 11.—The sensation of tc—day is Ben. Hill’s great speech in reply to Blaine’s arraignment of Jeffer son Davis. Had considerations of mere party policy controlled the question, Mr, Hill might) perhaps, have lemained silent; But there was much more than policy to be consulted. Mr; Blaine had deliberately and in the foitlest language denounced Mr. Davis, as the head of the Confederate government, tor the horrors of Andersonvtlle.jand his charge, if true, it was, as all felt, an indelible stigma upon the humanity and civilisation of the South. Asa personal friend of Mr. Da vis, it was not manly for Mr. Hill to sit still and hear him libeled. It was felt by nearly all from the South that some body should get up aud tell the trutn iq her vindication. Mr. Hill did this duty to-day, and to a crowded house and gallery, Rarely has a speaker commanded closer attention or a higher audience. So far as Mr. Blaine was personally concerned, he avoided all personalities, and lie took pains to express his regret at being call ed from his proper field of duty to fight over the bsues of tlrn war. Taking np the subject of Andersonville, Mr. Hill proceeded to show that the entire policy of the Confederate government on the subject of prisoners had been humane and framed according to the usages of war, and that the sufferings of the brave ineu of tbe North in Andersonville were chiefly attributable to the action ot the Federal government' and that the Con federate govdrnment had earnestly and repeatedly striven lor exchange of prisoners, and that the Fedoral govern ment bad refused it on considerations of policy. Mr. Hill showed, moreover, that the sufferings ot the Confederates in Northern prisons had been greater that those at Andersonville, and proved by Mr. Stanton's official report in 1876, that the per ceut. ot mortality was three per ceut. greater in the Northern than in the Southern prisons. Speaking of the Union Army m the highest terras, Mr. Hill made no reflections on the body of the Northern people, and he especitlly complimented these war Democrats who wanted to stop the war alter Lee’s sur render, Mr. Hill's peroration was strikingly eloquent and impressive. Ho said the South was iu Congress and the Union, and meant to 9tay thore. They felt at home. The argument was from a union standpoint, and was conciliatory to all save the Radicals, whom he defied. As a vindication of the honor and humanity ot the South in tue war, and especially on the subject of th exchange of pris_ oners, the speech was triumphant. In eloquence aud power of argumentation, in dearness, readiness and rhetoric, it was indeed a remarkable oration. Some Democrats are the opinion that Mr. Dili ought to have been less unforgiving to tho Republicans, while speaking for am nesty, and that he might, without injus tice to his riwu cause, have met the nialico of tlie Republican leaders with an appeal for A general reconciliation all aronn 1 qil the basis of mutual respect and cdttHuefibe. THVltiijiUtlleans were very uiicomfora ble 4i!Htlij tHfi liVd hoitrs' Speech; l*al pably, they had not alertiiieJ tliat s;icll a powerful vindication cditld be made, and based updit unimpeachable testimony. Blaine Iddlt'ed badly (lacked to-day, and out of spirits. No Honest smile lias illu minuted bis counts nance since tile dl'eSs ing he gdt VeStterday from Saul Cox. Garfield WAs eVldeltlly tinhnppy, and showed by his interruptions bow sore he felt, Tue Northern fteifiOCtnU listened with great eagerness and solicitude. It i*> indeed, a groat and perhaps doubtful question, whether, even in this Centen nial year, the public mind of the North will tolerate a vindication of Southern character, honor aud humanity, even in reply to the foulest, bilteiest denuncia tion on tlie floors of Congress. It is a common remark in all political circles here, that tlie game of Mr. Blaine and his associates is to excite sectional von* troversy, revive the discussions of the war, and, by renewing passion and ha tred, electa Republican President. Tlie Democrats are very anxious to block this game. The trouble, however, is that iheie are here a lot of ignorant proviti* eial mediocrities in Congress from the South, who are too stupid to adopt the proper methods to counteract and toil the satanie tactics of the enemies of the people. These small men cannot see beyond their own Districts, and appeals to them to tike a broad and bold course of patriotism seem to tali on deaf cars. The Herald ot Health says flesh meat tends to make men bold, enterprising and courageous, while vegetables render men peaceful, benevolent and virtuous. Children should have a little ot both. A >Ltn's Chinese Neighbors, The Raleigh North Carolina News reports that Kev. Dr. Pritchard, of that citjt feterred in his Thanksgiving ser mon to a con versa i ion held some years between Dr. Tlios. E. Skinner, form erly of Raleigh, but now of Georgia, and an anti-miissioniiryisti Dr. Skinner, he Srtid) was soliciting aid fbt- foreign mis sions, and applied to this gentleman, who promptly repulsed him with tlie reply, “I don't believe in foreign missions. 1 won't give anything except to home missions. I want what I give to benefit my neighbors." “\Vell," replied Sk'nntr, “whom do you regard as your neighbors? “Why, those around me," replied the brother. “Do you mean those whose lands join you ?’’ inquired Dr. Skinner. “Yes.” “Well,” said Dr. Skinner, “how much land do you own." “About 500 acres." “How far down do you own?’’ in quired Dr. Skinrter. “Why, I never thought ot that bo fore, but I suppose I own half Way through.” “Exactly,” said Dr. Skinner, “I sup pose you do, and I want this money for the Chinese—tho men whose land joins yuurs on the bottom.” The hardened brother bad never thought of that, and gave a good sum for foreign missions. A Bhokkm Hearted Roostkii. —Thom as Roach, keeper of a chicken ranch on the old Sau Jose road, purchased, several months ago, a lot of finecropple cvowds, which he kept aloof from his less aristo cratic fowls iu a small yard. The chief ot the family was a large black bird of an exceedingly haughty disposition. He was monarch of all ho surveyed till about a week since, when Roach procur ed a white bird of the same breed and turned it into the yard of the cropple crowns. The two male birds immedi ately joined in battle, which, after a gal lant display by both contestants, resulted in the defeat of the b sek cropple. The unsuccessful bird took its defaet soi ely to heart. In fact, life was no longer worth possessing since honor had depar ted. The bird was trying to kill itself with its own spurs. Not suooeed ing, it tried to jam its head under a gate, but failed again. It flew upon a barrel half filled with rain water, aud carefully surveying the situation, plunged ititc the cask. Koacb ran out and found the bird ivith its wings closely folded to its side, its beak opeu, and apparently endeavor ing to repress the natural struggles of self-preservation. It was speedily rescu ed from its dangerous situation, but it refused to tako any further interest in life, and alter a few days of mental tor ture and physical suffering, it died. Sergeant Bates Terms Ur Again.— The irreperssible Sergeant Bates has turn ed up in Philadelphia. He proposes to establish a oarnp near the Centennial ground next summer, where poor crip pled soldiers of either army may find a soldieris fare and a soldier's welcome. To raise funds for this purpose Sergeant Bates is about starting on a lecturing tour which will extend through the Southern States. HARD TO PLEASE. | Into one of the large jewelry Id ’ fancy goods stores of Boston, Wats' 1, j the other day, one of those custom, • j that the holiday season sometimes brings to town, lie was a hard-handed, loose, broad shouldered individual, carefully dressed in anew suit of baggy, ready in tde clothes) a home laundried sl.i'rt, and a hrtt which) although perfectly new, wA* three seasons helmet tlie present tasltk'll, Bathiteting dp ttt oile rtf tile salesmen, vVith A Very obvious attempt at being ai home among the glittering splendor of the salesroom, and a general air of ‘-Not to dc astonished or being done by you Bdfltrtn fellers,” he inquired : - '‘Got any Ui’Utieed f” The clerk answered in l!!B aniiiilaUVc; and led the way toa bewildering stock of bruize statuettes, clocks, el \ The visitor stared at them tor a moment as an interior African might have at the first white man lie bad ever seen, and then, sotting bis hat a little more firmly on his head, asked : “Which o'thein figgors motit be tlie Venus of high low f ’ The trained salesman, with placid countenance, quietly replied : “I don't remember any by that title ; are you sure that was the name ? The patron of tlie fine arts drew a large ytllow silk handkerchief from bis hat, and mopping liis face uneasily, said: “It mout lia’ been nee high, bu 1 think it was high low ; Mariar sed that ef 1 thought of seven lip 1 shouldn’t forget Ihe mime' Tho laot is,” said the puzzled purchaser, with a sudden burst ot confi dence, “the fact is, cap, I hev jest put up anew tenement dowu to South Higgins* boro’ aud Mariar ’lowed she'd like a bronze m I lie keepiu’ room, suintliiu’ like what, she seed once in cousin Sam Slifi'> tier’s parlor on Beacon street; Cousin Sam he writ the name on a card, 'n praps I've got it now ,” and, diving his breast pocket as if he was to unsheath a two* banded sword, ho lugged out a long pocket-book, timu the depths ot which lie [ducked a card and handed it to the salesman. “Ah!" said tho latter, “the Venus ot Milo. Yes, sir, here is a fino copy, a re production by Bat’bidienne.” Tlie customer surveyed it earnestly for a moment and then said ; “Vo liain’t got a perteot one, hev ye, cap 1 This" ere one has lost both nor arms and got dents over her back.” The patient Salesman explained that tiie statuette was a copy of the original that was found in that coidiiion. “ahull!" commented the other; and then, hesitatingly, “don't any ot them have any more clot lie- 'n that t This 'ere one’s night-go .vn 'pearo to have kind of slipped otl on her." Again the sliopmin, despite bis twieli ing muscles, explained to his attentive lister that it was an imitation of an an cient statue. He, how ver, cocking his head on the side, impure el i “Wall, now, what’ll you ax for her jess as she stands?" lapping his bony knuck les on the bronze as if it were a buzz saw. “One hundred and fifty dollars for that size,” said the clerk. “VVba-at!’’ almost shouted the would be patron of the arts, “a hundied 'n fifty dollars for a bronze gal iliotlt any arms, and fkearoe a rag to her back 1 Venus ot My Low I Venus of Your High, I should sav. A hundred ’n fifty dollam I Why, that's halt the mortgage or broth er Jim’s farm. Guess Mariar must tho ught my name was William B. Ast.or, instead of John Higgins and, fixing his bat a little firmer, he made a hasty exit from the store, and struck a straight line tor the Eastern railroads station. \V hat was Left. —A school commit tee not a thousand miles from the city were examining a class in a preparatory school. One of the niembei i undertook to sharpen up their wits by propounding the following question- i “If I had a mince-pie and should give two twelfths to John, two twelfths lo Isaac, two-twelfths to Harry, and should keep halt the pie myself, what would there be left /” There was a profound study among the boys, but finally one lad held up his baud as a signal that he was ready to answer. ‘Well, sir, what would there bo left? Speak up loud so that all can hear," said the committeeman. “The plate!" shouted the,hopeful fel low. The committeeman tured red in the face, while the other members roared aloud. The boy was excused from an swering any more questions. A hundred years ago four newspapers were published in Now York, the Royal- Gaf tteer, organ ofllio British authorities, the Mercury, tho Constitutional Gazette and the New York Journal, the organ of the Sons of Liberty published by John Holt, who at ono time was compelled to tako groceries and other goods in ex change for his paper. Cures lor Love ot Liquor. At a festival at a reformatory institus ticn, recently, a gentleman said, ot the cure of intoxicating drink : “I overcame tho appetite by a iccipe given mo by ol<l Dr. llartSeld, one of those good old physicians who do not have a percentage trom a neighboring druggist. The pre scription is simply an orange every morning a half hour before breakfast. ‘Take that,’ said the doctor, ‘and you will never want liquor ivor medicine.’ I have done so regularly, ami find that liquor has become repulsive. The taste of the orange is in the saliva of my tongue, and it would be as well to mix water and oil as rum with my taste.” | TO SMOKERS The Tribune Medicale gives Dr. Her* tliand’s livgi* hie rub s for smokers, which we condense as follows: Never smoke more than three or tour cigars or pipes a day. Never smoke im mediately before or after a meal. Use an ivory, amber, or enameled mouth piecei Lht not sntoke a tiigr.f \Vlliut it has let be relighted ; it is the surest way tet bt! affected by nicotine. Rinse the inbuilt after smoking. Never retain the* aspiration at Use end of the mouth, so as e) pour it out ot the nostril afterward. The eigarette is the most healthful till" •limn oi smoking. Smoking is hurtful •o children, and during the aeiolescent . perioet Ot eVetliilion. Air apartment where silloking has taken place. Do not sleep in rooms filleel with tobacco fumes. Diseases of the lungs and heart, chronic affect Kms of the mouth, eyes, nose, throat; and Stomach are results of smoking H,| an "iiHse)llV>atlblri” temperament—that is, some cannot smoke at all, with all these pi coalitions, without injury to vital parts of tlie system. In other words, we woo’d put it in lliis form : L’oisi'in is generally hurtful to men. If yod conclude to take poison systematically, take as little as possible, take it in the healthiest condition of the system, take it in us ddiuled a condition as possible, begin immediately lo take antidotes after swallowing it ; and then, it you find that your constitution is not robust enough to stand the slow drain upon the vital forces, you will be compel led to reach tho melancholy Conclusion that yoit are ono ot the unfortunate class with whom taking poison is “incompati ble,’’and you will have to leave it off; and, in doing that, you will feel as d'you are enduring the pangs of death. Tlie Washington Chl’cilldle thinks “ii will be gratifying to know that before his death, Vioe-l’reident Wilson had nearly completed liis great work on “ Tlie Rise and Fall ot the Slave Power also that “the few chapters that remain to be writ ten wil' be completed by the Rev. Samuel Hunt, of Natick, Mr. Wilson’s private secretary, who assisted Inin in the prepa ration of the work already published, Wlicruoon tho Washington Gazette re* marks : “It may bo equally gratifying to seine lo know that ill’s Hev. Samuel Hunt, is tlie real author of Mr. Wilson’s literary production—histories, lectures, speeches, and magazine articles; and that among the other shining qualities of the late deceased was that of claiming (he cirodit of brain-work to which lie had no more title than be had to the name of Henry Wilson.” The wife of Walker, the Vinegar Bit ters millionaire, has soured on him, aud : s suing for a divoree. She llleges that ho has large deposits in two banks, and owns a $12,000 mortgage on real estate in Orange comity, N. J. ; a dwelling in Dfodklyu worth $12,000; a fee of SOO,-* 000 in a large I’nila.lelphia omwnissioil house ; a hotel and farm in Keyporr, N. J., valued at 800,000 ; a hotel, dwelling ami large farm near Natick, Mass., worth $100,000; .a half interest in the home of It 11. McDonald Ss Cos., Now York, worth SOOO,OOO, and a patent or copy right ot Vinegar Bitters, which yields an income of 200,000 a year. Vinegar Bitters are not bad to take—iu that shape. Grant, it appears, is the victim of woman’s fascinations. A young lady in Washington obtained a position for her father the other day through tho com bined influences of her youth and beauty. She is pretty, rou’ and eyed blonde, with waving light hair ann delicate coloring. She went to the President and said : “I have coinc to ask you to give my father something to do. His mental labors have been so arduous that liis mind is somewhat affected, and he has been ob liged to discontinue everything ot that nature, and, in fact, lias nothing to do." “I have often seen you,” replied the President, smiling on the youthful sup plicant, “and I will try and see what I can do for your father, but I would like you to write mo a letter asking me this favor," The delighted maiden did as requested, and received a letter from the President in reply appointing her father to a position which, while remunerative, did not require urineoessary mental effort. I'he President looks very kindly on younf girls, ami seems to have quite a number of favorites among l;:ein.— [Boston Pest. Tho editor of one of (he Salt Lake. Utah, papers, writing to Rowell’s News paper lie porter, “says that tho citizens ot Salt Lake City do not appear to lack educational, aommercial or religious fa-, cilities to enable them to compete with Other cities, and so far as newspap-ra aru concerned there are few cities of thirty thousand in abilaiits which can boast cf a larger number. There aro now pub lished here two morning and threo even ing dailies, two semi weeklies, three weeklies, four semi mothlics and two monthlies—sixteen in all. Wo have twenty seven places of worship, divided among six or seven religious soots, with sittings for 2-5,000 people, and t here is as much business actually here its in any Eastern cities of 50,000 people." Tho Democrats in tho 11 ouso are de termined not to vote a dollar for the: Centennial Juberlee, until an not of uni- : versal amnesty fa passed ; and they nr. j right. It would he a disgrace to the j Centennial yenr to-exolude a single in | dividual for the political ©fences of 1851. I 1 IR S | 0 | a D j 3 • V 1.1 YE PRESS. A Religious paper exists for sumo de finite purpose. It may, in pursuing the i lid for w liicli it was established, answer Ctlier purposes also. Still it lias some specific reason ter existing. If ii ac complish all other objects save that one, it is a full lire. The (’’lurch is busy in the great A’tff’k •md warfare wliiflh her Ma.*tet- lias ap pointed. Her difficulties are cVtff chang ing. The obstacles of one period over come, those of another are In-fore bur. In suiting herself to the rurrontiding •exigencies, there is not iinfrequcntly a temporary disturbance of her condition. Here is just wlieie tlie press oo nes in to serve the Church. Its voice reach, a the length ali i the breadth of the litilll. Its nttei ml ties itt'e poitdefcti; fftld they hal e tltell - CtfodL tilUUil for benefit or fi.r mischief. There are in every period living issues. They must Le faced. They involve questions which vvi.l uotsettle lliemselve. Wn must meet them to discuss them in.- til tlie problems they include are solved. This lias been true of tho past, and is true to day.—[Church Journal. Church unit State. It is the met, or lias been stated in vano.is quaiters, that the DenunihlU hi Congress regard with favor the church and school Constitutional amendment proposed by Mr. Blaine. But the trouble with the amendment is that it docs not go to the root of the matter, and if mi amendment to the constitution is to bo passed dissevering churCli itild tstntrj it should be ot so thorough a chkfftcter as to accomplish the object sought to' be attained. The following proposition has been prepared by Representative O'Brien; ot Mary ml, as a substitute tor that of Mr. Blaiue, and will be presented iu a tew days. It lias, says the Baltimore Sun, been shown to a number ot promi nent Democrats and received their ap proval. Already the State constitutions ot Maryland Mid Romo of the other States prollibit the election to office of ministers of the gospel: “Section 1, No Stale shall make any law respecting an establishment of reli* gion or prohibiting the tree exercise thereof; aud no minister or preacher of the gospel or of any religious Creed or denomination s|iall bold any office of trust or emolument under the United' States or under any Stute. “ Section 2. No money received by taxation iu any State for the support of public schools, or derived from any pub lic fund therefor, nor any public lands devoted thereto, shall ever be under the control ot any religious shalf any money so raised nor de voted bo divided between religious sects or denominations ; nor shall any minis ter < r preacher ot the gospel or of any fellgV.rts Creed or deno n inalion bold any office in connection with (he public schools In any State, nor bo eligible to any position ot trust or emolument in connection with any institution, public or private, in any Stale or under the United States, which shall be supported in whole or in part lioiu any public hind.” The ten years from 1800 lo 1870',- according to the Catholic Sentinel, were years ot wonderful growth for the Rom ish Church, the number of churches’ erected having inn eased .90 per cent.,- while that ot the Methodist* ws only 83 per cent., the Baptists 25 per cent..; ami the Frcsbyteriaus 20 per cent. “In 1870 the Cathode Church was still 4tli on (lie list in point of numerical strength ; but in 1870 wc will see it second, and lit the year 1800 it will outnumber any of the sects in America, judging from the past steady growth *>! i tie Church.”' This statistical reasoning is fallacious iu this instance. “Should Females Attend Church Meetings.” To this question no get end answer can be given. Many chinch meeting* are held purely for the transaction of business, financial and disciplinary, at which tlie picscr.ee of females is tint need ed, and from which they would derive no profit. Sometimes there ire diseuss ions in church meetings, which the modesty and delicacy of refined worm* would render it unpleasant for them lo hear. In most cases, however, there i no impropriety in their being present ia church meetings. In country churches where meetings tor business are field at the close ot public worship, there eau bo nothing wrong, under ordinary circiimstai cctr, lor the female members to bo present iu them. Sometimes* in deed, it is emiiKully proper that live pious women Should bo present in the church meetings. When they are in tended partly for devotional services, and partly for consultation oil the gen eral interests of the churches, or for tho election of ohuroh officers, tire meeting would bo defective without tbe presence ot the female members. Whether they should attend church meetings, then, must depend on circumstances, and may be deciilcd by consulting convenience, dircrelion, taste and usefulness. Cai diual XlcClosky in addressing th. Catholic union, alluded to tho discussion relative iu the Bible in the public schools and said if tins persecution which ap n-Hr.i lo Ire threatened is to oorne, let i su.ue; that tlu-y Mould emeigo liom jett* r Catholics than ever. L rouine, he said, was not going .to be eligiona Out a pofctiual trouble Na 30.