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iayyiaybiadyaayyijaa ' ""- ' ' f i1 Jk il . . 1 i. 1 i! i . J. . ' 1 ' I 1 j i ii i 0 ,J I act v i- r;it.-.;',.vi. ? : v, ! v. ft ' 1 -tr- -t-tn IRONTON, LAWRENCE COUNTY, OHIO, TUESDAY, JANUARY: 29,' 185Gi" WJME EM l.'.V ;7i THE SPlftlT OF THE TIMES, 'l8 Ptm.ifiHEO EVERY TBW15AY MOBNINO I - IN BODUEBif UIX)CK. tUH-ROAD BTBKET, Muic IWNTON, OHIO. ,; r. : . J v BY tEBTE'ft HOOD. TEKM-4: Two douiu A Tf At, 01 oil Doixil AM) II rrr ctirrt, If itd in lnee. - - , KJ! No nbMripliM difCMiiniied Willi arretrapt rtptM. Advrtltmni iiwrttd at ib cnnomirr fatal ona iqnara (tt llnet or leu) 3 Iniertiont 1,00 for ach iuhMqnanl Insertion. 8 e.: for ona month, ifi tr tnraa moatbi, 93,001 (br lit montht ,0O; for onavaarWDO. i . IT7- 8ulM!itarn.Poitmiar and athara Inwretlad will nlaaa bear in mind lha tAw or nwrnrra. I. BuhMribara who do not give aipraaa notica to tba aonlrary, ara aonaidared aa wiahinf to conliooa lhair aubaeription. . . ' .. . . If aabaerlbxra ordar tha diaesntlnnanea of their ,papara, tha pabliaaera may aontinaa to aand lham un til all arrearage! ara paid. 3. If aubicribera refnae ar nefleet to loka their pa para from the olnaa to which tbcjr ara directed, they ' are held ratponaible nntil they have aattled tha bill, and ordered the paper to be diaeontinaed ' 4 t f auheeriberi remove to other plseee without In forminf the nubllahara, and the paper la aant to the former direetlon, they are held reaponaible. S. The Coarta have decided thai refuin to take a paper from the office, or removing, and leavinr ituii called for, ie prima facia evidence of intentional fraud. (. Poatmaatera are reipena ible for the auhaeripiion of a Mwapaper, or maaatine, aa long aa they allow il to be received at their office, after it ia uncalled for or refined by the peraon to whom it ia directed. The Poetmaeter General raauiree that a written Bote (hell reryi dead in that office , gong of the Spade. Give me the ipede and the man that can nee It I A fig for your lord and hie aofl lilken hand I Let the man who haa atrenglh never atoop to aliuae it, Give it back to the giver the land, hoya. tho land. There'a no bank like tha earth to depo.il your labor The mora you dtpoait the more you ahull have; If there'a more than you want you can give to yout neighbor, , . ' And your name ehall ba dear to the true and the brave. .' . ; ' Olve me the epede Old England'a glor), , That faahionrd the field from the bleak barren moor Let ua apeak of he praiae with balled and atory, , While 'lia brightened with labor, not laruiebed with gore. . It waa not lha aword thut won our heat battle, Created our commerce, and extended our trnde, Cave food to onr wivea, our children, and catile j . , But the Quean of all wcapoua the apade, boya, the epada. Clve me the apado, there'a a magic about It That turna the hlack aoil into bright ahinlng gold I . Whnl would our fatbera have done, boya, without it, When the lamia lay all bare, and the north winda blew cold t ; .Where the toll foreat atood, and the wild beaata were - : yelling, , . . , . Where our atout-hcarled anceetore ahrank back afraid, The eorn-atack ia raiaeeT, and mankind claim a dwel- . Then hurrah for ona true friend the apade, boya, theapade. - , P ILII1PECA.IL. ' THE BANKHSrO SYSTEM. ' In in addren to the stockholders of tlieUni ted States Bonk, at their meeting in ll3r?7 Mr. N. Diddle, the president of that institution, slated that fire hundred and forty- Tour Banks had been established in different part of the country. He added that one hundred and forty-four of these Banks had been openly declar ed bankrupt, and that about fifty more bod sus pended business. '.. -' Mr. Gallatin, in bis "Considerations on the Currency and Banking System," published in 1831, gives a list of three hundred and twenty nine State Bunks tl en in operation, having nominal capitals of the amount of one hundred and eight million three hundred thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight dollars. This sum, added to the capital of the United Stales Bank, made the whole nominal capital of these insti tutions upwards of one hundred and forty-three millions of dollars. - - ' ... ' These Banks issue notes which serve as sub stitutes for coin. , They grant credits on their books, and trans fer the amount of credit from one merchant to another, -v "" ' - ' They receive money on deposit. x : a They buy and sell bills of exchange. ' They discount mercantile notes. They buy and sell public" stocks. "' All these are important functions, and if on ly one of them be ill performed the community must suffer inconvenience. ..The Banks are scattered through nearly all the Stales and Territories which compose our Union 1 but they may all be embraced in one view, inasmuch as they all substitute paper for specie, and credit for cash, and are all en dowed with privileges which individuals do not possess. - . . .. ' ' ' By their various operations immediate and remote, they must affect, for good or for evil, every individual in the country. Banking is not a local, temporary, or occasional cause. It ia general and permanent. Like the atmos phere, it presses everywhere. Its effects are felt alike in the palace and the hovel. To the customs of trade which Banking in troduces, alt are obliged to conform. A man may, indeed, neither borrow money from the Banks, nor deposit money in their vaults 1 but if he buvs or sells it is with the medium which they furnish, and in all his contraota be must have reference to tne standard or value which they establish. There is no legal disability to carry on commerce in the sale, oia-rasmonea way t but the customs of Banking have intro duced practical disability. It is no longer possible for the merchant to buy ana sell for ready money only, or for real money. He must give and take credit, and give and take paper money, or give up business. ' :; ' . - Bank paper is not legal tender in the dis charge of private debts 1 but it has become, in point of fact, the only aotual tender, and the sudden refusal of creditors to receive it would pttt il but of the power of debtors to comply with their engagements. ' v Credit, the great rivaljof Cash, is completely controlled by the banks, and distributed by them as suits their discretion. . .. ' . ' These institutions may. contribute little to the production of wealth 1 out they rarnisn tne means to mitny for the oecruiaid'on of wealth ; they appear to be the chief regulating cause- of the present Ktsinotuton 01 weaun, ana as suca are enutiea to pamouiar giioiuiuu. -.''In conving England." says Mr. Jefferson, " we do not seem to consider that like premises 'induce like oonsequenee. The Bank mania ia ons of the most threatening of these lmita lions) it i raising up moneyed aristocracy in our country which has already set the gov ernment at defiance,' and although-forced to yield a lilt i on ue nm assay 01 meir strengtn, their.DtinoiDlet are nnyielded and unyielding, Tbey have taken deep root in the hearts of that! Class from wnion our legislators are urawu, ana the sop to ceroerus, trom lanie as Deeorae hu- tnrv. Their principles take hold of the good, lhair pelf of the bad and thus, those whom the ara ennhiatinated or suborned From their duties. That paper money bos some advantages must be admitted 1 nut tie souses are isoinvetenten and that it. by. breaking up the measure of rat lie, makes a lottery of all private property, can not be aeniea, onau we ever oe aoie 10 put a . Constitutional veto upon RT' ' ' These are forcible remarks Those which follow, by another writer, plaos the subject in somewhat different, but not leas striking point at -rtew. ' '; . ,'' ' . ' "in most diiqutsilibns upon the noxions ten dency pf Banks, much stress has been laid op a the taJHies Iheyjtave a power to Inflict, by iceaaiveSSans and conseauent bankruotcy. and by creating and circulating permanent eteess of currency. Could these two evils be voided, many beliars that Banks would be Motioa. -t ttgrs to difltt. iaa.aot of tboea wke hsiee tba.8uUr imip1t&WU.'a..ite'V. V-u'iH ' J with a liberal cspltsl, will ever endanger their solrenoy by extending their loans 1 , nor of those who believe that Banks controlled by specie payment, can circulate a aermsntni excess of paper, And yet, I iniuk 1 ean perceive a por tentious power that they exercise over commer cial enterprise. I am of opinion that they can circulate a rrmporory excess or paper, which, iromtimeto time, nnas a correcuve in a. run upon the Banks for specie t that this temporary excess is sncoeeaeo oy a temporary deficiency. one extreme invariably tending to another) that the consequences of this alternate excess and aenctenoy are, in tne former cose to impart an uimuo excitement, ana in tne utter an unuue depression to commercial enterprise . that the effect of the former is to create an unnatural facility in procuring money, and to enhance unnaturally the trioe of commodities 1 while that of the latter is to produce an artificial scar city, and to cheapen prices artificially 1 that the victims of theje vibrations are the great body of merchants, whose capital and average deposits cannot always command discounts) that the gainers are a few intelligent and shrewd capitalists, the magnitude of whose deposits commands enormous discounts at all times, and who, being behind the curtain, know when to buy and when to sell. I am of opinion that those vibrations inflict evils which close not with mercantile speculation that they tend to unhinge and disorder the regular routine of commerce, aid introduce at one momenta spirit of wild and daring speculation, and at another, a prostration of confidence, and stag nation of business 1 that these feelings are transferred from the counting-house to the Are side 1 that the visionary profits of one daystim ulate extravagance, and the posit ivo losses of another engender spleen, irritation, restless ness, a spirit or gambling, and domesiio'inqm- etude. " I appeal to the commercial history of our country, during the last seven yearn, and to theaching hearts of many of my fellow-citizens, for the truth of these reflections. " I wish not to be misunderstood. Let no one suppose me so weak ss to attribute every unroriunnie speculation, ana every nuctuation in prices, to an undue management or organi zation of our Banking Inst itutions. That would be a roily, from the imputation 01 which 1 trust the preceding remarks Will rescue me. There are commercial fluctuations, and they are w holt some. They invigorate enterprise, and their benefits are directly felt by all. There vo Hanking alternations, and they are highly deleterious. They intoxicate enterprise, only to enfeeble it) and the benefits are restricted to a few. "This evil of Banking fluctuation, ends not with the mercatvilo community. It extends to everything that commercial enterprise reaches. t L - L - tk. r....n 1 ,. 11 llljutcs ilic luiilicr mm fciic uibiiiuiiiu, ii. me precise ratio of the vacillations of public feel ing. . . ." " t ne injuries wnicn 11 nas inmcieu nave been as universal as the insinuation of Bank paper) and the peculiar manner of its opera tion renders it doubly interesting. It does not affect the wealthy man, because he can always control discounts; but it falls with single and dreadful severity upon the industrious poor man, whose capital is not sufficient to command permanent accommodations i upon tne inexpe rienced, who purchase knowledge by a sacri fice of nronerty, and upon the merchant whose skill and sagacity are superior to his wealth. Against a power so tremendous, what barrier has been erected ? Against a power which, dt different periods, has baffled the legislative wisdom of our revolutionary sages, of the gov ernments of Europe, and of Great Britain: what check have we imposed ? Tin intkrist ao count or xacii Bank. As well might Canute have controlled the waves of the ocean with a breath." The view which was taken of the subieot by a committee of the New Vork Legislature, in lolo, is well deserving 01 attention. . . . "Of all aristocracies." they said, "none more completely enslave a people than money ; and in the opinion of your committee, no sys tem was ever better devised so perfectly to en slave a community, as that of the present mode of conducting Banking establishments. . Like the syren of the fable, they entice to destroy. They hold the purse-strings of society j and by monopolizing the whole of the circulating me dium of the country, they form a precarious standard by which all property in the country, houses, lands, debts and credits, personal ana real estate of all descriptions, are valued 1 thus rendering, the whole community dependant on them 1 proscribing every mn who dares to ex pose their unlawlul practices: 11 ne nappens to be out of their reach, so as to require no fa vors from them, his friends are made the victims. So no one dares complain. ' "The committee, on taxing a general view of our State, and comparing those parts where Banks have been for some time esiaunsnea, wun those that have had none, are astonished at the alarming disparity. Theysee, in the one case, the desolations they have made in societies that were before nrosDerous and nanny 1 the ruin they have brought on an immense number of the most wealthy farmers, arm uiey anu vneu families suddenly hurled from wealth and in dependence into the abyss of ruin and despair. "If the facts stated in the foregoi ng be true, and your committee have no doubt they are, together with others equally reprehensible and to be dreaded, such as that their influence too frenuentlv. nav. often already oeginsto assume a species of dictation altogether alarming, and unless some Judicious remedy is provided by legislative wisdom, we shall soon witness at tempts 10 Control ail seiecuuus iu "mi m i nnniiti mi thA ulect ons to we very legis lature. Senators and members 01 Assemoiy win be indebted to the Banks for their seats in this nun in . and thin the wise ena oi our civti in stitutions will be prostrated in the dust pf cor' ma..: Ana Aftlmit nurtl mifliniT." '. " ' ' Not a few of those who have a personal in terest irt the oontinuanoe of the system, ac Irnnwbirlue and (lenlore the evils it produces, Tmiasn. hnvH found no men more sensible of those evils, than some of the officers of banks.- They retain their offices on the same principle that they would, if they lived in Eng land, retain offiecsnnder a government which thev could not admire. To the established avatem of a country, whether political or com mercial, men may deem it expedient, perhaps believe it neeesaary to ooniorm ( out mil new not prevent their discovering tna ueoewniy iw afrmfaf inn. i nnnf theae M-nllemetL Mr. Jonn w mte, tnt Cashier of the United Slates Branch Bank at Raltimnra. makes the following candid and cor root statement, m letter to a late Beorstary of tho Treasury, under .date or reoruary row man. . . -'' '"' ' ". ' Looking back to the peace, a short period, fVo.1, in lha aaemnrv of averv man. the wretch- mA mimt at I ha Anmnov for thd two SUCCOttUiDg years, cannot.be overlooked i the disasters of 1819, wbioh senousiy aneoieu tue cuoutnawu nea. nrhnertv. and industry' of every district in the United States, will long be recollected,- A auden and Dressing soaroity nrevaiieu m tne spring f lildr numerous and very extensive failnrea took nlaoe at New York. Savannah. Charleston." and New Orlsitts "In 1825 1 there was a great convulsion among Banks and other moneyed institutions in the-State of New York in 182 a j the soar city of money among traders in that Slate, and eastward, ia tba winter of 1837. and 1838a was distressing ana alarming j failnrea of Banks in hod Island and North Carolina, and amongst -tho raanufaoturers of New England and this Bute, eaeiacieriM ine l ut vaar i and ralellieeioe is tha refusal o( soma of the princinat Banks of, Latter to Mr. Gallatin.' by raMiooUr Now ' Georgia to redeem their notes with specie a lamentable and rapid succession of evil and untoward evonts, prejudicial to the progress of productive industry, and causing a uaiurui ex tension of embarrassment, insolvency, litiga tion, and dishonesty, alike subversive of social happiness and morals. ' Every intelligent mind must express regret and astonishment, at the recurrence of these disasters in tranquil times, and bountiful seasons, amongst an enlightened, industrions, and enterprising people, compara tively free from taxation, unrestrained in our pursuits, possessing abundance of fertile lands, and valuable minerals, with capital and capa city to improve, and an ardent disposition to avail ourselves of these great bounties. i ." Calamities of an injurious and demoralis ing nature, occurring with singular frequency, amidst a profusion of the elements of wealth, are well calculated to inspire and enforce the conviction that there is something radically er roneous in our monetary system, were it not that judgment hesitales to yield assent, when 5 rave, enlightened, and patriotic Senators, have eliberstely announced to the public, in a re cent report, that our system of money is in the main excellent, sdd that in most of its great principles, no innovation can be made with ad vantage." The "grave, enlightened, and patriotic Sen ators," to whom Mr. White alludes, are those who, with Mr. Smith of Maryland at their head, made a report, in the year 1830, in which they represented certain kinds of Bank paper as being as good as gold, and even better than gold. I f their opinion is correct, it ought to be confirmed. If it is not correct, its erroneous ness ought to be exposed , for error in such a subject as this, maybe productive of incalcula ble mischief. Vong eon Banking. From Weston, Mo-Atchison Girei up Politics. ' The St. Louis Democrat of Dec. 31st contains the following telegraphic des patches. ' 7 WestOn, Dec. 20. The Argut of this morning containing an editorial, evident ly written under the supervision of ex Senator Atchison, announcing to the people of Missouri that he is no longer before them, in connection with tho position as a candidate for U. S. Senator, or any other office, State or federal, . The Argut is authorized to return thanks to his Democratic friend?, and to those Wbigs who honored him with their votes on severs, ballots for U. S. Senator. Mr. A. is pledged, a citizen, to a gallant support of all our rights in the States, and in the Territories : and he promises to address the people on the subject of politics, at riatte city, on tne urst Mon day in February next. The Democrat also has tho following editorial : - It will be seen from our special tele graph dispatch from Weston, that Atch ison has been compelled to abandon the political arena. The infamy he has brought upon him self, by his conduct for the last few years, has forced ever the most reckless of his friends to give him up, and he is now compelled to subside into a state of re tiracy, in order to relive his friends from tho obloquy which his name woald en tail upon them. . We take some considerable credit to ourselves for having been influential driving this reckless demagogue from the political arena. - -' ' - . v Whatever objection may the oretically exist to the pitching in of a President's Messago upon a chaotic, un organized House and the subioct is certainly not free from intrinsic diiBcul ly we hold that a House which has wasted four weeks in abortive attempts to elect a presiding officer haa no right to comnlain of the act. If it be an in novation, so is the prolonged chaos of the House an innovation, and the more objectionable and mischievous of the tWO. ' - '" -- ' ; .-'' But especially do the impotent cavils of men like Mr. Dunn fall innocuous on the nublic ear. or excite only jeers of derision. "A ereat public indecency," is it, Mr. Dunn, that the President sends in his Message to an unorganized House? lio, oiri tne "iiiueijoiicy muom chaos, and those whose paltry spite or base ambition havo prolonged that chaos! They not tne r resilient are responsi ble for the innovation which their fac tious - course has rendered necetsary . They not he will be held responsible therefor by the People. Hit only fault, if any was that of-undue deference and .a a w as nrocrastinatton. naa ne Bent in his Message in view of the critical state of . . . nl-. .Ua U.I .ton our roreign neiaiiuus uu iua uiuu u; of the Session, he would have been ful ly justified and sustained. And now we trust it will be henceforth a rule of the Executive to send his Message to either house of Congress which may be organ ized at farthest on the third day of the Session. . If the other House chooses to remain unorganized for a month or more, so be it; if it chooses not. to receive the Message, that is a matter of the smallest practical consequence. Let the Presi dent do hit duty, whoever, may evade theirs. Whatever errors this Message may contain, (he issuing of it In advance of the organization of the House is not to do auueu to ins puuioei. xv. . a fainev v: ..;! V-;;. ' , ,. ; -.. . ,. . ' - - aaaaa.aaaaaaaamaBaaaBaaaaasawiaaaaB Females in the LobbV at Wammo TOrf. The Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Times, says that female Doliiicians are verr numerous' at the CbdLioI , . , v ,, .', y, During a session of Congress they are particularly busy.; Most of them come from tha Southern and Western .States the wivea or widow of M. C.'s and govewimeat Vofficer, .-Some i of , ase ladies ara admirably, posted . op in. the political butory; of our . country insy nnderstand many of the tricks and tram mels of legislation, and always find out the weak aid of new .- or ; doubtful member. As solicitors foe office In be half p(;Jrjepds, .they. ar .inafatigabU nd.irraatsUDitr n sr S invr tsiX AWHB4lrW ere ail diijy oaDera ta Se'trait t . the, number is now jt.f H WHiti " Vwf; JE2 MI22iLY ,DIIIRClIE. : Pram the Dublin Vitivaratty Magailne. ' ir ' BEYOND IHS R17EE. Time Is a river deep and wide f '"' ' . . And while along its bank we stray, , t We see loved ones o'er its tide "' Sail from our sight away, away. '. Where are they spedthey who return No more to glad our longing eyes 1 They've passed from life's contracted bourne, To land unseen, unknown, that lies ... Beyond tho river. . . 'Tii hid from view j but we may guess ' How beautiful that realm must be l For gloamings of its own loveliness, , . In visions granted oft we see. The very clouds that o'er it throw ' ' "' - Their veil upraised for mortal sight, With gold and purple tintings glow, ' Beyond the river. And gentle sirs, so sweet, so calm, Steal sometimes from that viewless sphere ; . The mourner fuels their breath of balm, And soothed sorrow dries the tear, And sometimes listeni ng ear ma y gai n Entrancing sound that hither floats j The echo of a distant strain, Of harps' and voices' blended notes, . Beyond the river. There are our lov'd ones in their rest j They've cross'd Time's river, now no more They heed the bubbles dn its breast, Nor feel the storms that sweep its shore. But there pure love can live, can last - They looked for us their home to share When we in turn away have pass'd What joyful greetings wait us (here, ' Beyond the river. , lady Killen. , Reaoer, did you ever see those thingt called Lady Killers T If not, look at that shawl-wearer and that Shanghai-coated individual. See how they strut. Those are Lady Killers. Those are the in dividuals that create (in their own es timation) such a "smash up" among the dear creatures' hearts. They are the assassinators who kill at every glance who, with a mere wink, a cuil of the moustache, can captiyale a lady's heart. See bow gracefully Mr. Shanghai twirls his little silver mounted cane, with what a dignified air he is talking (o Mr. Slab sided shawl-wearer. One would judge the weight of an empire was upon his shoulders from his manner. That dare- colored hat is Wotn in mere eccentricity, nothing more. Look at his legs ; those are tights ; yes, those are model tights ; they are honor'a safety-valves for he can stoop to nothino low. They walk our streets as if millions or money were in their possession ; they drive fast horses, driflk nothing so plebeianish as brandy Longworlh'a Sparkling Cataw ba is the least they can think of attend none but fashionable balls, and operas are their delight ; always have the first sleigh ride of the season. But let us peep behind the scenes ; let us follow them home. They are clerks measuring tape at twenty dollars per month. How do (hey afford such outlays from so small a pittance ? asks the reader. The only answer we can give is, that merchants break smash fail, periodically. This may probably answer the query. , A Letter from an Ohio legislator. The Columbus correspondent of the Clermont Sun says the following is a copy of a letter from a member of the Legislature to a hotel-keeper in Colum bus : c ' Mr. of the Hotel Col- lumbus Ohio i want you to maik way for me at yore hotel So i can have a rume on the fust (lore. I suppose youre hous air tew stories hi besides the Sel ler & 1 want my rume next the kichun i reckun i will want the rume while the ledgisleater meats of which onerabel bodr i am a member and i liv next the line ov the Stait bv indyanny in the stait ov Ohio, the onerabol members in the Stait ov indyanny las year paid a doler and for board pur weak, but then vit ties were hyer then nur now and 1 think vou ort to do a trilul better i want one or two cheers in the rume ana a Dute jack and my butes blaked onst a week on. suntUfla.,.,. ,-...;:.A. .: .'' "Yours til death, . G R L v."P. S. rite positively & say if I can get the rume direckt yore letter to the r a. I a-a TI r Rare oi tue secretary oi uanyu oune counsel in this county aa, they told me when i was nominated to let em see all mi politikel corresponduns. "yours, , , . , . u n u Pretty Goon Joke 1 Schouler, of the Cincinnati Gazette, tells a good joke upon one , of his Know Nothing brethren. ' He says: - "One of the best jokes of the season is followtnet When Mr. Uann, oi in diana, made bis personal explanation M . . . r . , ... the other day, ne made use oi tne wonts often auOted, 'that Caezsr had a party and Anthony a party, out nome naa no party' in this Honse. It appears that a warm and lubilant memoor or the Amer lean party in New York, who probably is not wan read in classical literature, addressed' a Ions letter' to Mr. Dunn, in which he wanted to know why in fa 11 Rome should have a party in Congress, when -that fbtcigff power bad ruled A merica for the last twentyrfive years. Ex-Governor Slade, ought to send some 'school marms' into the ivmptre uty ' This fellow is, we presorae, a pretty fair specimen of the) Know Nothings; in ew York. : - 1 ..;.', Canst thou abolish an evil, simply by. removing tha indications, thereof I - As welt mlghtat thou think by atopplog (hy watch to atop the march of, time.s i In etriU, as in tares, tba root most bs erad- Icated.-,. He shall become immortal wh6 li'vetb to beiilblaed by one. without fault."1 laAeoHi at mo fnoo ior. nis peg nose ' wtftteH liat.n.ey,'turit:up.5i: . DBS 8 8. ' Dress should be tha expereision of character. It ia so to some extent, in spite of the laws of fashion. Fashion, that would cast all into the same mould ; compel all to wear mazarine blue dres ses, ribbons, and even shoes t or maroon or straw color aa the leaders fancy fash ion, thai would compress all waists into smaller dimensions i fashion, that thinks all feet a little too large. 1 say in spite of fashion soms little of character is still Indicated by the dress. Some wear gay, gaudy colors, which say that the wearers are dazzled Dy some as yet undefined sense of existent beauty, without power to analyze or har monize. They can see things that are pslpable.'and painfully apparent, but are all unconscious of little delicacies, of nicer shades. ' Others wear the most unobatrusive colors without trimming or ornament. The language of this dress is suffering, sympathetic or personal, or present or firospective. It says the wearer cannot ook upon the beauties of nature, can not hear tha music of the spheres, can not feel the positive life, while sin, suffer ing, and death are abroad in the earth ; all the beauty is dimmed, every flower is stained by tha tear of sorrow, every melo day ia drowned in the groans of agony, all life ia in the presence of death. It is the dress of prayer. Others wear dark, strong fabrics, and these tell of work ; of hope, energy, and determination. Tbey . assert present power, are able to remove evils, and in nope and faith thoy apply themselves cheerfully to work. Othors again wear the dolicato, the gossamer, the beautiful ; and these (011 or rest. It may bo the child-like repose in our Heavenly Father's power, wisdom and love. The storms of life mey dark en, and the boat may be learluliy lash ed by the furious waves ; but this says "my faiher's at the helm." :. The groans of the sick end suffering may reach their oar?, but this dress expresses all or con fidence in tho Great Physician. They hear the prayer of starving Humanity, knowing that if they ask bread thoy shall not be mocked with stones, if they ask fish they will not be offered serpents. Oh ! the trusting, loving faith of the beautiful dress I Then the tiehr, oppressive drers tells of the slave unconcious of bond's or if awaking to conciousness, the. fearful want of power to break the fetter?, the unfitness tor sell-reliance and ireeaom. The close.-thick dress tells of se- cretivenoss, -vantof confidence, suspici on, foar. disannointen. The onen child-like dress tella or in- nocence. candor, honesty : ana so oi . . every style of dress when worn in con formitv with the fancy or taste of the wearer. What we ask is, that dress may be at ware the true expression of, may cor respond with, may be adapted to . the character of the wearer. ' Whe can tell how painful to me is some oppressive evil that tike a great cloud obscures the light, casts on me its shadow,, and banishes joy Irom my heart I How painful must be the con trast to me if 1 am compelled by others to say, by my dress, I em joyous and eav. while my heart signs weary anu sad. . ' ' ' Who will ask me to wear the fragile, the gossamer, when the hard, rough work of life surrounds me, when I must gird mvself for tha fiehl T who can tell how much I need tho protective strength ol the armor or mail I ' Who can toll how aweet my rest in the All-Fathers love I Who dare ask me to wear the somber and dull when my spirit is radiant with light, bedecked with lewels ol love i If none can tell how hopelessly deep is my erief, how difficult and severe my labor, how joyous and ugnt my me oi trust'ute love, who can decide what 1 shall 7 decide what to me is trueoriaiae i Who shall say that I must not do with alt my might what no hands find to do ? or ssy I do not serve while I stand and wait! - Mart A. Iqrbet. : Take up the cycle of history that pre ceded the advent of Constantly, and ct mpare it, with the present period ; and is there not an entirely different expres sion on the face of things, so far as con ception of humanity and influence of philanthropy are concerned i . con trast ".a Roman holiday," its ; butchery and its blood, with a . modern anniver sary that clasps the round world in its jubileo,' and see if humanity has not been helped by religion. Or look back Lupon ..Grecian art and refinement, and tell me what oration or poem, or pantne on of marble beauty, is half as glorious as the plain brittr free-school ;'the asylum of industry ; the1 home for the penitent, the disabled and the poor. - ;josT Like Yoo.-r-In. the early part or the eighteenth century, a larmot was con domhed to suffer the extteme penalty of the la w lor cow-stealing. His wue call ed to See him a Tew daya previous to hia execution, to take a last farewell, when ahe.aaked bim,:-r ,x. , .; .,., "My dear, would you like the children to' see you executed !" '' "' .-, r c,o,m feplled lie, 'what most they come for ..i"f. -Hi, i . '..'.. ).? "That's iust like, you." aaldihe wife, "you never wanted the children to nave Bllljr vujuruivui. ,if. How ,t oo Muca.-r-Locke aaye the way ia.vto do,ona thing aye ;timar,w ;ii Constant oottpation prevent terapta- HOD. tiod hears the heart without the wows bu,;h,e ney,,h.eari4ev,w.oriU 'the heart..,. -r:-'Arj;:' . Freight tor the Wert." -j From the local columns of lha Balti more Sun we extract the following ar ticle relative to tba freighting businesa of the Baltimore and Ohio- Railroad, which for the present season has been unprecedentedly large t ' -.. "The company's receipts for October and November amounted to more than ona hundred thousand dollars in excess of last year for the same period, Judg ing Trom the immense trade now passing upon the road and from the heavy con tracts which we learn have been made by its active Western agents for the seaaon, tha revenue must abow a Jiill greater increase for this and tha ensuing winter months. , . ''From the 1st to tha 10th instant, aa we are credibly informed, the large num ber of one hundred car loads, (eight wheeled, double.) containing some eight hundred and fifty tons, have been the daily aveiage , of produce dispatched from Wheeling for Baltimore and the more, hastern markets, especially or New Nork and Boston. . From the 10th to the 30th inatant, inclusive, this vast quantity has been increased to the aver age of fully one thousand tons per day, anJ during the firft four days of the pre sent week the enormous amount of four thousand six hundred tons has been oeded and dispatched eastward from the Wheeling station, being an average of nearly twelve hundred tone per day. "Besidoaihis immense trade in Hour, pork &c, the live stock transportation nas been fully maintained. , This im portant and growing feature in the busi ness of the road has been represented by the arrival since the first instant of from seventeen to twenty thousand hogs. mostly from Ohio, and some six thous and bead or cattle, mostly from tne in terior counties of Virginia. "The great rush of trade tins season haa not found tho road unprepared. Every effort has been required, nowever to meet the demands upon the company's nrge resources in engines and cars, which are Said to comprise the largest equipment of any single corporation in tne country. ' - ., . . "As a measure or relief the worR oi arching the King-wood tunnel has been temporarily suspended, and the trains will pass through again, instead of be ing pulled and poshed upon the zigzags over the bridge. This not only saves much time and labor but releases a number of heavy engines which are now employed in the regular operations of toe - road. Tne condition oi tne great tunnel ia understood to fully justify the resumption or. its use, , about one-hall the arching (embracing all the heretofore threatening portion) being now sub stantially completed under the experi enced eye of tne . master of the road, Mr. Bullraan. ....... ; y,. Gen. Scott'i lTew Coat. ' ' Some of our cotemporaries are : in terested, as perhaps oar readers may be, in a description of a new, and some what grand uniform coat, lately made Tor ben. acott in this city. It Is or dark blue cloth, lined throughout with black and yellow silk, the collar ani wrist bands are embroidered with heavy gold thread, representing a running vine, all of which are done with a nedle, and cost 950, ihe collar -and lappela are after the style worn by Arch-Duke Charles, which it can be used as a standing or rolling collar, and (he lap pela are thrown partly over the arms. Heavy gilt buttons adorn the coat, but are not made to button. A rich gold cord ia attached, between the collar and lappel, by which the coat can be fasten ed in front. The. epaulettes that the General bad during the Mexican war will adorn the coat. It will cost $180 when finished. Thia . coat will doubt less be warn on proper occasions during Gen. Scott's contemplated .visit to Europe. N. Y. Mirror, 10th. ".'t& Boil white Bannel an hour in clean soft water before making It into shirts, and it will be no more liable to full ud or thicken by aubsequent wash ing, than ; red flannel. Wear, flannel all the year, if you would be protected from the sudden changes to which we are so liable in this climate, s It should always be washed in strong soap-suds, and the dirt and grease remove X oy aaueezing.mstead or rubbinz on a wash board which is about equivalent to the action of a fulling-mill J. rinso out with warm, and never with cold water tax iris out all the soap.'-, Cold water makes the fibre of the wool shrink. :J5ST The Norristown Hetsld tcllstfli following story.' -; .. , A somewhat singular accident. 6c' ctirred on the .Reading railroad on Wednesday morning last. . As the morn ing ..passenger train was approacntng Manavunk. the cylimier Head o tne engine blew out. end with such violence 'ka I.A At' 'Ar' .rtffif yJntAm. 'it llini ai nig tiiaiDubs wi, struck a min; wliO'ws walkifigbetween tWO Others on tne opposite tracn, enrrv intthS ton of hia head entirely hway, leaving hia companions uninjured but t..A-3ik.4 .ir t UUIIBIUDIO"! watvi.igi.wn. . f stopped in England - 8,000 spectators witnessrd one oiutnese sports racsHiiy on the Keotiah marshes, where, they bad ihe nleaaura of seeing John Jeiser km ed by t Mike Mddea in fair JgM fbere, was. high .bowing end large ,aums were lost by m fWQ 9i- SrVrr Ii tia oitirfard"'Warldf v frieind Wb'.Voiir;.to paRsonie eVseni1ir wslk 1n-tl.tr ebthhit it ifiektl1eti -A;- .wlthpet tbe'monttnt'we enfer wt;Kt-w--f-..-. f""f .ymi'swr itidii&XMk$Ti .a. .'a- a. -.-'1. vi L" '.. Detter man conversation as B'sorn.. .v. ; or self iufBcWcy;' "Irf educated lsA ( versailori man' sobrHnd AtUrtG-,:--:, He learns roorelrolr- tbari fror boekir t in converse with living rrieti, to emimat p : his powe.s modestly arid justly: A took " v Is passive ; It does not repel pretension J . . it does ' hot rebuk aniry. i iiodel, , v. reading and stody become to maoy aat the nurture of conceit.' If. joroe persona '; J- -value themselves on. the books thay own, ' , it ia not surprising that other -aaooltl value themselves on tha books they read. . Aa knowledge grows on Ihe thoughts in , -books.'so pedantry feeds on thai words, and ia proud, poor, lean, end solitary -In conversation, a man is not long in discovering - that be alone does not ' , know everything, and . that, though he were to die, wisdom would not perish , . with hanTk$ Yarwood Papert. p B-; J ', Explanation. Country editors some-, times make odd excuses to their read- a a". ffaTH ' . -, ers lor their snort-comings, tne last , - case we have noticed ia the follow- - ing, from the HopkinsvilIe(Ky.) Press S "We crsve the Indulgence ol onr read . ers for the scarcity of editorial In this i.-sue. Wa have attended several ?ved dings end parties within the past day or two, and consequently nave over charged our appetites. " In fact, we were let loose at a table oi gooa tmnge aaa foundered ourselves." - . i - ' A Good DErmiTion. At a Si.nday School celebration, where, being very much crowded, tho little ones ondergo ing catechism, were pushing and bnsveb ing each other, aa children will, the catechizer inquirea tba definition . of : peace. One little girl, in a peculiarly uncomfortable place, seemed anxious to . , answer.' ; ,.. "-'.''.r.:- "Well, my little girj, what is the de finition 1", - '.-,..., ., r . J , "I think, Sir, it means not to byrich when you are crowded.'.'. , . ,Jj'u- Iwdustrv. If you have great tatent industry will improvo them ; if moderete V abilities, industry will supply their de- ficiencics. nothing la denied to well . directod labor ; nothing is ever to be at tained without it. Remember a man'a genius. is always in the beginning of life as much unknown to himself as to others Bnd it is only after frequent trial a attended with success, that he darea think himself equal to the endertakinga ' in which those who have succeeded nave . fixed the admiration of mankind' . Wise Too Lars It is told or Char lee V., that after hia abdicatlon.ba endeavor- ' ed, for amusomeat, to make two watchee : go exactly alike. Failing, after number oua attempts, he exclaimed, ' Behold, not even two watches can I: bring to ' agree with each other, , and yet, fool that I was, I thought that! ahould be able to govern, like . the works, of a watch, so many nations, all living un der different skies in different climea, and apeaking different languages I'l, , Gems. The following beautiful ppt are clipped from Putnam :-,'';. ,r,i . Through the yellow-bearded grain, '' Throngh the hamlet-studded plain, vve Like a trembling asure vein . i rit Pulsed the river to the tea,- s v., .f. f: j." ..This is a very beautiful stanza. We rne stars naa oiossomea Drignt, -And the tardens of the night . '; -Seemed full of marigolds. ,. The idee . contained in the lest two inea is very, felicitous, and.what ia more, has the merit or originality.: . ; .a.,.....' . -, i aaa i . -41j"s" 'id ' Cdltitate a Chaste Stvle. Tba nimilable Addison observes that "thexe is aa much difference between compre hending a thought., clothed in Ciceroa .. language anu mat ou an oramary writer, aa between , seeing an object, by tho ight of a taper and that pf the sun. The truth is, the mind is delighted with a'fina style, upon, the same principle ' mat it preiera reguioruy, w ivuiuiiuu, and beauty to deformity. A taste of do pravity of tCw nature, that it should bo considered ' rather as evidence, in soma degree, of the moral rectitude of lie nnattlfit,An ": f ' ' '' "' ' A colored servant sweeping 'out ! s hotel boarder's room, found a sixpence, which he cerried to its owner. ' ;.. y?-e'' v. You may keep it for your honeaty," said he.' " r - ':?. ; Shortly afterwarda he missed his sold pencil case, end inquired of the aervaot if he bed.eaen H v,-?. itfMimi'i,' "Yes ear."- waa the reply;- :i ; "And what did you do with it !" ': "Keep am for my honesty, ear." ; 1 . in a Hi i i"' l i. 1 ..vV.J.:. , ';, .v surMwaav.!! viVS- . As my wire and 1 at the window one day, . Stnod watciilni-aBUnWilha'aionkev. J " A eartrjaine by, with a "broth of boy," if. Who waa driving a stout little donkey., , Tomy .wireHhenspoke,rjywairor ajolie, "There'arelationaof yours in thateanriare.' lATd" whioli aha replied; as tlte donkey sM Alvyesa telattBTi mU marragt "';'..; Tat Eaoust GovERBanat is oordiee- ing I arge riunlbari of; mules b th' iitay ) ; f rh'flieCrimeleo W;eirikee clue TtibttiU "thai this IS MtiOM'mKU ettredof BenHIngToHi i (reA letofrse XX't t thouloT withdraw those Already ie - ,0,v".? Among the1 nnerBisUr iis v loog eared gentlemeirtrhe; tezX :i X::i attSefieaatt?; ' '." ' ' il ajsSi-i tin 4 StcTA eaudteJiaU iw ; " ''mi ' t,-'h OA .?''-; . J. --'-1 '';- .o' '-x ' aiafti.taiWa''liJ f" -' "i.i-C'"i