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VOL. I.
MIDDLETOWN, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 18C8.
NO. II.
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From tkt Home Journal.
AS OCR AN ROAN.
Crowned with foun-lUie», op the beach
The dark-robed billow« come.
And, listening to their strong, brave speech,
My heart is awed and dumb.
W hat wonder that the old Qreelu spoke
Of gods within the sea,
When, haply, through their talking, broke
its voice of mystery. . •'
We know the hollow of whose Hand
Holds all the dashing waves,
And at whose high, all-wise command,
They gathered in their caves ;
Yet when I hear the yearning
Whose secret ne'er was tcTd,
I walk os one who hears the moan
Of tortured spirit« bold.
A pale-faced, misty-robed unrest,
That wear« the crown of I'uiu,
Sits throned and sceptred in my breast,
And binds me with it* chain ;
And not the beauty of tlie shells
That spot the smooth, white sand,
Nor any of earth's tender spells
Can loose the fancied baud.
I feel but this—the tone that wakes
My half formed thoughts of dread,
Tells how the ocean's stout heart aches
With secrete of the dead.
Oh restless ocean, once agAin
Hecall thy Master's will,
And through thy mournful wails of pain,
Hear Jesus' " Peace be still."
tone,
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Frcm the Southern Society.
SONNET TO JA NIK.
Th« iol«mu voice of Winter from the hills
r«*U a prophetic warning to tho flowers
Which linger «611 on the disheveled bowers,
Fortboding change aud dullness and the thrills
That wait on absence. All the frolic hours
Of Huuinwr have vanished : aud the baleful
powers,
Whole Strength is jin the ruthless wind that fills
Thé mariners sail with tempest, nnd distills
Dsstruotive drops on this Had world of
Thèse —these alone reuiaiu 1 But, when we gaze
Upou thy spritly form, sweet girl, and trace
The dimpling Edens of thine April face,
The very skies Arc softened, and shrill lays
Of amorous birds pipe through tlie Spring-like
days.
' ©mjinal jltoni.
THRICE MARRIED.
AR AXTOBIOORAPIIY.
Written frer the MiiUlletown Trantcripi
SX «tim COURTS A V.
Alabama is my native State, and far in
tha interior was my home. From my ear
liest recollection I had lived on a large
plantation which waa tilled by many negro
titres. ,.'
My mother was a widow with two chil
dren, my sister Alice and myself, I the
younger- Being tho only children of a
wealthy house, we were raised in affluence
aud highly educated. Our plantation was
■ear • «wall town called Marionsvillc, and
thither we often went on errands of pleas
ure, aa many of our young associates resi
ded there.
One morning in the early spring-time,
as sister and I were having a merry ride
to town, we met a young man—a stranger
—on horseback, who according to south
ern chivalry lifted his hat in respectful
lute aa he passed. When beyond hearing,
we commented on his appearance, his des
tination, Ac., in y aister saying to mo:
* ' Emma you can take his bow all to your
arlf, he could not see me for looking at
you." I laughed at the idea and said :
" Very well, I only hope we may find out
who he is." The following week, while
attending a ball, a friend approached with
the veritable stranger, aud introduced him
as Mr. Charles Gale. He seated himself
beside me, aud soon wc were engaged in
au animated conversation. We learned
much of each other's tastes and feelings,
and I folt ns if we were old friends. He
runiaiued near me the remainder of the
evening, and as he haudod me to the car
riage, on leaving, said ho would be pleased
to visit us and continue the acquaintance,
if agreeable ; which I assured him
be perfectly so.
Availing himself of the privilege, he
came frequently, giving most of his atten
tions to myself. But by his courtesy
deference to iny mother and sister, and
kindness to tho servants, won a high
Igard from all.
He told us his former home was iu tho
can* South at a
friend's request, aud was at\that time liv
ing ou I plantation some tot miles south
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would
und
re
North ; but that he
A* f saw more and
found my heart going out to Vim uncon
trolably. I looked forward
with anxious anticipation and tout
eo happy os when he was near m>.
One evening we were alone in the par
lor, when ha ffeeod the guitar in my lap,
«t the same time asking me to 8ng\" Bon
ny Doeu-" I told him, sadly, t
gift nature had denied me. Although
passionately feud of music, I could pro
this msn, I
more
his vint»
never
was a
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duoo no sweet sounds myself. He then
asked me who it was he had heard singing
so sweetly " The har}) that once through
Tara's Halls," a few evenings before as he
approached the house. I answered it was
my Bister, to whom this guitar belongs,
and who often sings at twilight. He
seemed disappointed, I thought, at my
want of niUNical.talent ; but It soon passed
as I diverted his thoughts by lively con
versation. I knew that I possessed at
least one talent, that of being a good con
versationalist, and beside wus endowed
with great personal beauty. (I say this
without vanity.) So I exerted myself to
atone in his mind for my deficiency ip
music. How well I succeeded you may
judge, as that evening ho breathed into
nty ear—tho sweetest words a woman ever
hears—* ' I love you : From the first I
admired you, and it has strengthened into
deep, strong love. Does your heart an
swer mine?"
As I answered not, from stfong emo
tion, he went on : "I know your friends
consider me hut as a stranger yet; but
you know, Emma, our heq^j proclaim us
friends. Will you not be my friend for
life—my own true wife?"
I simply placed my hand in his ns he
drew me to him, murmuring ''my own,"
and pressing kissing after kiss on lips,
cheek and brow.
Having gained my mother's consent to
our union, the wedding day wns fixed for
October 20, the same day my sister was
to be married to Martin St. Claire, an old
schoolmate.
The wedding day rolled rounjl, and was
as bright and beautiful an brides could
wish. All seemed happy with us, even
our mother, although I knew she was sad
at losing us from her frequent involuntary
sight.
Many guests were present to witness the
double bridal and partake of the bounteous
viands to follow. Never were happier
brides than we. Our mother had spared
no expense in our outfit, and as we entered
the parlor, each dressed alike in snowy
white, from the wreath and veil to the
/
satin slippers/ a murmur ran around the
room, "bow beautiful." How proudly I
leaned on my husband's arm as wo crossed
the room after the congratulations were
over. I had not a fear for the future.
' ' My bark would sail triumphantly Over
life's troubled waters without a suil shred
eil," I thought.
After the friends had departed, Charles
and I said lively good byes and rode down
to our future home. We were accompanied
only by my old nurse, who said "You
must not loave me, Miss Emma, where
you go, I go too."
My happiness was supreme that first
year of my married life. I saw my mother
and sister frequently, and
was compara
tively free from care. At the end of a
year, my little daughter Alice, whom I
tamed for my sister, came to bless me
still farther.
Oh, the depth of a mother's
love for her first-born 1 It is so. new aud
warm ; not diminishing the love for a
husband, but seemingly a part of it ! As
the days went by, the little one grew in
beauty and stature, delighting uh with her
intelligence and grace.
Two more happy years sped quickly
away, bringing a little sister for Alice ;
hut so unlike her. Gerty was so dark,
having large black eyes aud hair, while
Alice, my little sunbeam, was blue-eyed
and sunny-haired, a typo of her father.
'Twos nurse's delight to attend these
children of her young "missus,
She would watoh over them
constantly and os faithfully as a mother.
I had not felt strong since Gerty's birth,
olid my mother, who had been staying
with me, still remained until I should gut
It was in the mild November weath
er, so lovely in our State,
hovering over the hills and resting
the forests beautifying the landscape inde
scribably. It
as she
culled me.
well.
The blue mist
very quiet in our lovely
home; the prattle of the negro children
at play, the singing of birds, and the hum
ming of inscots sporting in the
was
gorgeous
autumn flowers alone breaking the stillness.
Charles had ridden
up to town, and my
mother and I alone occupied the pleasant sit
ting-room. Mother was sitting in an easy
ebair knitting nooks for baby, and I
lying on a lounge watching tho flickering
sunlight on the carpet, fooling much
like myself aud hoping soon to be strong
enough for a gallop on Kata, nty spirited
little pony.
As I lay dreaming happy day-dreams,
I was suddenly aroused by one of the field
serrants coming iu with great haste and
telling us that some men had found a
murdered
m m
more
man, a strangor, in a kind of
pen in our woods, and a horse, supposed
to be his, tied in one of our fields. His
pockets and saddle-bags were empty, and
from appearances he had bcon murdered
and robbed. Oh, how this shocked
sending a tremor through every nerto !
Some awful forhoding filled my heart and
I longed for Charles' return. When he
came, I told him the servant's news and
begged him to go out and inquire about it.
no did so, coming back soon and telling
me all he could learn was that the man
was found by the G renters. These men
were two brothers, living near us, whom
I knew to be both-wicked and
me,
unprinci
pled. I feared they would in some way
implicate my husband, as they had no
good feeling for him, because he was too
far above them for an associate, and, niore
over, had caused their ill-will by forbidiug
them his grounds on account of
depredations committed by them. I felt
that these men were the true murderers
aud had brought the murdered mai» aud his
horse to our premises to make it appear
against us. However, I kept my thoughts
iu my own breast, not troubling Charles
with them, seeiug he was free from my
fears.
varioiis
It was late in tlie afternoon of the next
day, and my heart was heavy with dread,
when we saw several men approaching tlie
house. I feared they w r ero on an evib
errand from their appearance, and O, God !
my fears were soon realized.
They produced a warrant for the
of my innocent husband as a murderer.
arrest
lie, tha laving husband, the tender
father and kind master!
Oh, how it
shocked him in his unsuspecting luuoceace.
They roughly hurried him away without
one embrace, one good-bye kiss, and as I
met his imploring look, I knew no more
for days and nights. Fainting after faint
ing followed each other; my mother's
skillful nursing aiding the physician's ef
forts saving me at last, and when cnnsci
ousnesB returned I was all too anxious to
get well. I legged the doctor to stimu
late. mo so that I might niako greater
haste. I wanted to go to Charles and try
to comfort him. I knew he was pining
for home, and alone in iiis gloomy prison
coll, wns bowed down with grief—innocent
though he was.
As soon as I was able to ride I despatch
ed a servant for Mr. Moore, my husband's
best friend, and the one who had brought
him Smith, lie eumc, and lie and I visited,
my husband iu priaou. Tears of joy and
grief coursed down our checks as we em
braced each other. I determined to stay
with him, come what would. Mr. Moore
offered immense bail aud succeeded in lib
erating him till the trial, which would
soon come on, as court was then sitting.
Iu a few days he was sunimoucd. 1
never shall forgot tlie day we entered that
court-room. I walked close beside my
husband, holding his arm. Tho room was
crowded to overflowing, for tho news had
spread like fire. Wc were seated nnd the
trial began. My husband wns pale and
sad, but his countenance was serene and
bearing the stamp of inuoccnce. Oh the
intense anxiety of my heart during the
trial, and the great joy I felt when he was
acquitted, and the words " not oüii.tv "
rang through the house.
But, though acquitted by law, he wnH
not by the lawless, as we soon found ; for
on going from the court room, the hall
on either side was lined with blood-thirsty
fiends, armed with dirks and pistols, rea
dy to take tho law into their own hands.
God only knows the awful ordeal of pass
ing them. Every moment I expected
them to rush upon us. Charles went for
ward w;ith a firm step and head erect, Mr.
Möore on one side and I on the other, ho
supporting my tottering steps with his
arm. As wo passed out I heard some
cry : " You make the first dash ;" but the
reply was " Have mercy on the Woman."
They did have mercy then, and
reached our friend's house in safety. He
lived near the town, and thither we went.
But the mob followed us and surrounded
the house after we had entered.
one
P I
Somc of
tried friends accompanied us, well
armed, among them my sister's husband.
Fearing an attack, from the angry
ces of tho mob, they bolted and burred the
house to render it as secure as possible.
Night was slowly approaching, the
ments seeming hours to us ; as the angry
threatenings reached our
We were all in an upper room, aud
whilc'awaitiug with throbbing hearts the
issue, Martin took out his pistol to
ine the priming, and in trying to replace
it in his pocket dropped it to the floor,
causing it to explode with a loud report,
which rang through tho house with
doubled round.
our
menn
mo
car».
exarn
re
Soon after this we were surprised to boo
the crowd returning to town. Whether
frightened by the explosion or not we
could not tell ; but judged it was that.
When all fears of their returning that
night had gone, Mr. Moore ordered his
swiftest horse to be saddled and brought
out; in the meantime he and tho others
persuading Charles to leave the South and
ride for his life for the Northern States,
shying the mob would likely return with
increased numbers and demand him, and
this was likely his only chance.
I joined my entreaties to theirs, altko'
he must leave me behind, and encounter
many dangers, yet the risk was hotter
than staying hero to be tom from me and
murdered at last
He battled with himself awhile, then
rising said : " It is my only hope for
life.
great kindnesses !
ried farewell, pressed me u moment to his
heart and was gone.
My cyos closed not in sleep that night.
I spent it in prayer. My heavenly father
whom I had so long neglected in my hap
piness, was now my refuge in time of
trouble. From Him I received strength
to collect my thoughts and plan for the
future.
In tho morning early I went down stairs,
when Mrs. Moore came to me, saying!
" My poor child you look us if you had
rested none through the night. Come
with me to the breakfast-room and take
some food to refresh and strengthen you."
I thanked her, and followed her; taking
only a cup of strong coffee and a biscuit.
I did not want these, but I did want
strength, and I knew the coffee would
stimulate and the bread strengthen mo.
I told my friends I wished to go home
immediately if they could possibly send
ine, as I was very anxious to sec nty
children, not having seen them for many
days, and I knew iny mother was looking
for us every day. They kindly granted
my Request, and I reached home at mid
day. Hut it was home no longer for me.
ÏÉWÏÏSband, the beloved
wanderer, I knew not whither. Malicious
persecutors had torn him from us, and no
doubt were on his track, not satisfied with
out his lift;.
After telling my mother of my trials
since I left home, I told her I could not
stay there any longer.
She said, "no, my child,' I want yon
to go home with me."
Hut this was not what I meant. I then
said, " I cannot stay in the South any
longer. My husband, if he lives, will go
to his father's, and I am going to start as
soon us possible. I want you and sister
to help me."
" It is a long journey, my child, and how
can you go with these two infants?" she
said. " Wait until you hear from Charles,
then, if you must go, we will try and get
some one to go with you. But it will
break my heart to see you leave."
Hut no entrentics turned me from my
purpose. I would not think of life with
out my husband. Stay there with my
dead huppiucss haunting me ? tho thought
was unbearable !
I packed some clothing for myself and
children in a single trunk, took what
money there was in tho house, and bidding
the servants a sad farewell, my mother,
my children and I rode to town, where I
spent the night with my sister. I left
next morning in the stage, tearing myself
away from them, their screams reaching
my ears long after I had gone out of sight.
But though it seemed to tear my very heart
to leave them, yet I could do it with the
hope of meeting my husband, whom 1
loved better than any or every thing on
earth.
In my sorrow and loneliness I pressed
my darliugs to me, praying our Heavenly
Father to guide and protect us through
the dangers ahead.
I was entirely inexperienced in travel
ing, and did not even know the route, but
I put my trust in God, nnd felt he was my
"strong tower, a very proscut help in
time of trouble."
God bless you, my friends, for your
He then bade a hur
owner, gone, a
[to be continued.]
The Committee appointed by the Maoou,
Georgia, Conservative Convention have is
sued an Address setting forth the grievan
ces suffered by tho people of Georgia from
Congressional legislation, and calling upon
tho citizens of that State to organize for
self-protection fold ceaseless opposition to
negro supremacy. Tlie Northern people
are asked to come to the rescue and to
unite with those of Georgia in the patriotic
effort to perpetuate constitutional Govern
ment.
it is reported that many counterfeit ten
ccut piecct are in circulation in Richmond.
Tiuh-b on XsrrlMHM.
AVe hope and expect to see the day
when every dollar of the r'eveuue needed
to support our government will be levied
on superfluities, and when articles of ne
cessary consumption will be free. That
this idea is not a chimerical one is abun
dantly testified by the success already
achieved in this direction by other
tries, and nutably in Englaud. Less than
a century since every article imported into
the United Kingdom, and many ofdioBe
exported were burdened with liigl
Every useful commodity, aim every article
of comfort and luxury, had to pay a heavy
contribution to the .State before it reached
the consumer, and the tariff exhibited a
formidable load of unjust and oppressive
burdens. Under the spread of more liberal
ideas the taxes levied by the custom Jaws
npoii almost every article largely consumed
were gradually reduced or got rid of.—
Through the arduous and intelligent la
bors of Oobdcn. Bright and other leaders
of the Anti-corn Law League, the princi
ple of protection which had long ridden
the British people, as it still does our own,
was formally abandoned and disowned.
The taxes on breadstuff's were repealed,
and a great diminution was made.
Two hundred years ago the number of
articles charged with taxes in Great Bri
tain numbered 1,600. In 1787 they were
reduced to 1,425 articles; in 1826 to 1,
280; in 1841 tol,052;iu 1849 to 515,
and in 1858 to 460.
coun
l duties.
In the latter year
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Glad
stone, thus «-dated the principles that gov
ern the tax levy :
" First, to abolish altogether the duties
which arc unproductive ; and in the next
place'to abolish, as far as considerations of
revenue will permit, duties on articles of
manufacture, except such as are in the
last stages as finished
eases we have endeavored to fix the duties
way that, as a general rule,
they should not stand, as to any class of
goods (except silks,) higher than ten per
cent, on their value.
"Next; we have been desirous to lower
the duties that press on foreign articles of
food, which enter largely, if not into the
necessaries of life, at any rate into what
may be called the luxuries aud comforts of
the mass of the people."
Still greater reductions in the number
of articles taxed have taken place ; and
since 1860, the British tariff retains only
nineteen articles subject to import duties.
Our own complicated and burdeftsome
tariff presents a painful contrast to this
simplicity, with its 8,500 articles subject
to duty—or about double the number that
wore ever taxed in Great Britain, even in
her darkest days of national exclusiveness
and oppression. Yet Englaud raises us
great a revenue every year from customs
as does the United States, aud collects it
for more cheaply and surely. Five gtcat
items produced twenty million pounds,
$ 100,600,000, more than our whole rev
enue from customs (all sources) in 1865,
and nearly as much as the total average
receipts of the current fiscal year from im
ports. These great staples are sugar, tea,
tobacco, wine and spirits—all, save one or
two, articles of mere luxury or superfluity.
Great Britain has a population about equal
to our own. No nation stands more in
need of a large revenue, since nor national
debt is greater by one-third than ours.—
What is the secret of her success? Low
taxes and cheap prices for all the necessa
ries of life.
articles. In these
in such
It should never be forgotten that hea
vy taxed articles extensively consumed by
the people, enhance the cost of those arti
cles, first, to the extent of the'duty itself;
second, to the extent of forty per cent,
premium on that duty, (as all such taxes
are payable in gold.) third, to the extent
of the expense, delay aud inconvenience
suffered by the dealer in the payment of
the duty ; and lastly, on account of the
discouraging effect of such duties upon the
importation of the article. How many
times have we been told, iu tlul last three
years, as a reason why tho merchants uo
lodger keen certain articles on hand—" we
eau't afford to import that article any more,
tho duty is so high." And how often arc
we reminded, when hesitating over the
frightfully dear priées asked for imported
goods that the article has paid forty or
fifty per cent, gold duty aud cannot possi
bly be afforded anv less ? This enhance
ment of the cost limits tho consumption
of articles which arc of primary ne
cessity to the welfare of the people, and
so fur it is a great injury. It is the boun
den duty of the State to interfere so as to
diminish materially the comforts of tha
community. Y'et we find our Govern
ment, through the unwise and mistaken
counsels of men who appear not to com
prehend the first principle of political econ
omy, standing in the unparcntal relation
of an obstructionist to the commerce of the
people. By a system of inordinately high
duties, never paralleled before in this
country, we are cut off from using our own
resources to the best advantage, while tlie
Government, instead of reaping the advan
tage which the people lose, is actually
cheating itself out of millions by pursuing
a more reasonable system of taxation, in
tho articles subjected to customs' duties.
It appears from the last report of the
Commissioner of the Internal Rev
that the present average tax laid by the
custom laws upou imported goods, is for
ty-eight per cent, on the dutiable value of
tlie goods. This is, every dollar of it,
paid in gold. The highest averago duty
ever levied iu this country before was for
ty-one per cent., and that only for a brief
space of three years. The actual duty
paid, for a series of years prior to 1861,
averaged only twcuty and one half per
etme.
cent, on .the dutiable value of the goods
imported. Is it wise to keep up, so longaftor
tho necessities of the war are over, -this
monstrous advance of taxation, amounting,
as we have seen, to more than one hun
dred per cent ?—Cincinnati Commercial.
Popular Ides« Concerning Scmptpcsp.
The Janesville Gazette talks very sensibly upon
point, and says there is a class of well mean
ing but thoughtless persons who regard a news
paper as a sort of benevolent enterprise gotten up
by some liberal-minded gentlemen for the sole
purpose of doing all the good possible, und who
has selected the inillion-tongued press to accomp
lish it. They are the regular poachers upon the
press-—men who always want their favors inserted
gratuitously, and arc always reudv to inform tlie
publisher that he is engaged In publishing a
paper, and they are always sure to huvo some
thing of a business nature that they believe to be
good news which ought to be given to the public
One man has just patented a new heat
ing uppnratus that will wive half the fuel now
used, mid of course it will be u great favor to the
poor if the editor will just tell the people free of
eliarge, whero such apparatus can be bought.
A man engaged in the manufacture of reapers,
veceutly sent the editor a communication of two
eolumus solid matter, setting fprtli the saving his
;hine would fie to furmers over the common
reaper, w hich he wished insejtcd gratis, it would
helping tho farmers, don't you see? Then
there are munbeleas organizations and associations
of individuals that are clamorous for free rides in
the publisher's wagon. The different religious
denominations want all their notices of meetings,
conventions and festivals published free ; lirst.
because they arc too poor to pay, nnd second, be
cause they are engaged in doing good and it is
tlie business of the publishers to felp on the noble
pay for watching the
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at
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work. Firemen get
property of citizen«, and raunt have their notices
of election*, meetings, &c., given them pro bono
publico. The tenqierance organizations are busy
in the noblest work that can engage tlie effort of
men—that of uplifting the fallen and ruined of
race.
John Doe takes a weekly paper for which lie
pays two dollars a year aim gets tire dollars
worth of reading, liis wife and lie a«ked the ed
itor to print un obituary notice that costs at least
two dollars to get it put iu type. John might as
consistently ask the undertaker who famished
the coffin for his poor wife, to throw in a small
one for his youngest child, simply becauue he was
a patron of his, as to ask such favors of a news
paper without pay.
A mean man is nominated for office, and he
expects the editor to put on the beat possible face
on his fitness for the position, whitewash his
character, print his tickets aud vote them too, all
for the good of the cause and the success of cor
reut principles.
We beg all whom it may concern to remember
that no good newspaper.cun be made without it
hna the whole time and iudustry of those engaged
on it, and its expense« are comparatively*'larger
iu proportion to its gross receiots. than almost
ahy other sort of business. If you read a paper,
pay for it ; if you need its facilities for getting
business before the public aud increasing
your trade, pay for that, but don't »pouffe.
V
Signs of CUnractor.
A lady who appears to have given the
subject lunch thought, submits the follow
ing suggestions to cnuble women to trace
the character of men by outward signs :
If the man you contemplate have thick
red' lips, he will be simple, good natuted,
and easily managed.
If he speak and look with his mouth ex
tended, It is a certain mark of stupidity.
Tfhe speak quick, but distinct, and
walk firm and erect, he will be ambitious,
active and probaly a good husband.
If be blush, it is a favorable sign ; but
a speaking bluntly and positively betok
much of headstrong self-will.
If he lose at cards snappishly, he is im
patient ; and to cheat at play for gain
shows a mind unworthy of trust.
If he boast of a .ladys favors, he is to be
avoided.
If he look pale in a passion, with pale
lips, he canuot have either true love or
real courage to defend
If he have a manly
some nose, he will ho furnished with good
quulities and abilities to please.
If he be of a yellow complexion, it im
plies moroseness ami jealonsy ; if he have
a pttgnose, snappishness aud vulgarity.
If lie be beetle-browed, it shows duplici
ty aud fickleness.
If he has a dimple on tho cheek or chin,
he will be the father of a handsome race.
you.
dark
he an!. a hand
or generous.
Red hair shows great nmorosness ; au
burn, love and seal; a mellow brown, fi
delity ; black, love and jealousy.
The open bold forehead is amiable ; blue
and black eyes nre more amorous than
gray or lmzel ; the Grecian nose implies
manliness ; the broad bottlo-nose, late hours
and drink.
Varnlalt for «live..
It is a bad plpn to grease the upper lea
ther of shoes for the purjtose of keeping
them soft ; it rots the leather, and admits
the dampness more readily. It is better
to make a varnish thus;—Put half a
pound of gum shellac, broken up in small
pieces, iu a quart bottlu or jug, cover it
with alcohol, cork it tight, aud put it on a
shelf in a warm place ; shake it well several
times a day, then add a piece of gum
camphor as large as a hen's egg ; shake it
well, and in a few hours shake it again and
ad#one ounce of lump-black ; if the alcohol
is good, it will be dissolved in three days;
then shake and use. If it gets too thick,
add alcohol-—pour out two or three tea
spoonsful in a saucer, and apply it with a
small paint-brush. If tho materials were
all good, it will dry in about five minutes,
snd will Tic removed only by
giving a gloss almost equal to patent lea
ther.
wearing it off,
The advantage of this preparation above
other« in that it doe» not «trike into the
leather and make it hard, but remain» on
'the «nrfaee, and yet excludes the water
almost perfectly. This Fame preparation
is admirable for harnen«, and doe« not soil
when touched, a» lamp-black mixture» do.
A Frenchman, wishing to sponk of the
cream of the English poet», forgot the
word, and »aid: "He butter of poete."
RumU mm at Turkey,
The leading diplomats of Russia recently
assembled at 8t. Petersburg by command
of tho Cxar. It was a conference in re
lation to the present aspect of the Eastern
question, and the proper steps necessary
to be taken by Russia in order to carry
out her long-cherished purposes in relation
to the effects of the "sick man.
declares that the ultimate result of that
meeting was a determination on the part of
ltassia to force France and the other
G reut Powers to assume some well-definud
policy with regard to the affairs of Turkey.
The .Sultan has taken the alarm at this
movement, and has addressod an urgent
note to the French government, protesting
against the action or intentjons of Rus
sia, and stating that Russian agents are
endeavoring to excite revolt among the
Christian subjects of the Porte. Accom
panying this note is a vigorous and earnest
protest ou the part of Turkey against such
hostile and unfriendly aetiuu, or the least
connivance therein, on the part of Russia.
No action has yet been taken on this
note by Napoleon. At least no notice of
any has been made public. In the mean
time, affairs in Crete and Turkey are
becoming more complicated. On the 25th
and 26th of November a,battle was fought
between the Christians and Turks, near
the village of Laki, in which tha latter
were defeated with heavy loss. The.
tion of the SuIUu'k Grand Visier in
dia, in the midst of the clamor of arms
and the ery for liberty, becomes daily
more critical. Tho Cretans caricature his
effort to solve the contest between tlmCross
and the Crescent, by his convoking a
racked assembly, composed chiefly of
Turks and renegade Levantines. The war
fever in the camp of the Christians has
rereived a futher impulse from tho en
thusiasm evinced by the Cretan refugees
in Greece, on the recent arrival of King
Gorge and the Queen Olga in Athens.
The insurgents or revolutionists will listen
to no compromise. They demand full and
entire separation and freedom from Turkey
and the rule of the Sultan, and an incor
poration with Oreece as a part of that
kingdom. In this demand thoy are evi
dently strengthened by tho advice of agents
of the Russian government, large numbers
of whom are known to be on the island
and in daily communication with the In
surgent chiefs. Turkey has doubtless good
reason to protest against the action of Rus
sia in relation to the affairs of Crete, blit
whether that protest will be followed by
any cessation of the acts complained of is
highly questionable. France cannot afford
to quarrel with Russia at this time, when
the Roman question is open and Prussia
is looming up in central Europe as a first
elass military power.
But, in addition '
Kutnor
DOM
Canr
to the vexed and dis
turbing questions arising out of the affairs
of Crete, home matters are troubling tha
Sultan, and calling for defiuitc action on
his part. A reform party has sprung up
among the Turks, headed by Mustapha
Pasha, who demand a thorough change in
many of the departments of the kingdom,
and advancement in unison with the spirit
of the age. The old Turkish party are op
posed to any change or innovation on an
eient customs, and had they the power
would speedily annihilate steatnors, rail
ways, aud telegraphs, with all other inven
tions of the "Infidel dogs." Young Tur
key, on the contrary, is in favor of intro
ducing all the modern European improve
ments into that country, and thus fitting
the people to play their part in the grand
drama which must shortly commence iu
the Old World,
ing to tread a middle path. He is strength
ening his army and navy, hut in the civil
government no changes are made. Hence
the discontentment at home, which, added
to the war in Crete is threatening the very
existence of the Turkish Empire iu Eu
rope.
Tbc Sultan is eudeavor
Russia holds the winning cards in her
game against Turkey, aud must bo success
ful in the end. France will nut interfere
in the Cretan difficulty, nnd should the
obstinate struggle so long carried on by
the Christians in Crete end in thcir'obtain
ing advantageous terms, the influence of
their example might be very mischievous
iu other provinces where the Christian ele
ment predominates. The Servians, Bul
garians and Montenegrins of the Slavonic
roue and Greek faith are greatly favored
by Russia. They arc idi watching eager
ly the progress of the Cretan affair, and
the influence of Russia in that direction is
plainly app
Candia. Tnrk
>arent us in the island of
ey may protest, but she is
in the fowler's net, and will be bagged at
Inst.
as
A Mississippi paper notices a change
that has recently taken place among the
laboring population of that State. A year
ago the negroes had to be coaxed to do
any work, whilst now, it says, "they are
asking for employment in numbers, dis
playing unnsnsl uneasiness in the matter.
They begin to open their eyes to the troths
ont •
neglect of tho
that these pinching times
•f their own idleness an
fields; they realise now more than ewer
that their happiness and comfortable living
depoud on their steadiness and industry ;
ana they are determined to turn over a
lew leaf for the next year."
rrew
Thc Secretary ' of the Nat ional Démo
cratie Committee has issued an officiaVeaft
fier the meeting of said oommitg' to he*
held in Washington on' the 22d of Febru
ary to name the time and place for hold
ing the next Democratic National Conven
tion .