The Waynesburg Republican. (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, April 01, 1868, Image 1
I Tei-iuw of lutlicutlon. Th Waymesbcrij Kkitiilicas, Office In Bayers' bulliiinic, at of the Court lloane, It puh linhcd every Wednctuluy morning, at 81 per annum., m ajivanch, or 84 SO if not nald with in the year. AIIulM.'ritton aerouiil must be aculrd annually. No papor will be aont mil of the HtaUi unlfw paid for is advance, anil all uch euhscrlptlonH will Invariably be dlseon tluucdat the cxplrution of the time for which thpy are paid. (.'oiniuuitiuattonBon snhjivtiiof local or general lntori'Hi uru nnp.'iunlly Koliciteil. To ensure nlteullon fufirx of thin kind must Invnrlniilv he nteoiiip;tuied by the name of tin author, not for publication, hut aw louiritiilvociilti'.l imposition. All letter iiertalnliiK to im-diieMiiof thw olllce must h addressed to the K-lllor lilt AGO. I hare been to the Xorlli, I lnvo been to the Smth. But in trawling n mini ni iy afar go, Toth j Jumping uir place, ere hi will find A town to compare with Chicago. If you never have alicrjil your name In your lile. JJor ever ilU up to the bar go, Or else nil aw.iy Willi another man' J wifo, Th?y won't Myou Yin lu Citicig'i. Some people sc-nl on by M nm Ejtpp.-ji, -An l soma put their f iltli In n Fargo , nut If tliuy w nil 1 g t i t!io ! 1 direct, You must cutjr yiiumeU' ut Chicago. There th inf nits aro P;J on whisky direct, For liquor they all to lln.-ir ma go; And the mmey-cowj giro, us a mun might expec t, Milk punch in tlis towu o( Chicago. Yet itcinnot ho sti 1 tlmttli'.ir mi:l9 are bal, Or that they too much bulow par go; For thu iluvil a moral tli) lolki ever hat Who livo In the town of Chicago Oh, Sodom was "some" unit "Gomorrah was "great," And in Venice cnrli man's nu Iag ij But the beautiful city that tukca them all down lathe elegant vilk of Chicago. rtiiLtsiihn nr rkqukst. KKI'OHT. Delivr.'pil liefoee tlio WnynAtniiry; Teat, pernnre Mortety. Miintlii , Mhi, .Hnreli Ji, isis, hy Jlf. II. t . I li'iiiiiken. Mn. Prfsidmn't, LADrns and Ok.v TI.i:mi:n. As tlio nointel J)i:le ;ate of tills Society to rcjiresciit it nt the Stnti! T(!iii)i'iMiico Convention, wliich as-iiMtibloil in tlio city of Ilar-risl)iii-i on ilir- IStli mi l lfft'l- of Fuli rtiiiry list, would ivsicct fully rcjtoi't, tlutt I nttni loil tilt' (Miivi'iition, that it was largely iitlemleil, lii-inif (oiir hundred and sixlv-liiiee deleoate.s in ntteiHaiK'.. l tlnnl; every coun ty in tlio Stale was ivprificiiU'd. Several of the most eminent temper iincc men of the Slate were in atten (laueo such its the ilon. .Inlm tV.-siu, of Hedford comity; D.-. S.e'.eiiin, of Chester count v; Itev, 1 ;. Ju ikln, of l'liiladel)hia;"li-. Jo!i,is..:i, l'r.-si.l ..;,t of Carlisle Cnllee: II -v. Tlio-iiii-i I. Hunt, of W'illisharre; Jaiue.-i l!ln::k, Es(j., of Iutea!ei,) and 0. Cli:irles Jowvtt, of Ma- 'te!i use; ts. S-ints v.tv ulilc siveeln.-ii were made. J)r. Steli- bill !, ot Chester conn! y, read in able essay on the subject, "what degree of intoxication is atte.iilc.i with the great est amount of evil to society." The position taken by the gcntlcur.ni was that the moderate drinker was more dangerous to society than the driink urd, and that he was the man that wliould be provided for in legislation on the subject of temperance. The paper of William J. Mullen, prison agent of Philadelphia, was) very inter esting. So also was the paper of Dr. Highland Corsen, of Montgomery I county, on the value of alcliohol us a mX iuuiiiiMii)r 1 um. Lite inn millions. Jf possessing n disposition to deprive ' men of their "inbred rights." But if they ask the Legislature to submit the question to the towns, to the people tliqmselves who are the source of all all power, they cannot be charged with any despotic design. Another great advantage in this course is this: If the Legislature passes n prohibitory law and tho law is repealed, there is a manifest defeat. Hut if the question is submitted to the towns, and the friends of temperance arc defeated in one town, they will succeed in another, and so the cause of temperance will re ceive uo severe shock. This question may conic up annually in the towns; but if the friends of temperance suc ceed in any one town or county by a large majority, one trial will decide the question forever. And, sir, tho peo ple will much more readily submit to a question in which they have a direct voice. I think the plan proposed is a liberal one. It is ah appeal to the fountain of power, to the people them selves. Those, then, who are in favor of absolute prohibition can have no real objection to this measure, as it will prepare the public mind for other steps; for where tho people in their sovereignty havo .decided that no li censes slinll be granted, and that in toxicating drinks shall not be sold amongst (hem, they will sustain their Legislators in enacting penal laws against this prescribed traffic. Let the experiment be tried; it will show how tlio people stand . on the subject, and this of itself is of great importance , to the cause, as it will enable the I I 1 I r I I tie fPaiwiifi S JAS. K SAVERS, 11 RMNESS IX THE IHGHT AS GOP GIVES US TO SEE THE RlttH'lV-XiWii. EDITOR AND PUBUSHEK friemls to determine wliat measure; will be best adapted to put the evil forever from nniongst Upon the loth resolution there was quite a lengthy debate: llesolvcd, that it is vain to hope to secure proper lee-isla tion or the execution of proper laws, unless tlio friends of temperance shall determine to cast their ballots only for friends of such legislation; that duty. interest and consistency plainly calls upon temperance men to use their bal lots lor temperance, with their politi cal party if they can, against if they must. I agree," Mr. President, witli the old gentleman that once remarked, speaking upon the suppression of the mm traffic, that there are but three ways of regulating the matter one was by the cartridge box, but that would never do in these dav. One was by the band bax, alia smooth words and fair speeches, moral suasion, which the rum selier cared as little about as diil the boy in the apple tree, the old man's grass. Wc must eo to the ballot-box, have the question of license or no license brought to the polls, and submitted to the people. If wc are boat, try again, and keen try ing until we bring the community to say by a strong vote that they will be alllieted with the curse no longer. And, sir, when the peopio say "no li cense," they will be very apt to say in their subsequent action, "no unli censed." As the licensing power is not with them, their sympathies are quite as much with the unlicensed lealer us with her, who peruana from JnimrUmm has the monopoly, as in our town at present. J lonca no prosecu tions for violations of law. lint let the people put their veto upon all rum-selling in their towns, and every voter in the affinnative will feel n lively interest in rriiardinir it acrainst all violation. I hone the matter mav not be permitted to rest here; but that tne propriety ol prohibitory laws mav I soon he niililii Ivdi.mmwed. J n sneak ing upon tins license question, I am (iireilily reminded of a circumstance which occurred in n sister State where licenses are grunted by the citizens in public meeting. "At one of these town meetings the question came up wheth er any persons should be licensed to s -I! rum. The clergyman, deacon and physir.in, strange ns it may appear, all favored it. One man only, spoke against it because of the mischief it did. The question was about to be put, wnen an at once there arose a miserable female from one corner of I the room. Sim was thinly clad, and her appearance indicated the utmost wretchedness, and that her mortal ca reer was about ended. After a mo ment of silence, all eyes being fixed iiptiii her, slit: stretched her attenuated body to its utmost height, and her long arms to their greatest length, and raising her voice to a shrill pitch, she railed upon all to look upon her. 'Yes,' she said, "look upon me, and tin n hmr inc. All that the last speak er has said relating to temperate drink ing, as being the father of drunken ness, is true. All practice, all expe rience, declare its truth. All drink ing of alcholic poison as a beverage in health, is e.vccm. Look upon me. You all know me, or once did. You all know 1 was ouco the mistress of khe best farm in the town. You all enow too, 1 had one of the best, most levotcd of husbands. You all know il hail line, noble hearted, industrious povs. here arc the' now? Doctor, where are they now? You all know. You all know they lie in a row in von- lcr grave-yard; nil, everyone of them illing the drunkard's grave. They were all taught to believe that temper- ite thinking was safe; crecxs alone night to be avoided, and they never loknowledged r.rcrt. Thev quoted von and ,iok and jok,' pointing with her shred of n linjrcr to the Priest, Deacon and Doctor, as authority; they thought themselves safe under such teachers. lint I saw tho cradu- :il change coming over mv family and prospects with dismay and horror. I telt we were all to be overwhelmed m one common ruin. I tried to ward oil' tho blow. I tried to break the spell, the delusive spell in which the idea of temperate drinking had involv ed my husband nnd sons. I begged, I prayed; but the odds were all against me. The Minister said tho poison that was destroying my husband and boys, was a good creature of God. The Deacon, (who was sitting under the pulpit, and ha I taken their farm to pay their rum bills,) sold thcra the poison. The Doctor said that a little was goo J, and txcens aught to be avoid ed. My poor husband, and my dear boys fell into the snare, and they could not escape, anil one after anoth er was carried to the sorrowful grave of the drunkard. Xow look at nie again. You probably sec mc for the last time. I have dragged my ex hausted frame from my present home your Poor Jloiue to warn you all; to warn you Deacon ; to warn you false teacher of Cod's word. And with her arms high tlung, and her tall, form stretched to its utmost, and licr voice raised to an unearthly pitch, she exclaimed, "I shall soon stand be fore the judgment scat of God. I shall meet you there, you false guides, and be a witness against you all." The miserable female vanished a dead silence pervaded the assembly, the Priest, Deacon, and Physician,, hung their heads, and when the President of the meeting nut the Question. 6hull any licenses be granted for the sale of oiimioua liquors r tne response was a unanimous "no 1" Ol B XATIOV4L RHXDH. Letter from Jny Coolie A- ('a., on their l.l nrttriiulnn Who arc the Holder ol'tlio . J&alional Debt. The CorKihj JwK'Vll, publishes the following reply ot .Messrs, Jay CooKo X Co., to a letter addressed to them by T. B. Howell, who inclosed to them a copy of the resolutions ottered in the Assembly by Judex) li.ileom and his published "reasons" for the payment of United States bonds in new taxable coin bonds or ereenbacks, in case the holders refuse to convert them into the proposed now issue : BkSKINO IIoL'SH OF JaV CoOKK & Co.) C'oknkr of Wall ami N.sn sts, -Naw Yontt, Fen, 26, I si;8. ) S. ft. UovtlL fainted roil. . Y. Dear Sin: We have your letter of the 18th inclosing Mr. Ualcom's resolutions. The sale of tho first Five-Twenty loan was undertaken by our Mr. Jay Cooke, at a time when the Government had utterly failed to lind a market tor the bonds through tha ordinary channels, and tho neccs sitics of the Treasury were immediate and pressing. I lie bonds were ottered directly to the people, and sold to them at prices which could not pos sibly have been obtained but for the distinct understand that they were ii i ... payaoiy, principal ana interest, id coin. That this was the spirit and intent of the authorizing act, it is only necessary to refer to the sinking fund claiue (Sec. 5, Act Feb. 25, 18G2), which specifically appropriates the com du ties on imports to first, payment of interest on public debt ; second, to a sinking fund lor tho payment of prin ctpal. All the funded debt of the united ciuues mat nas iteretoioro ma tured has been paid in coin, notwith standing the fact that tne authorizing acts did not so specify in words, and three such loans have matured and been paid in coin since the issues of the 5-20sof 18G2. These bonds, then, were advertised and sold in good faith as gold bonds: and that they were so payable see the letter ol heoretanes (.base. Fessenden. and .ucUilloch, all of whom have re peatedly alhrmeil it. The five-twenties of 18G2, will not mature until 1892, when they will be due, and payable in coin. The Gov ernment's option only has matured, but the Government is not now ready to paw If) us Mr. Balcom urges, the Gov ernment should pay in greenbacks, what is a gcenbaek lint a promise to pay a dollar ? and if 300,000,000 of greenbacks should be issued to pay the five-twenties, must, we not afterward pay them and, if so, in what but gold? Such an issue of paper money every thinking man knows would totally unsettle values, and indefinatcly re move the resumption of specie pay ment. But, on the other hand, with out any increase of currency, in a reasonable time specie payment will be resumed, gold and greenbacks will be in equal value, and to pay the bonds iu gold will be no hardship. Without entering into any labored argument to meet Mr. Balcom's "rea sons" for taxing bonds it is enough to say, in answer to the idea of a "bondholding aristocracy," that it is in the power of any man to become a bondholder by purchase in the market if he regarded exemption from taxa tion as a sufficient inducement to sell taxable property and invest the pro ceeds. If bondholders are a favorite class, no man posessini; any property is excluded from that class except of his own choice, and no such idea ean be made a justification for violation of the Government of a contract w hich at the time it was made was indispen sable to the supply of the treasury. It is not generally known how large a proportion of the securities by the United States are held by the people of moderate means for the in vestment of their savings. Wc have not on hand the precise figures of the denominations in which the several se ries of live-twenties were issued but the following statement shows the number of notes of each denomination embraced in the issue 'of the Seven thirty Treasury notes, which arc now being converted by the Treasury into Five-twenty bonds. In these conver sions the Treasury has never beeu able to supply enough small bonds to ade quately meet the demand : 9-',5SJ 50a $ 4,12!).fHM) t,47t,!ii) lOllj I47,t'.M,t)li() 4:l,7!12 fiOn 2IU,8!li:,0l)i) 370,371! 1000a 370,87l!.0IO 8,821 50W 48,IUiJ,00O 3,230,509 $830,000,000 These figures will give an approxi mate idea of the amount in which all of the Five-twenty bonds of the Gov ernment arc held. They show that one half of llic loan in amount was taken in 50s, 100s and 500s ; anil further, that, as 2,877,823, pieces of those three denominations, were issued against 371,107 pieces of the large denominations, the capitalists are in a small minority. Any legis lation repudiating, in whole or in part the obligation of the bondsof the Gov ernment would fall most severely upon widows, orphans, nnd people of small capital, who invested their money in perfect reliance upon tho representa tions made to them by the Treasury department, directly and through its agents, at the time of their is sue. - -- . - More than once during the war, resolutions were ottered in Congress looking to the payment of tho 5-20s in currency, but in every case they were promptly voted down. ' Yours, Ac, Jay Cooke A Co. T!lt: l'ltlCSinKXf AXMWr.R. The President's answer to tho Arti cles of Impeachment presents no new points, but places the issues of law and nt' t"o.7:.T ,Wtiilybcf'ore tho Senate that hardly any reply mmi peachment Managers can be necessary We can now separate the questions of fact from those ot law, nnd see upon what points ten imony will be brought. and what will alloril themes for anru mcnt merely. Tho answer to tho first article (that based upon the attempted removal of Secretary Stanton in vio lation of tho 1 enure-of-Onice law, does not seem to deny any distinct statement of fact contained in the ar ticle, but simply raises the issue of law whether tlio leniire-ot-Ollicc act constitutional. If this be correct, tio testimony can be necessary on cither side under the first article. Wc judge, also, that the answer to the second ami third articles denies no statement of fact contained in them, and therefore calls for no testimony. The answer to tho fourth article (charg ing conspiracy with (ten. Thomas to employ force in obtaining possession of the War Department) raises question of fiict, upon which testimony will be necessary. But the testimony would be confined to tho language and acts of the President and Gen. Thom as, and must necessarily bo brief. The answer to the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth articles presents no issue of fact whatever. I n answer to tho ninth article, which charges nn attempt to indueo Gen, Emory to violate the Tonurc-of-Ottieo law, the President denies the fact, and states that ho merely designed to express his private opinion that the law is unconstitutional. The answer to tho tenth and eleventh articles, based on his speeches made in "swinging around the circle," raises no issue of fiiet except upon the cor rectness ot the published reports, and no very serious question ean arise on that point. The testimony on the trial, therefore, seems to bo narrowed down to the President's instructions to or interviews with Gens. Thomas and Emory relative to the employment of force, and to t tic correctness ot the published reports of his speeches in swinging around the circle. J he speeches will be proven by tho report ers, whose accuracy is unimpeachable. the interviews with 1 nomas and Emory, and the evidence of intent to use lorce, should occupy but a few hours. All the other issues arc of law, and restoi argument merely, and arc mainly comprised in the single point ot tho constitutionality of the lonure-ot-Ulhcc act. The Senate having discussed the whole question of the Tenure-of-Oflice law far more fully and ably before passing it than the counsel lor the 1 resident aro likely to do, it is abso lutely impossible that any argument on this point can bo brought before the Senators with which they arc not already familiar. Tho President's point, so frequently reiterated, that he only desired to test the constitutionali ty of the act, has no very great force, as this end would be as fully acconi- ished by his conviction anil removal from ofliee us by any other judgment. As tho President's counsel have shown that they could prepare an answer in eiuiit days, lor the preparation ot which they had asked forty, we trust that the manifest simplicity of the case, in all its issues of law and of fact, will cause tho Senate to push tho trial to a speedy conclusion. Delay can really be of no benefit to Mr. Johnson, and must be seriously detrimental to the progress of public business and the interests of the country; The oursc of the Opposition in the House in raising a question as to the authori ty of the Managers to file their repli cation without previously submitting it to the House, is but another cllort to obstruct the trial. But it will fail, for nothing is clearer than that the Managers have been clothed with full powers in the premises. Tribune. Pl.Vt'KV BE.V W.IDE. An nrticle in the Cincinnati Gazelle on the early life of Benjamin Wade, gives the following among other inci dents : "Wade walked six times from Ohio to New York, and on one of these oc casions came near losinsr his life. lie was leading a steer as usual in front of the drove, whon he came to a long covered bridge. The gate-keeper, ac cording to the rules, would only allow a few of the herd to pass over at a time, lest their weight should injure the bridge. Wade started with the ad vance guard, but the cattle iu the rear becoming frightened, rushed into the bridge and stampeded. Young Wnde made haste to run, but finding he could not reach the other end before the frantic cattle would bo upon him and trample him to death, he ran to one of the posts, and, springing up, caught hold of tho brace and drew himself up ns high as possible. He could barely keep his legs out of the way of the horns of the cattle, but he held on while the bridge swayed to and fro, threatening every moment to break under the great weight tliat was put upon it. At length the last of the frightened animals passed by, and our dangling hero dropped from his perch, to the astonishment of the drover, who thought ho had been crushed to death, and was riding through the bridge, .expecting very moment to find his crushed andtnAnef edbndy." : TWO OliMOXI. What is better calculated to prove General Grant's devotion to Repub lican principles than the present whole sale denunciation of him by Copper head writers and orators ? From be- WhaVaak-i t,i.1rt nl1 nnw nrmiio fit ft lime wnen reoeinon rocked T7T try, ho has, in their estimation, sud denly become nothing but an "illiter ate tanner," unfit even for decent so ciety, destitute of anything like mili tary genius, and altogether unfit to be called a man. Tho Xew York H'orW considered one of the most respectable opposition pallet's in the country, if not tho oriran of the party, recently published tho following which we will style : opixion no. 1 "A narrow, sluggish intellect, whose dearth ot ideas has been called jiruiiciwe." "An nrmy leader who sacrificed nearly twice as manu men as Oie enemu had in the fehl, accomplished every thing bij numbers ami nothmtj by skill; a cold, narrow, common-place, mint tractive man, remarkable for nothing but a stolid force of will. Against the above untruthful and cowardly assault wo place the follow ing testimony of General Sherman, who is now as ever one Genaral Grant's warmest friends and admirers. We asked our readers to compare the former opinion with OPINION' no. 2. "I believe you are as brave, patri otic and just, as the great prototype, Washington. , As unselfish, kind hearted and honest as a man should i . i .... . oc ; out tne cniet characteristic is the Bimplo faith in sweats you have always manifested, which I ean liken to nothing else than the faith Christian has in the Savior. This faith gave you victory at Shiloh and V lcksburg. "Also when you have completed your best preparations, you co into battle without hesitation, ns at Chat tanooga, no doubts, no reserves and I will tell you, it was this that made us act with commence. 1 knew wherever I was that you thought of me; and if I cot in a tight place, you would help me out if alive." Tho above was sent to General Grant, by General Shermau after the promotion of the former, nnd may be set down as the testimony of one whose great military genius is proba bly uncqiialcd. Color of Hie tiouila ami .Sky. A short time ago, says Ga!inani, the German periodical, Pogyendorf's Annaten, contained a paper by M Lomtncl, on "The Evening Glow and Similar Phenomena," somewhat mathematical for our purpose; but be fore the appearance of that paper Mr. Sorby had discussed the same subject in a more popular form, extending it to the color of the clouds, and which he explains on the principle that the clear, transparent vapor of water ab sorbs more of tho retl rays of light than of any others, while the lower strata of the atmosphere within no great distance from the surface of the earth offer more resistance to tho pas sage of tho blue rays. This is especi ally the case at sunrise and sunset, and very perceptible in the case of dark- colored fogs, through which the sun appears red. This is often due to only a few hundred yards' thickness at such a fog, and it is probable that the same effect will bo produced by a thickness of as many miles of pure air contain ing watery particles very thinly dis seminated. It is thus Mr. Sorby explains nearly all the phenomena connected with the question. Ihe blue color of the sky is due to the absorbtion of a considerable amount of red light by aqueous vapor, far from tho earth s surface; but it minute particles of liquid water form a thin mist, tho blue of the sky will be di minished, as is the case in winter in cold countries. If tho air be much charged with transparent vapor, the blue color will be deeper, ami thus becomcan indicator of rain. At sun rise and sunset the light of the sun has to pass through about two hun dred miles of atmosphere within, a mile ot the surface ot the earth in order to illuminate a cloud a mile from the ground. In passing through this great thickness the blue rays are absorbed to a far greater extent thun tho red, and much of tho yellow is also removed. Hence, clouds thus il luminated arc red ; but when the sun rises higher the yellow light passes more readily, and the clouds become orange, then yellow, and finally white. Clouds in tho different parts of the sky, or at different elevations, might show these various colors at tne same time, as indeed is often the case. Durixo the war a young Lieuten ant, with a bran new shoulder strap, took Ins seat with rather a plainly dressed lady , in one of our railway trains. The folllowing conversation took place between them the shoul der strap leading off thus : "Madam, have you any relative in the war?" "Yes, sir, my husband is a soldier in tho army." "Ah, indeed? v I am an officer in the army, Madam, and my influence may seryeyour iiusuanu n n . . 1 I J I should meet him. What is his name?' "Ulysses 8. Grant sir.'! The young Lieutenant vamoosed at the next 8top- Eing place,, too moaest even to wait to e thanked. to m tlenernl Hplunrr as a Religion Fulltu- General Spinner is a very popular man, judging from the anxiety every body shows to obtain as many copies as possiblo of his likeness, which is circulated over tho country on green naner. ernl Spinner is a aevont ami 'VSkwtAiMientious Methodist in religion, and in politics isuiT1 It began to le whispered nround that, und(.4 very trying and extraordinary circumstances, General Spinner was guilty of swearing a littlo sometimes. The church took the matter in hands as quietly ns possible, and appointed a discreet sister (tho grieving mourner of a husband and three gallant broth ers slain in the war) to inquiro into tho matter. Instead of gathering ev idence at second hand, she went to headquarters;' she posted herself among the crowd of waiting ones in tho General's office. The old man was absorbed in business, nnd work ing away like a steam engine. File after file of men passed before him. and he shot his decisions at them in sharp, curt sentences as they moved on. Filially, a tall, handsome man approached and handed in his docu ments for examination. 1 ho general ran his eye down the pages, ami n thunder cloud settled portent uisly upon his countenance. llo threw down the papers and shook his fi.-t fiercely in the gentleman's face and said : " Ion nro come to mo with this 1 iou sneaking hound of a deserter, lew bring a paper here, signed by tho President of tho United Suites, setting forth that when you deserted from the regular army to goand fight four years against your country, there were four months pay coming to you from the Government you so outraged, and or dering mo to pay you those arrearages! 1 d see you and the President a hun dred million miles in the hottest hole in hell first 1" The llnninn lloily. While the gastrio juice has a mih bland, sweetish taste, it possesses the power of digesting atho hardest food that can be swallowed. I has no in fluence whatever on the fibres of tho living tinimal; but in the moment of ileath it begins to eat them nwnv with the power of the strongest acid. There is dust on the sea ami land there h lust always and everywhere. Tho at mosphere is full of it. It penetrates the noisome dungeon, nnd visits the deepest and darkest eaves of tho earth. No palace, door can shut it out ; no drawer is so secret as to csenpo its pres ence. Jwry breath ot wind dashes it upon the open eve, which yet is not blinded, because there is a fountain of the blandest fluid in nature incessant ly emptying iself under tho the evelid which spreads itself over the eyeball, at every winking, nnd washes every atom of dust away. This liquid so well adapted to the eye itself, has some acidity, which under certain circum stances, becomes so dcsideil as to be scalding to tho skin, and would rot away the eyelids were it not that along the edges ot them aro little oil manu factories, which spread over the ser face a coating as impervious to the liquids necessary for keeping the eye balls clean ns tho best varnish is im pervious to water. Qulll-Drlvlng on Time. A rapid penman can write thirty thirty words in a minute. To do this ho must draw his quill through the space of a rod sixteen feet and a half'.' In forty minutes his pen travels a fur long; and, in five hours and a third, a mile. We make on nn average, sixteen curves or turns of the pen in writing each word. Writing thirty words in a minute, we must make four hundred and eighty-eight to each sec ond ; in an hour, twenty-eight thous and eight hundred ; in a day of only live hours, a hundred and forty-four thousand; and in a year of three hun dred days, forty-three million two hundred thousand. The man who made a million strokes witli his pen in a month, was not at all remarkable. Many men make four million. Here we have in the aggregate a mark, three hundred miles long, to be traced on paper by each writer' in a year. In milking each letter of the alphabet, we wc must make, from three to seven strokes of the pen on an average, three and a half to four. Deeolleta Imalrs. The abominablo custom of expos ing too much of the female person now so prevalent in fashionable society,, is being severely ridiculed by a - portion of tho press. It might puzzle even an imaginary writer to concentrate in a few words more sneering but agnrava tcd bitterness than that expressed, nia ny years ago, during "a temporary reign of the diseaso now preva'ent, by a certain husband who was accosted with a question, while looking on at a dunce in which his very decollete -wife was figuring in : "What very hand some and magnificently formed lady is Li l i r .t - i i mm, yuuuer, in me green auti pearis t.; asked one .of the otbur- cujsi2lflnac- quaintance of the husband but a stran ger to his family, "That ? Oh that r fp . . t i t . is my wiie; or ai least a inougnt is was up to Jo-day I ' But by the proph et ? I am inclined to think, by the way sue urusses lo-nigntt inoi sne is the wife bf everv i-erltlemarJ .in tha as- Terun AKD JOB WORK. - Aovxbti"IMPst lnrrted at l pw twthrre ln.enlnn. ami no T2 foreaeh additional lli-erllon i lien line T'SS comitfOHs.ii-. All trnui.lentadvertliuenl to lie lutlrt Ijt in advance. ' , i, 1H.-sim-.sx KoTICKSK-t under J"? ',W",?J '?T?I news will be i harjjia Invariably 10 eeutaa Una for e-l.-h Insertion. i A liberal deduction mn.to to pernont yrtlj Inubv the mmrtcr. lull-year or year. Bpeclal notice i-lmrura uue-liali inure tliun tegniar au- VerliseuicnlJi. m, , r- ry colors: Haml-bllls, lUullks, Care "'"'1""" Job I'HIX 1110 of even' Kintl in nillinnar..- Ac, ot every uneiy ami iyn-, aliortest noth e. Tho ltKiTiii.H AH OKFirr iiaa Jin.t lv'n ie-ilteil,aiul every thin In the Prln lmt line ean 1 exei titeit III the moat artutie maniierantl al iho lowit rut1. . Uou't ga to ParllMk , . t "Do you ever co to evening, par ties?" "No," stud friend Tom; "I used to, but I nm cured." - "How so?" said I, anxious to learn his experience. "Why, you sec" baid Tom, feelingly, "I went to one souio years back and fell in love with a beautiful girl. I courted like a trump, and thought I had her surej when she eloped with a tni lor ; but I sworo vengeance. 1 pn- nblicr ot my happiness, and ordered a lull suTt" gardless of expense." "But your vcn-i geauee?" said I, "1 struck the tailor in hi i iuo.-.t vital part 1 never jmid tho bill". But those infernal clothes wcro. the cause of my future" misfortunes."' "How so?" " Wearing lliein, I cap- tivntcd mv present wife. She told mo so, and I. havu't seen a happy duy; Mint'. But 1 am' bound to be squaro with that wretched tailor on 'the long' run. I'll leave him a legacy on oon-' ditinn tlutt ho marries my widow." " .1 Ilorso Ntory. A clergyman, who is in tho habit of preaching in dillcrent parts of tho . country, was, not long since, at a conn-, try hotel where heobserveda horse jock- . ty trying to (akein n simplcgeiitlenuin, by imposing upon him a broken-win- ' ded horse for a sound one. Tho par son knew the bad character of tho: jockey, nnd taking the gentleman . aside, told him to be cautious of tho piTMin lie was dealing with. Tho gentleman declined tlio purchase, and ' tho jockey quite nettled, observed, ' "Parson, 1 md much rather hear you ' jinaeli, than to see you privately interfere iu bargains between man and man in tlii:i way." "Well," replied ' the parson, "if you had liee'ii whero ' you ought to' liiivd bren last Sunday, you might Imve heard mo preach." I' Where was that V" inquired tho . jockey. "In the Stalo prison," ro- ' turned the clergyman. not tier II ity Hill, The House Military Committee on the 20th, decided to report tho new' bounty bill giving to every soldier, ' siilor or murine who served iu tho Into war eight dollars nnd one-third per month during the time he was in service, deducting from such time tho amount received from State, county, 1 municipal or other sources. Averti liiate will be j-iven fill' tho balance at six per cent, interest, tho principal and interest to bo paid in Govern nient lands, to be located in tho namo of the holder or his heirs at any timo that he may choose to tlo so. It em bodies nil the points in tho Schenck bill of last year, and will bo pressed in the lloiisoat an early day. Ilrni; is a queer obituary which recently appeared in a German pa per : "My husband is no more. He did not wish to live longer, and if ho had, it would have made no difference, for gout entered tho stomach and was soon followed by death. I shall marry tho doctor who kindly attended my lato husband. I learned then to trust him. Soft rest the ashes of the de parted one, whoso wholesale liquor bnsinc?3 I shall continue at tho old stand." Tin: following is tlio substance of the resolution, pa-scd by tho Democrat ic State Convention, in reference to paying the national debt: Jii.iotieil, J hat whereas the nation al debt is a national debt, there for. resolved that the national ii.i iii ... .,.. .. tietit snouid oo paid in what it is paid in. Tho resolution is very clear to those that understand if. What say you Greenbacks V A mspint; bov of some six summers, son of a gentleman in the Massachu setts L'-gislatiiiv, recently niad-j a visit , to the Insane Asylum. On his return . the fbllowingcolloqiiv en-ued : "Where have you been this after noon, soniiv .' - "Over to tho I inane Hospital." "What were they doing there?" "Making specifies, just like tho Legislature." .y m ' Mr.. M.wo", warden of tho State Prison in New H tinpshire, lost an arm iu tho war. A ivmonrut uoing; : business with him, a low days since, inquired pttuhntly seeing Lim adix a slump to a a document : "How long are wc to bo compelled to use 'these thingi?'' The warden quietly repli- il : "Perhaps as long as 1 carry . this empty sleeve, and lor the ttmw . cause. A wtsstcrn journalist, whoso wife I lad just presented him with twins, and who, for this reason, was compelled to , deei his paper lor one day, wrote the day after, (ho following excuse: ; "Wo were unable to issue our paper ' yesterday in consequence of the arrival i of two extra malm," .'.'.., j t " Hear tlio courageous "local" of the Danville, Y Times: "Mr. Taylor Vass having sent ns word' that-It wo ' published tain '-Marriage he'would shoot u,' we hops he will do; us the. i favor to load his fuzce with greenback to the amount of what he owes us." . TiTERE is a whisky insurrection raging in East Teunessee", To which we .might jusjly adip that there Is ' ft Tonneftseeaa 'in Washington ' Taglng -' "tirith whisky. .- J