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BY SAM. P. IVINS.
ATHENS, TENJUJIDAY, JUNE 12, 1857.
VOL. 1X.-S
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ATlir'VS, IIIIIIU, J! ie, l5T.
American NoMiSATloif The Americana
of Roane. h:iv nominated James II. Johnson
u their candidate representative.
VASiirGTiN, Jur.e 2. Richardson, of Il
linois 'pointed Governor of Nebraska
Territory; VVrighl, uf Indiana, our Minister
to Ku"si ; II. C. Marphy, of New York, our
Minister lo ihe Netherlands; J. R. Diller of
Illinois, Consul to Son I li.-nilcni; Gabriel
Fleuritt of New York, Consul lo Bordeaux.
Washiivgton, June 2. Yesterday ft Com
pany of A.tillery from Fort McHcnry, Balti
more, were ordered to relieve tho MariiU'H,mid
Imve arrived. Ten lire placed as guard nrouiid
tlii) Mayor's house, nnd other threatened
plilC.CK. '
There is, however, nn disturbance1. Ilia
ncertniin d Hint lliero were eilit killed and
fifteen wunded. 'I lie Auti-Amcrican ticket
in elected, and Imve also u majority in Coun
cil.
Washington, June 2. Gen. Scott linn
just isued order to transfer I wo companies
from Port Rand ill to Furl Lmvenworrh; the
Col. of the 2nd infantry to detaeli ihreo com
panies In in llmt regiment lor Fort Snelling
und one for Fort Rifely; the filth regiment
to lie replnced hy volunteer mid proceed to
Jcfl'eisnn barrack, there lo await further
orders; the 10th infantry are. ord red to Fort
Leaven wi rth, in nil eloht cMiipniiies to pro
ceed, first the two ut Fort Stealing mid Midge
ly iin soon aa relieved hy hther companies
inoveuieiila to be made forthwith. The
lihovo orders have been telegraphed to New
York and Leavenworth. ,
Nrw Oiilkans, June 4. Advice from the
City of .. Mexico, hrinif no positive informa
tion regarding the fate of Ornhbe. It is
probable that the first report of thin destruc
tion will be realized.
The elections, jrenernllv, were progressing
favorablv for ConiiimnforU
Hoops Lately, ns n lady was stepping
from the earn ot the Toledo, Wabnah and
VVeslcra Railroad nt Napoleon, her dress
cauij ii on the steps, and, the cars being in
motion, she was drawn some 30 feet before
her hoops K'live'way. "' "She waif not soriounljfl
Injured, tlioufll Hie hoops were badly
wrecked,
iTrThe steaniboiil Marengo tirrivcd nt
Mobile on the 28th May, from Aberdeen,
JlisH., with only one bale of collon on board.
The Capiiiin suid that "it was entirely loo
ourly for the now crop, find he brought ull
ot the old crop he could lied."
" LooKiao Guiltv. Nothing can be more
nbsurd than the idea that "looking guilty"
proves guilt. An honest man charged with
. crime is much more likely to blush nt the ac
cusation I him the real offender, who is gen
crally prepared for the event, nnd has his
fa e "ready made" for the oc-asion. The
very thought of being suspected of unylhing
o.iminul will bring the blood tonn innocent
mnn's cheeks, in nine cuses out of ten. The
most "iu illy looking" person we ever saw
was a mini arrested for stealing a horse
which turned out to be his own properly.
Extraordinary Fkat. The Harrisburg
(Pu.) Telegraph, of the 19lh, sii)s:t-Two
gentlemen arrived in this borough last eve-
Ding, driving n lino bay horse, with which
fiey Imd made the trip beUeen here nnd
I'hiluili Iphia, by way of Lancaster and Co
lumbia, n distance of about 104 miles, in 17
hours, lh ving slni ted from I'hiladelphia in
the miming nt 3 o'clock nnd arrived here
6 o'clock exactly. They fed twice on the
journey. This, taking into consideration all
the It cis of Ihe case, is one of Ihu greatest
feats uf Havel we have heard of lately.
Tiik omkt. He is going off. And, ns
he goes, they abuse him. They say he has
Ijm his tail. Was ever comet so scandaliz
ed! We now understand, says the Richmond
Dispatch, why he will not hit the earth on
the Mih of this month, nt 20 minutes past
10, A. M. A comet, like s fox, is nothing
without a tail, although his tail itself is only
nn iuliuite deal of nolhing. Uu the lBth ult.,
the comet was nearest the earth, and was
twenty millions of miles nwny, Since then
he has been running off ns fast ns he could
ncamper, wilh his tail, or, what is left of it,
t between his legs. It is believed that ho has
gone to try and persuadd the oilier comets
to cut oil' (heir tails also. This Great Dure
. is now near the constellation of the Great
Dear. The editor of Ihe Petersburg Demo
crat saw him lately through a telescope of or
dinary pi.wur. Alas! poor cornel! ho has lost
his luil. Possibly it may be found iu the
next number ef the New York ledger.
I ff A young gentleman nt ball, In
whiskiin' about the room, rnn his head against
lady. IU began a kind of dandy-like npol
cgy lor his hend-work. "Not word, sir"
. anid the lady, "it is not hard enough to hurt
anybody." Dundy disappeared among the
crowd.
f" The stenmboat I nuisians. was burnt
In Galveston Hay on the morning 0f tho 31st
May. There ere eleven lives lost, among
. whom is Col. Jtainbridge, of U. S. A.
' Thiriy-i tie nte missing. Twenty-liv were
laved by scuiuea from Gulvesloo.
HOW THE PUBLIC LAND GOES,
I From the Nashville Patriot.
We have compiled a table of the amount
in acres, of the public lands, that have been
granted to the several States nnd Territories,
for purposes of internal improvement, under
the name of Railroads, companies, and indi
vidunla and swamp lands, which we append
This table does not include any grants for
military purposes, for public buildings or
education. To obtnip these figures, we have
condensed the table incorporated in to
S eech by Mr. Carlile, of Va., in the House
of Representatives in Congress, which we
published in full some time since, nnd which
we understand to have been compiled in the
land oflice at Washington, and is thought to
be correct.
To this we have added the estimated
nmount of grants made by the last Congress,
which we find in the Message and Documents,
1856-7, fart 1 adding in the case of llin
ntsota our own estimate of four millions
which hns beeu put down by others nt n much
higher figure. We submit this table, dis
closing the sources of our information, be
cause it contains tho facts in a small compasp,
of easy comprehension, and because we bi
lieve it is more nearly correct than any other,
which we have seen.
We have only to add, for I., present, Ihnt
in our estimate nnd calculation soma days
since, in which we arrived at tho conclusion
that Tennessee, if made equal to that Stale
which had received the highest amount of the
public lands, would be entitled to something
over forty-three millions of acres, we took Ihe
representation in the popular branch of Con
gress, as our proportional basis. Mr. Dell's
bill provides, that the estimate should be
made upon the entire congressional strength
including the Senators on the same princi
ple of our elections for President. This
would reduce our figures somewhat, nnd
would perhaps, be the most proper mode of
making up the nccnur.t. This, however, is
merely a question of detail, nnd does not
affect the great principle for which we con
tend, the equal rights of all the Stales to share
alike the benefits and advantages of our public
domain.
The following is the table :
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Michigan
Arkansas
Florida
Iowa
Wisconsin
'California
Minnesota
10.113.556
3,075.005
5,034,366
5,712.653
4.57-2,214
6,557,178
12,180.728
13925.324
10,672.8n7
13.485531
" 8,700,007
6,249,796
600,000
4,340,00.)
v fj?" Persons of nervous temperament are
apt to offer, as it were, their diseased minds
to the influences of imagination. These might
profit by practising the courage over self,
once evinced by n nervous und imaginative
High Bailiff of Westminster. As this official
was, on one occasion, in bed, with his arm
extended to extinguish the lighted candle on
the table by the bedside, he beheld Satan
himself sealed in the chair near the table,
uniting at him with "all his eyes." The nerv
ous dignitary was terribly startled, but he
was u courageous man, nnd choosing to think
himself constitutionally sound, with no dis
ease about him over which imagination should
Imve the mastery, be quietly turned on his
elbow nnd looking steadfastly nt the Father
of Sin, he quietly remarked, "I'll toll you
what it is, if you have nothing to do but to sit
there staring, I have something belter to do
than liu nnd look lit you. I'm going to sleep."
And therewith he put out the light, nnd con
scious of v victory over imagination, slept like
a conqueror, and was never again troubled by
shadowy visitations.
Wealth of tub Rothschilds. According
to the National Intelligencer, the aggregate
we.il th of the whole concern of the Roth
schilds is only about $40,000,000. A state
meiit going the rounds of the press, w hich
must of course be incorrect, represents them
ns worth seven hundred millions of dollars
in money, besides three hundred millions
more in real estate, the annual interest uf
which wonld amount to (i6(),000,000, a
greater sum limn the whole of their present
fortune. However, forty millions is better
than nothing.
Oriois of thi Pendulum.--Galileo, when
under twenty years of age, was standing one
day in the Metropolitan Church of Pius,
when he observed a lamp which was sus
pended from the ceiling, nnd whieh had been
disturbed by nccidei t, swing backwards and
forwards. This was a thing so common thai
thousands, no doubt, Imd observed it before;
but Galileo, struck with Ihe regularity w ilh
which it moved backwards und forwards, re
flected upon it nnd perfected the method now
in use of measuring liuie by menus of a pen
dulum. Growth of Soutmkrn Citif.s amd Towns
Uy the census of 1 85(1, the popu ntion of
.Memphis was over 8,000; it is now esllinu
ed to be over SU.flOO.
Tlmt of Nashville in 1850 over 10,000;
now estimated ul over 20,000.
That of Hunlsville estimated nt 3,000. .
In 1855, ihe census of Atlanta gave over
5,000. Some of its residuals now estimate
ii mush larger.
In 1850, the census of Charleston was
over 43,000; its population Is now estimated
by a compiler of its Directory at near 60,000.
Ftvt HufiDRRD Dollars Reward. The
Superintend nit of the Western & Atlnntio
Railroad, offers a reward of 5lX lor evidence
snllicieiit lo convict the person or persons
who placed a eross-tie on the track ol the
Road near the Dttllon depot, on the night of
ihe 23d ult. The cross-lie was fortunately
discovered by means of the head-light reflec
tor, la time lo preveutdamfige.
BOLTERS OR LATTER
DAY
SAINTS.
Since the fourth of March, anys an ex
change, our curiosity has been slightly exer
cised, to ascertain the number of Colters or
Southern transcendental Whigs, who have
been rewarded for their desertion of Mr. Fill
more. We have no disposition to criticise
too closely, the motives of these gentlemen,
who, according to their own arguments, did a
positive wrong to their own consciences and
judgments, that they niiyht effect a relative
good for the country. To nil such Jesuitical
casuistry we have nothing to oppose, except
that such excuses have never been wanting
to justify the darkest deeds which ever dis
graced human nature. It is but another phase
of thiil exploded and . mast damning Papal
heresy, that the end justifies the means that
if good is to result that there is no evil in
sin. Such sentiments when reduced to prac
tice, have ever been the prolific mother of
murder, treachery and cruelty, which blacken
the pages of the records whereupon is writ
ten the crimes nnd sufferings of man.
We, however, have no wish to call these
Bolters to an account for the violations of
that "higher law," which each one carries in
his own bosom. If that law has been broken
we leave them to "Heaven and to the thorns,
which in them lodge, to prick nnd goad
them." We now wish merely to recur .to
some facts connected with the defeat of Mr.
Fillmore, nnd the agency nnd the pretexts for
that agency, ns declared by certain Southern
Whigs, for bringing about a result, us we
think, calamitous to Ihe whole country and
especially so to the South. We shall endeav
or to be ns concise ns we cun,cuDsistent with
being Diideratoud.
Mr. Fillmore, when President, discharged
Ihe duties of his oflice satisfactory to the
whole South. When he came into power
louds nnd darkness had settled upon the
political horizon when he retired the sun
shone bright in Ihe skies, and the rainbow of
pence spanned the heavens. So acceptable
was his administration to the South, nnd es
pecially his faithful execution of Ihe Fugitive
Slave Ijiw, that men of nil parties joined in
one chorus of praise. When he failed to re
ceive the nomination instead of Generul Scolt,
even ultra Democrats did riot hesitate to de
clare their choice for him, rather than any
other man in the Union. General Scott is
defeated, and from the great influx of foreign
ers, encouraged by Northern Emigrant Aid
Societies and the known corrupting influences
which these foreigners exorcise in our elec
tions, the American party sprung into exis
tencea party composed both of Whigs and
Democrats. Mr. Fillmore, with his acknowl
edged popularity, nt the South received tho
nomination both of the .Ann-rimi) and VVIiiu
Conventions. -r question flow is, wny was
such a pure man and such an able statesman
featedl Why the display of Southern in
gratitude ns exhibited in the last Presidential
election! Had Mr. Fillmore proved faithless
to the South! No! Why then should ser
vices so valuable, intelliger.ee, integrity nnd
patriotism bo exalted, have met from South
ern hearts no poor a reward ! Was Southern
mind so dull Southern honor so worthless
and Southern era tit ml o so reduced that
such quali ies ns Mr. Fillmore possessed in
an eminent degree should neither be seen,
felt or acknowledged except wilh neglect and
contempt! buch a conclusion would be a
reflection on Southern character. Thousands
saw the straight line of truth, but were in
duced by others to pursue the crooked cords
of policy. It was whispered in their ears that
every vote that is given lo Fillmore is a vote
to Fremont, and to secure the South and the
Union, you must vote, nol according to your
convictions, but to avoid the greater of two
evils. Now suppose nil the talent nnd char
acter and energy which was employed in such
sophistical reasoning as this, had been exer
cised in behalf of Fillmore nnd the Union,
who could doubt but the result would have
been a triumph of truth nnd patriotism and
that defeat even, would like Antaeus, have
added ten fold power to the South. As it is,
we have nn 'unditided South" nnd a united
North confronting each other in hostile array.
We have n Northern President, whose equal,
tur sovereignty and ulien suffrage doctrine,
will sooner or later grind the "peculiar insti.
lotions" of the South into powder.. We have
one portion of the Union in geographical op
position to the other, und hot ns our Demo
cratic Southern friends siy, one National
Democratic party, North and South, but two
exclusive sectional partiei, divided by a line,
. nd nearly equal in power. The one parly
knows, it now has a gignut'a strength that
its strength is constantly Increasing from for
eign immigration and whin the time comes, it
will use that strength likr a giant.
We think, the responsibility of this elate
of things is mainly attributable lo the South,
em Bolters of the Wh'g rty. They, in (he
hour of victory Bought favor and protection
in the camp of the enemy. They shook
hands wilh the traduorrs of Clay, and turned
their backs on his inosl cherished principles.
Verily, they shall hays their reward !
A Rklio or tub Pitt. The good bark
William &, Anne arrived nt this port from
Barcelona yesterday, khere lr lonjr and
successful career bmugat her into immediate
notice. She was built ti 1757, nnd in 1759
carried Gen. Wolfe M Cluebee. She was
originally built alter tin old English man-of-war
fashion, but lias h-en modernised by
having her slern rounded nfT. She la com
maiided by ('apt. Magllknnd looks staunch
snd strong, as though she could weather
many more voynges.-ftia. Rep., Xlth iasl,
Iner Jones, (who tliuks Hint Smith hns
been a little too freeJ-Mr. Pmith, I wish
to speak to you privnMly. Permit me to
take you apart for a fesr moments." Smith
(who isn't In the less frightened,) "Cer
tainly, sir, if you'll prouise lo put me together
goto" 1 ,
THE
LIFE ALL AOUND US.
Life presses all srool us, wherever we are
curious, solemn, inlnysterious. We can
scarcely wonder at t Hindoo superstition
which holds life sac re, On every side, in
small things ss in gftt, man finds a living
record of eternal gooness ss well aa eternal
wisdom of sustuininfirovidence as well as
a creating power. W read it in atoms as
well as in words, and not less gloriously
written. Every frsgjent of the mighty
whole bears the sumeMne autograph. The
animalcule, lo whon drop of water it a
shoreless sen, in its eautilul form, and ex-
qui ite c loring, and (rfect organization, at
test ns truly the authntio impress as the
mammoth forms of nrenrlier creation. The
scum which floats tneviry stagnant pool re
solves itself into a regantion na perfect and
graceful as nny thai clotas our valleys, or
waves upon our b'lley The very foumbells
which crest the breikg wove having their
brief life in death rflect such colors ns
mock all the resource of art, and nre such as
God's own glorious rlinbow alone can equal.
We hear of the one ileal Artificer in the per-
fuciion of every soui in the soft summer
breeze ns il i unties hfully among the ripen
ing corn, and in theivintry blast as it roars
through the leafless joods, making rude har
mony wilh desolaliii; in the palter of the
falling rain; in the pish of the mountuin
stream ns it falls froi ledge to ledge, spread
ing as it falls; in the itrange tumultuous up
roar of the rising seuLr in the thunder whose
miohty peal shakes en the everlasting hills,
and wakes up a thoilaud echoes, ns it wan
ders, now here, now (here, seeking a place in
which lo die. s.
But if there is lifj and beauty ill around
us, it is a precarious
ife, a transient beauty.
About the glory thei
is not a defence. The
swelling bud, the fa
tug lent, the slutting
unquiet tide, clouds
uccceding sunshine, und
darkness chasing lijit, are a true comment
on the fashion of tlis world, which passeth
away. The grass wi inure th; the flower fudcth;
for the earth is blighted nnd accursed. Death
is the perpetual handmaid and servitor of life;
life itself is but suspended death. In the glo
rious chord of universal harmony is one sor
row ful note outspciiting all the rest; in the
great symphony is due plaintive strain which
cannot be mistaken, knd Nature's choral hymn
is her own requiem. The whole creation
groaneth and truvallelh together in pein.
There rises from it one long, loud wuil of
anguish and despair; and the loudest of all
from man anguish that is only alleviated by
the pruBptct of unolhur life, nn undying slate
new heavens nnd a new earth, wherein
dwellelh righteousness.
Napoleor add Alexardrr. A Paris cor-
"r"u ' "-.r,.... v...i. .... . . lin
ing to the intimacy thai lias grown up be
tween Alexander II and Louis Napoleon,
says:
1 know that the Emperor Alexander II has
intimated to his Imperial brother, Napoleon
III, a desue to meet him at liorlin, in the
mnnlh of Augnst next, nnd that that inter
view will take place if the Russian Autocrat
declines the pressing invitation to come to
Hans, which the Count de Mnrnv was em
powered to convey, and is endeavoring to
have accepted. 1
The writer states further, that an alliance,
offensive or defensire, will soon take place
between the two Empties, and that it will
lend to the dissolution of the Austran Empire.
This is rather startling, but by no means im
possible. Brief but to thr Point. A friend, re
cently traveling in Mississippi, had an oppor
tunity of attending i wedding of Ihe real old
fashioned sort in one of the remote rural dis
tricts of that State. The words of the par
son officiating on the occasion, struck our
friend ns slightly peculiar, and he therefore
penciled them on hii bootleg, for iuture ref
erence. Here they are:
"Mr Solomon Huesbrit, do you take Miss
Terressn Brilton, who you hold by the right
hand lo be your bed'ed nnd wed'ed wile
forsaking nil other women but her promis
ing to love her in lickness nnd in health
in madness, in illness, snd in contrariness
so long ns you shall live on this yearlh?
Miss Terresu Brilton itc, &.c. Sich being
your ptomisesl pronounce you Husband nnd
Wife, nnd bid you gs in Pence, nnd may the
Lord keep both straight Amen."
Sold. Observing a wag the other day
grinding up some white domestic gunno, nnd
carefully enveloping it in a paper, we usked
him w hat he was gniiif to do with it.
"Comu on, snd I'll show you," was the re
ply.
Following him into a doctor's shop, lie
handed it to Pills, and naked him what it
was, saying that he had found il in the road,
and il it was medicine he might have it.
The "doo" first applied it to his nose, then
lasted X, looked wise, nnd answered.
"The very best article of quinine!"
Tho result of this scrnp is there nre
two of us who will never Like any of that
doctor's quinine.
Thr Wat of tiis World. First boy
"Say Bill, then you re gettiug a dollar a
week now."
Second boy "Well, you might a knew
that, bv seeiu' all the fellers come aonpin'
around me, that wouldn't a noticed me when
I was poor."
I if A young man who wns desirous of
marrying a daughter of a well known Boston
merchant, after many attempts to broach the
subject to the old geulleinun, In very stut
tering manner said:
Mr. II ,nre you willing to le-Ie-let
me have your daughter Jane!
Of course I em, gruffly and quickly replied
the old man, 'and I wish you would get some
other likely fellow to marry the rest of
them.'
frrThe Salem (Mass.,) Gazette anvs that
sincu thai paper wns established by Samuel
Hall. forty-nine other newspapers have been
started in that city, forty-aix of which havs
been broken up in bankruptcy.
A TRUMPET BLAST.
BT ROVIRO HARRT.
Don't like freedom of speech ! Well, my
dear air, what do you like t Don't like free
discussion ! dont like to hear an opinion ad
vanced contrary to your own notion of
things L Why, sir, a body wonld think you
belonged to the times of Galileo, or some
other antiquated period. One might sup
pose you were educated under the ancient
regime, had fallen in trance, and just been
resuscitated that you had been playing the
part of Rip Van Winkle, and had alept away
an age or two. Why, my dear fellow, this
is the nineteenth century, the age of free dis
cussion. In these times we have a press ss
free ns the air we breathe; a free nrgti menta
tion of all kinds of topics, nnd a freedom of
opinion nnd faith as broad as the universe.
W hy, air, a princtple, a belief, a sentiment,
nn opinion, or whatever else you have a mind
to name, is not worth the holding unless it
will bear the closest scrutiny. What is any
dogma or opinion good for if it will not bear
the light of reason! Every . principle or
doctrine advanced should bear handling with
out gloves. When you embrace nny belief,
do nol fear to look the tiling full in the face;
turn it round, nnd examine it in nil its bear
ingSjiind ascertain whether it is likely to ben
efit you in this life, for that which will do
you no good in time will not be likely to
benefit you in eternity.
None but a restless being would trust him
self with a gun the atrengih of which had
not been tested; and none but (hose whose
minds need expansion would subscribe lo
any creed or dogma, unless i was for the ac
complishment of some selfish end.
Do you wish to have the limits of your
thought and action circumscribed! Do you
want your mental , faculties enthralled ?
Would you wish to be enslaved, and not al
lowed the privilege the glorious liberty of
giving vent to your honest convictions ! I
think not. Then, if this be to, do not un
dertuke to hedge in the mind man's high
est gift, but give it perfect freedom.
Ah, you do not fear to hear opposite views
lo your own! You would not hesitate to
discuss any subject, or rend books nnd pa
pers about things which you do not believe 1
You have no fears, then, of having your oicn
mind changed from the tenets you now hold;
but you do feat the influence of such things
upon others! Now, why are you not will
ing to allow others to depend on their own
judgment as well ns you ! Do you consid
er your mind so much superior! Yes I see
how it is, every body thinks himself the best
judge in matters of faith, and each one wish
es to draw out a creed for himself, oud have
all the world subscribe to it. .
Awsv wilh ----ca -
k iiKi nave long euougn oeen ariving down
the current of time in the nnrrow channel; it
is high time for each nnd every one to open
his heart and mind to receive truth and
goodness from what ever source it comes,
andstrivo to advance in the light of life as
becomes an immortal soul.
When, oh when will men and women lenrn,
and teach their children, to love their Cre
ator with ull their hearts, nnd each other
equal with their self love ! When this takes
place, and uot before, may we expect to see
the dawnings of a glorious millennium.
Warts to get Datkd Back On a beau
tiful Sunday afternoon last Fall, a young cou
ple from an adjoining town came down to our
village, stopped at one of the irotels, sent out
for a clergyman nnd were married. The
young man paid the fee, look a marriage cer
tificale, and they left the hotel a happy cou
ple. A few days since the young man cull
ed upon the clergyman with his certificate,
"and wished to get it dated back." How far
back do you wish it dated" inquired the cler
gymnn. " Why, as near as we can calculate,
about a couple of months" replied the young
man. This the clergyman seemed to decline
doing, but the young man wished he would,
"as he would rather give Jive dollars than not
have il dated back." The clergyman regret
ted the necessity of dating back the cerlili
t-ate, and was very sorry he could not com
ply '"ith his wishes: so- the young man left
with his $5 und marriage certificate, Ihe lat
ter being "at near as they could calcu
late about a couple of months loo short. Ha
vana Jour.
Cr To make a horse feel good and have
fine hair the following receipt is given:
RTake
Brushuset cuiricomus Ad libitum.
Elbow greasus Quantum sufT.
Illanketisus Firstratus.
Slnbulus Never say d ictus,
but mealus et otus.
Exercisns No compromisus.
The effect of the above is truly wonder
ful. It results in coatu ahinus, appelitus
wolfius, muscularitus two-forly-itus.
Studious Bur. -Juhny! I advise you not
to be s good bovl"
Jhny "Why!"
Studious Boy "Because in books all good
boy die, you know!''
I VVhin tho first steamboat nnaaod nn
a. - . 1
the Savannah river, an old negro vented his
wonder nnd. admiration' thus: "Goramity !
White man kin make enny ting he try lo,
' nigger, nnd w hen be try dot, he mighty
apt to muke mulatto!" Montgomery MaiU
rsvtlntil the thirteenth centurv straw
waa the bed of kings nd previous to that
time, the king nnd his family sleep in the
same chamber.
tilt" Instead of '1 eniov bad health.' anv
My health is not good.' In stead uf 'My
clothes have become two small for me,' say 'I
hare grown too stout for my clothes.'
Hoors. Here Is a verse lro;n sn old poet.
which we have nol seen published aiuoug the
lulUr-doy waifs: ,
"If Die nu.hand anee (tree way
To hie wlfe'ioaprlcloua away,
for Me breeehra he next day
May (o wuoep sod Hollow."
Wboop-ee.
Uf Tbe "Msxiesn Extraordinary" takes
deoided ground In favor ef a total divores of
cbnroh aud State throughout that republie.
Air ard Watrr A qusrt of wster is
daily passing through the skin of a sound
person. It evaporates through Ihe minute
openings which cover the whole surface, and
if these be plugged np, is compelled lo trav
el through the kidneys, and gives rise to in
ternal disorder. Ablution, therefore, if sound
health is to bo preserved, is a duty of the
first importance. Pure air is also essential to
health and at night the free supply of it is of
especial moment. , Each aleeper drawa into
the cheat, about fifteen times every minute, a
certain quanliy of the surrounding atmos
phere, and returns it, after a chai.ge within
the body, mixed with a poison. One' hun
dred and fifty giaina by weight of thia pois
onous ingredient are added to the air of a
bed room hi one hour , by a aingle sleeper,
more than one thousand during the pight.-
Unless there bt a sufficient quantity of air to
dilute this, or unless ventilation provide for
a gradual tumovnl of foul air, while fresh
eeuiea to take its place, health must be seri
ously underiuinded. . . " .
The Graveyard. The following el
oquent nnd beautiful extract Is from "The
Graveyard," written by the Rev. Mr. Green
wood of Boston: f ,
I never shun a graveyard the thoughtful
melancholy which it inspires is grateful nil her
than disagreeable to me; it gives me no pain
to tread on the green roof ot that dark man
sion, whose chambers I must occupy so soon
and I otten wander from choice to a place
where there is neither solitude nor society
Something human is there but the folly,
the bustle, the vanities, the pretensions, the
competitions, the pride of humanity are gone
men nre there, but the pulsions are hushed,
and their spirits are still malevolence bus
Inst its power ol'hnrminL't appetite is anted,
ambition lies low, nnd lust is cold; anger is
done raving, all disputes are ended, ull rev
elry is over, the fellest inimosity is deeply
buried, find most dungeroiis sins are safely
confined by the thickly t piled clods of the
valley; Vice is dumb anil powerless, and vir
tue is waiting in silence for the trump of the
archangel una the voice ef God.
One Prays and Arotiier Pumps. The
ship Senntor, which arrived nt New . York
from Liverpool, In a leuky condition, met
with a very severe gale of wind just after
leaving port After several days of hard
pumping, the crew notified the captain that
Ihey should uot pump any longer. Captain
Coffin said, coolly: "It is now just 13 o'clock;
at the rate the ship is now leaking, I calcu
late we shall all be in the other world , at
about half past 3. I nm going below to say
my prayers," end went Into his cabin. One
old fellow dcclured he lind rather pump than
pray. In a few minutes, the Captain heard
the pumps going again as lively aa ever, and
they did not cense go ng, except nt short in
tervals, until the ship arrived in New York.
I and J. There nre not two letters in the
manuscript alphabet of Ihe English languagei
which causes so much misconstruction as I
and J, as most people write them exactly
alike. The rule for writing them properly,
and which deserves to be universally adopt
ed, is to run the J below the Hue, and the 1
even with the line.
Juvcnilr Wit. An old physician was de
claring in our hearing the other day, upon
the propensity which a majority of people
disply in eating unripe fruit und vegetables
Said he: "There is not a vgelable growing
in our gardens that is not best when arrived
at maturity, nnd most of them nre positively
injurious unless fully ripe."
"I know one thing that ain't so good when
it's ripe ns 'tis when it is green," interrupted
a little boy, in a very confidential but mod
est manner. ,
"What's that!" sharply said the physician,
vexed nt having his principle disputed by a
mere boy.
"A cucumber!" responded the lad.
The doctor winked ut us with both eyes,
but suid nothing.-
J96r Never brenk your neck to bow nt all
to a "sweet sixteen," with flounced dress, who
is ashamed of her old fashioned mother; or
to a strutting collegiate who Is horrified at
his grandmother's bad grammar.
A Quaker once hearing s p rson tell how
much lie lelt for another, who was suffering
and needed his assistance, dryly asked him,
"Friend, hiiat thou felt in thy pocket for
himr .
t-WA man tried in Boston for stealing a
horse and wagon, being called upon to speak
for himself, said:
! hnva niitliinrr In anv In reirtiefllnr. Tim
fact is, when I get half or two thirds drunk
I think everything belongs to me.'
Whereupon the Boston Post makes this
parenthesis: , , '
TltAra ra anmA varv anber fiannla who
net as if they think just aa Joe doea when he
isarunkv
Danvillr, Pa. June 3. The Coroner's
jury rendered a verdict, that David T'ig8
and Mrs. Clark men uy poison, supposed to
have been administered by W. J. Clark nnd
Mrs. Twites, who were committed for trial.
fjEP"A thief broke out of jail on the Snb
balli, but being captured, told the policeman
i. ...!..!! j.u..,iii.,(4.H,if I,a k.fl ... .ii-
mni no ill ik ii i""" " ..... .
scieittious scruples ubout traveling on Sun-
ony.
im Tl. - 1. -..-! i.r I la Iiium tlii. anil nf
,c mem "i .. ...
life ia work; the sninr of life, poetry; the wn
ter of life faith." Hand us the bread and
sugnr, never mind the an It.
t-WA character In Mrs. Ilentz's atorv of
"Love After Murriane" lays down the law
thus: "If mnn is nol nifly enough to fright
en his horse he hi handsome enough to mar
ry.- "
-fy n lilinin - j m vp-wii mi i aiiinu jij m
. I . !n I.L- M.,.nnu. A..m . I. A .. n .. I I.
We wninrn, ill imw 'I tl U1T nw uif-uiihi-
ings rf the world prey upon honest labor,
i r..in n It
aim iuilch uywn ,
pjf The duties levied on a barrol of flour,
at Hnvnns, snd ot sll the ports In Cubs,
amount to $U 65. I he duty on corn frac
tion over forty cents per bushel.
sraV"Polvirnmv is allowed In Zealand, but
the head wile is the only on who is allowed
to commit suicide when the husband dies.
The other wives art denied thia privilege.
Does thi Earth Revolve DaTS
long been a favorite theory of asiTt ha
believed bv many to oe verified by Ultra.
that the earth revolves daily; but a wn
the London Chronicle says he can prove
theory untrue. Follow him :
Tlia rbatanea nf thr aun from the earth it
eighty two millions of miles, and placing tho
aur. iu the centre of the ecliptic, the diameter
will be at least 164 millions of miles, snd tho
circumference 5l5,'i'Jl,I95 miles, w hich, in
about 365 days, it is said the earth sur
rounds, at the rate nf 1,410,598 miles each
day, or 68,774, i-J2-24 miles each hour, w hich
is 979,34-00 utiles every minute of lime.
Now, suppose the poles of the world nre to
be placed perpendicular, , the earth would
move horizontally around the ecliptic circle;
luit tithe saia poles aie io ie I unxoi.uuiy
iilnced. tlten the earth would have to ascend
and descend in surrounding the circle. The
snlnr Hvsleinista also assert the earth hna
daily revolution of more than 1000 luilea eve
ry hour; who can believe tfiis when the eurm
advances nenrly 1.000 miles every minute of
time i l declare 1 can demonstrate in eaun
hna not a duily revolution.
Struck bt the Comet. Tho good peo- -pie
down at lndiunniiolis, Ind., were terribly
frightened on Tuesday evening. They be
ricve'dnwn there' that the comet is going to .
knock our little plnnet "nil to smash,' nnd 1
have been grently excited about it for some
time. Wilh this belief, snd under this ex- .'
ciiement, they were thrown into a state of
alarm on Tuesday evening that in described
ss 'perfectly awlul,' by seeing the moon rise
from behind the eastern hills, ns red na blood,
and looking like the great head of a fiery
dragon. They thougnt it wns the comet
thai it was about to strike that the end of nil
earthly things was at hand, and they Set
themselves to work wilh prayers, nnd tentn,
und supplications, In 'make their pence,' and
to be ready to 'go up.' So frightened were
thev. savs the Lafayette Journal, that tho .
alarm bells were rung, and the fire enginea
brought out, and the excitement Ki-.d eontu.
sioii tors few Uioinents was indescribable.
The iden of calling out (he engines, under
such a circumstance, wns worthy of the gen
ins of Dame Partington, who undertook lo
repel an invasion of the. Atlantic wilh her
mop. The appearance ol tne iuii oro aoovo
the horizon soon restored the people to their
senses, and converted their shrieks of affright
and frenzied appeals to heaven into a general
guSuW. , . . ;'.
Gettwo to Heaven by way or New
Orleans. The Philadelphia correspondent
of the New York Dispatch gives the follow
ing': .
A few days since, a young man who had
long been attached lo the church, nnd who
was about to leave for New Orleans, came to
bid his pastor furewell. "And so you are
going to that degenerate place, New Orleans,
are you!" said the p .stor. "Yes, air; but ' I
don't expect to be influenced by any extrane
ous pressure of any kind," responded the
young mnn, with considerable eutueatness. .
"Well, I sin glad to see you ao confident. I
hope the .Lord will guide vnu. But do vou
know the temptations which exist there t' "
"Not nnrtielilsrly, -'." -W,ll-1-ow-Vu. -
will find wanton women In the guise of Paris,
templiiiL' the very elect; nnd rare wines nnd
ardent drinks; and you'll find fine coupuny,
und night brawling and gambling, nnd dissi
pation, and running after the lusts of eld man
Adam." "Still, sir, I hope to combnt these
successfully." "I hope you w ill. my dear
Christian brother," was the reply. "I hnpe
you will. And let me give yon liiis much lor'
your consolation iu case you should tall from
grace. The tempter is worse than the sin,
nnd the greater temptation, the more merit
there is in resisting it. The man who goes
to I leaven hy way of New Orleans is sure to
have twice as high n place in elernnl glory aa
he who reaches Paradise through the quiet
portuls of Connecticut or Pennsylvania."
Cheap I, ivino. People who wit-h to live
well and cheap nt the same time, should go
lo Antioch. Mr. Neule, in his recent works
on Syria, says he tried to be extravagant
there, but found it to be impossible, "huuse
rent, servants, horses, board, washing and
wine included," to spend more than 40 a
year. Oh, that Antioch were in London !
Fancy H Ids. of good mutton for Is! fut
fowls for 2d. apiece ! 70 lbs. of fish for Is !
and nil possible fruits nnd voi."etilles ""IK"
cie.nl for one's household foi 3d. n week t If
we remember Aright, the garden of Eden waa
somewhere near this place."
tfSoint ardent young gentlemen of
Springfield went a serenading, and while do
ing their sweetest with sentimental songs
under the windows, of the fairest of their
lady acquaintances, tho sash was thrown up,
and the man ol the house exclaimed: "Co
away! Go away! if you can't make a better
noise than that. I thought somebody's sick
cow was dying."
Remarkable Case or Supkrstition.
Near Lam-aster, Pa., on Sunday of Inst woek,
the bodyof.Mss Sophin Bauman wns exhumed
by her surviving relatives, to see if the corner
of the winding sheet wns nol hi her mouth.
Since her death, by consumption, several of
her relutives have died from the same disease,
and those who survived believed the sheet
had gotton into the mouth of thu corpse, und
it was "sucking them into the grave. Miss
B. had been dead nine years, mid both body
and shoel had crumbled into dust.
A woggish fellow, somewhat trou
bled with nn impediment in his speech, while
one day sitting at s public table, hud neension
to use a pepper-box. After shaking it with
nil due vehemence, snd turning il in vuriona
ways, he found that the pepper -corns were ill
no wise inclined tit count forth. "T-t-th-lliit
p-pe-pepper box," he exclaimed, with face
tious grin, "is so-aoine-souielliiiiK li like my- .
sell'.". "Why so!" interrogated a neighbor.
"I'.poo-poor delivery," was the reply,
. UnronruRATB Typo. A young man
named Knox, a printer, lias met with a snd
bereavement. An uncle whom he had never
aeen, died the other day, and left him, $75,
000. Mr. Knox lias the sympathies of the
entire craft.
Pecan Nuts A letter ariter, addressing
the United Stales Patent oflice, from Kerr
county, Texas, expresses surprise that that
department hod not policed the pecan nut,
which grows abundantly in Texas. About
300,000 bushels of the nut have been expor
ted from lhatSlnte to Europe and elsewhere,
producing f400,000.
4f It la said that no fort ever suffered '
so much from a single buttle, as baa the piano
forU from the battle of Prague. ,
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