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(Mrs Cobb's husband.) and Perry Fuller, pertikelery, desiicd a resoloo shen demandin the turnin out of offis uv corrupt men, that the Government might be administered with suthin like the purity with distinguished it durin the administra ; shcn uv the late lamented Book anon, at the mensbun uv whose name every delegate present held a handkcrchcr to his eyes for five consecutive minutes, ez the great greef : bed fallen onto bitn. ' •Vallandj'gum insistid that a plank be tn | scrted wich reeognized nigger suffrage, but that wuz withheld until it cood be definitely ascertained whether Mississippi wuz rcely carried by nigger votes or not. Kf a major ity uv the niggers did rcclv vote the Demo kratic ticket, it wus decided that they shood be recognized cz our ekals—cf not, we '1 see 'em d—d fust. Chcef Justice C'base wuz espeshelly arii yus for a resolution denounsin in the sever est termsthem onprincipled, fanatical, Bad kels, who lied for years been laboriu to mb vert the government, by interfcrin with the persuns and property uv citizens, and dso pledgin the Convenshun to thai wise con servatism without wich thcr cood be no per manence in our government. I dropt into the Soljicrs' and Sailors' Con venshun, but I didn't stay long. Them whose noses wuzn't red all wanted to be either President or cabinet orfisers: and uv the balance uv em, the leastest sed the let ter. My sole indignated ez I saw seated among em the very sutler who refoosed tnc credit when I wuz scrvin ez a drafted man in 1562; and also a claim agent who got $lO uv me on the proinis uv gettin my bounty, wich when he g, t it he absorbed in fees, costs and commissions. There wuz uv coorse troo men. There wuz sojers there wich resigned eariy in the war on akkonnt uv its bein a d—d Ablishin war, and others j who left beeoz Linkin wuzent rapid enuff in makin uv em Major Generals. There wuz no limit to ther speckin. Every wun hed the speech wich he delivered at the Cleve land Convenshen in 1566 carefully preserv ed, and they all insisted on deliverin em, wich ez I left they were doin, all to them selves. Ef they kin stan it I am willin. We are goin to htva Solj'ers Convenshen in Richmond to ratify the nominashens, wich will amount to suthin. Wc shall hcv For rest there, and Boregard and Breekeuridge, and thor speeches will count. We will hev the flags uv the two Governments entwined, and we will hcv the moo.-ic uv both sections played. Sich a Convenshen will amount to suthin. Wat the platform will be, or who the can didates will be, the Jxird only knows. lam prepared for anything, and so are all the del egates. Ef its Pendleton, on a repoodia shen platform, well and good—ef its Sey mour, on a Nasbncl Bank platform, j'est ez good. I .-hood be happy to ace Btecken ridge the choico uv the party, and delighted ef Hancock shood bo chosen. I kin huirab for Chase, and with ekal vigger kin swing my hatlor Vallandyguui, and I find all the delegates similarly affected. The Post Offis is the lean kine with swaliersup all the oth ers. We are willing to sink everything in Post Offis. That my sincerity may aot be doubted, let it beremcmbcred that I hev rid witliauigger frotu Ingeany to Noo York; hev been whaled by one and hev felt good over it, hev bin hurrabin for an old line Abolishnist, and swearin the while I liked it. Ef any other evidence uv flexibility is needed, I feci ckal to the ta-k. Politically I am ckal to all emergencies. PETROLEL M V. NASBY, P. M., (Wich is Postmaster.) I'EACK Oil W Alt--HONESTY OK KOBUEUY. Such are'the issues presented in the ensu ing campaign. General Grant -ays, "Let us have peace." Francis P. Blair says, "Let us have war," and the Democratic party, or rather the convention of rrbeJx and n-jjiuliators which lately met in New-York, have adopted him as their candidate for Vice-President; their candidate for President, not having lately had the courage to avow his intention to promote anarchy, must rest his claim to the so-called Democritic nomination upon his attempts to incite riot and arson in New- York on the 14th of July, 1863. The Republican party says, Let peace and safety for every man under the protec tion oflaw be the condition of all this fair land; let equal rights and equal representa tion be the lot of all its people; let even rebels again share in the duties and the priv ileges of citizenship when they have purged themselves of their rebellious spirit. The Democratic party says: Let the laws of Congress be over ruled by force under lead of a President chosen by us, and by means of an artpy controlled by us. Let loyal State governments be dispersed by the army of the United States led by the rebel leaders whom they lately conquered. Let loyalty be a disgrace and treason an honor. Give cheers to the butcher Forrest, and shake hands with the slave-master Wade Hampton, not because they have iepented their misdeeds, hut because they glory in them. Give them once more the control, and let them again oppress the loyal men by whose aid the Union was maintained. The Republican party, by the declarations of its platfonn, says, Let us have honesty; and let us maintain our credit and promote economy by meeting our contracts as soon as we can do so. Let us not ignore the ! promise of the legal tender notes to pay dol lars to the bearer on demand, buit meet that promise in real dollars as soon as we can, > and then let us provide for the payment of j our other bonds when they are due. " The democrat party says, Let us refuse to j recognize the promise of the legal teuder notes, and let us force the creditors of the Government, who hold bonds bearing inter est, to take in place of them these notes which bear no interest, and which we never intend to pay. The Democratic party says, These five twenty bonds were given to men who fur ished the United States army with shot and shell and powdet with which some of our brethren, who else would have been here in convention with us, were murdered. Shall we pay such obligations? No! let us tax tbeui! let us ignore the fact that the income of these bonds is now taxed in the same manner as all other income ! Let us deceive the people by the false statement that they are not taxed, and then under the guise of taxation, let as confiscate them. We caro not for widows and orphans, or savings ! banks which hold these bonds; we appeal not to reason or to principle; onr power has always been in the ignorance of oqr follow ers and is so still." WHILE our soldiers wore fighting the bat tle ot Gettysburg, Horatio Seymour was making a speech in which he denounced every effort of the Government for carrying ! on the war, which lie declared an enormous waste of men and money. Two weeks later he addressed a mob of rioters and murderers in New 7 ork, promising them that all measures for recruiting the strength of our armies should be "suspended." And the next year when Sherman was cutting his way to the .-ea, aud Farragut thundering at the gates of Mobile, he presided over a Con vention which called the war a "failure," aud demanded a "cessation of hostilities." bhould not the soldiers be proud to vote for such a candidate —especially upon the recommendation of patriots like l'cndleton and Yallandighatn.— Alb Eve. Jour. LONGFELLOW'S FAREWELL* O. W. HOLMES. Oui Poet, who has taught the Western breeze To waft bis songs before hiin o'er the seas, Will find them wheresoe'er his wanderings reach Borne on the spreading tide of English speech Twin with the rhjthinic waves that kiss the far thest beach. Where shall the singing bird a stranger be That finds a nest for him in every tree? llow shall he travel who can never go Where his own voice the echoes do not know, Where his own garden-flowers no longer learn to grow? Ah gentlest soul! how gracious, how benign Breathes through our troubled life that voice of thine, Filled with a sweetness born of happier spheres, That wins and warms, that kindles, softens) cheers, That calms the wildest woe and stays the bitterest tears. Forgive the simple words that sound like praise; The mist before me dims my gilded phrase: Our speech at best is half alive and cold, . And save that tenderer moments make us bold Our whitening lips would close, their truest truth I untold. We who behold our autumn sun below The Scorpion's sign, against the Archer's bow, Know well what parting means of friend from friend ; After the snows no freshening dews descend And what the frost has marred the sunshine will not mend. So we all count the months, the weeks, the days, That keep thee from us .n unwonted ways, Grudging to alien heat as our widowed time : And one unwinds a clew ? artless rhyme To track thee, following still through each re motest clime. What wishes, longings, blessings, prayers shall be | The more than golden freight that floats with thee ! And know, whatever welcome thou shall find— Thou who hast won the hearts of half man kind— The proudest, fondest love tlion Icavest still be" hind! pteaUiWMus. HEATING AND VENTILATION A correspondent sends us a drawing and a description of a steam heating apparatus, with a request for our opinion as to its merits. In an article published in the first number of the current volume, we discussed rhe subject of the supply of cold air to furnaces employed of warming buildings. The request of our correspondent has sug gested some general remarks upon the re lative merits of steam and hot air for bea ting purposes, from which he may sufficient ly infer our views of the apparatus submit ted. There is a radical difference in the princi ples of heating by steam and hot air which cannot be overlooked in forming a true e-tiuiatc of this subject. The heat suppli ed by steam apparatus is for the most part radiated heat, and that supplied by hot air is conveyed by moving particles, and im parted to tho surfaces of bodies by contact. Persons in a room heated by hot air solely are, to use the words of Prof. Silliman, "immersed in a hot air bath, and require, consequently, several degrees move heat by j the thermometer, for comfort, than when radiant heat forms a party of the means of an artificial temperature." There is a prevalent notion that air parts with a portion of its oxygen in passing over the heated plates of iron in furnaces. The surfaces of these plates, however, absorb very little oxygen, after they have become in a measure protected by the coating of oxide which always forms upon them. This objection, therefore, only has force in regard to new furnaces. The air is, however, vitiat ed by the products of combustion, not only of the organic particles which are generally impeifectly retained within their proper channels. A prevalent error in regard to the use of steam pipes, etc., from heating, may be also noticed. It is thought by some that— to use a common phrase —"the heat is not so dry" as that obtained from furnaces. The phrase, properly speaking is a scientific absurdity. Heat is not a thing like a sponge to soak up moisture. But if it is constructed to mean that the air is more moist when heated by hot air furnaces, an error is com mitted, unless as in some cases special pro vision is made for keeping the air saturated with moisture by small steam jets or their equivalent. The capacity of air for moisture increases with its temperature, and if the amount necessary to completely saturate it, is not i artificially supplied, it will seize upon and appropriate moisture from all objects with which it conies in contact. The skin and the lungs are called upon to pay tribute, and chapped hands and faces, bronchial and increased sensibility of these organs mus' i levitahly follow. A higher degree of heat is generally imparted to the air passing through the flues of furnaces than is effect- : ed by most kinds of steam apparatus. From this cause, and also from tbe fact that the Organic particles are not burned by them, the air is more wholesome in rooms heated by steam than in rooms heated by hot air. An entirely different plan for ventilation ought to be adopted when the fresh air ad mitted to rooms is cold, than when it is heated, as is the case with furnaces. In the latter case the pure air being fcated, i rises at once to the top of an apartment, and the air containing impurities settles to the bottom. An open grate with a fire reheats it and posses it through the chimney to the outside of the building without crea ting dangerous drafts of air, and is the best means of ventilating apartments. When cold air is admitted the impure air must be drawn of at the top off the room, but unless it is passed through heated flues the ventila tion will be very imperfect. The admission of cold air is liable to create injurious drafts, and is therefore not to be recommended. The plan of heating rooms by steam, and ventilating by means of grates and flues with an apparatus for supplying fresh pure and warm air to take the place of the air drawn off, and jets to keep it properly saturated with moisture, is probably open to fewer objections than any other.—Scien tific American Sill WALTER SCOTT'S FIRST LOVE For some time after he had begun to as sociate exclusively with the members of the Club and the Speculative Society, Scott con tinue- 1 to be careless, not to say slovenly, in his attire, as he used to be when a schoolboy and a writer's apprentice. All at once his habits changed in this res[>ect, and he be came a well-dressed young man—a squire, as his companions pronounced him, of dames. He had fallen in love with a young lady whom he encountered at the church door, and conveyed to her own home, shel tered from the rain by his own umbrella. His family and ber's were not on any terms of iutimacy. Mr. Scott happened, in deed, to be her father's but the man of business did not pretend, probably did not desire, to be reckoned among the familiars of his client. Indeed, so honorably sensitive on that head was the writer, that he no sooner observed how matters were tending with the young people, than he con sidered himself bound to put the lady's fath er on bis guard. The wanting was well received and made light of. and the acquain tance went on, more especially as young Scott made his way, as he soon afterwards did, into the set of which the young lady's brother was a member. Hence it came to pass he met the young lady frequently, not in Edinburgh only, but in her own and other country houses, aud that she being addicted to poetry and ro mance, received him frankly and kindly as often as he came. This sort of intimacy was kept up for years—throughout the whole interval, indeed, between 1792 and 1808; and Scott, regarding it as he regarded all things else, through the medium of his owu imagination, flattered himself that his pas sions were reciprocated. No word escaped him, however, to the lady herself, either in conversation or writing, indicative of the state of his own feelings. He resembled, in this respect, the most bashful of the lovers described in his novels. He told his secret to many of his friends, and among others to Miss Cranstoun, after wards Countess of Purgstall, but to the ob ject of his devotion be said nothing. It is worthy of remark, however, that neither the passion itself nor the secresy in which it was nourished, excited the slightest untoward influence over his character. As first love is apt to do witli such as him, it deepened in him the poetic temperuiainent; but it made him neither kss industrious nor less manly. Thus far the tide of fortune may be said to Lave rolled with a steady current in Scott's favor. He was in fair practice at the bar, considering his age and standing. The advocates had a] "pointed him one of the librarians. He w;is rapidly establishing a good name as a man of genius and great research. He was about to cxi>erienee bis first sorrow, and it was a bitter one. En couraged in part by the success of his trans lation, in part by the partial assurance of a friend, Miss Cranstoun, he made up his mind to tell his talc of love; and finding himself under the same roof with the object of his affections, he besought her to give him her heart, and was rejected. She had 110 heart to give. Another had it in bis keeping, and he was one of Walter's dearest friends. It would be ungenerous, if it were possible, to depict his feelings on that occa sion. This much, however, we are bound to say: that he over-mastered them with a [tower of will that is marvellous; and carrying in his soul a grief which never died, he never al lowed it—no, not for a day—to stand between him and the manly exercise of his faculties, lie quitted the house, made his way in the Perthshire, and threw himself, with appar ently increased zeal, into the researches which were to him at once business and re creation; while strange to say, only one short poem by his hand survives to tell that such an incident ever befell him. There Is, how ever, no doubt that there arc traces of her in the heroines of the "J>ay," "Rockeby," and "Bed-gauntlet."— London Qmirterlu Review.. A NOTED PHILADELPHIA LADY. HARRIET LIYERMORE. This remarkable [icrsonage died lately in Philadelphia, where she had for several years resided in comparative obscurity. M e have watched carefully for some account of her life, adventures and experience, but not mjich appears to be known of her by the present generation. Mr. Whitticr iias cele brated her somewhat in song, and a few scanty facts of her are given in the N. Y. Evening Post , probably from the pen of Mr. Bryant, If those two gentlemen, whose memory runs back to the days of her active life and ministry, could give the world a more com plete memoir of her, it would doubtless be read with dee}) interest in this hour so fer tile in female biography. She was born in Concord, New Hampshire, on the 14th of April, 1788. Her father was St. Loe Liv errnore, born in Londonderry of the same State, in 1761, and died inTewksbury, Mas sachusetts, in 1832. The family has been well known and distinguished in New Eng land since its earliest settlement. Harriet was a religious enthusiast, a firm believer in the second coining of Christ on earth, long before the doctrine had been proclaimed by the seet known since the time of Rev. William Miller as Second Advent ists, or Millerites. And what she believed she went forth and publicly proclaimed with i great boldness and eloquence. Her superior social position, splendid per sonal appearanc-c, her fine culture, her usu ; ally meek and musical voice and utterance, ; joined to an earnestness and sincerity amounting almost to wildness at times, all i combined to give force to her ministrations ' and for a time she was a marked character |in the New England States. The social as VOIs. 41: NO. 2i). well as religious condition of her country stirred Iter soul to its profoundest depths; and, could a full biography of her now be furnished, it would doubtless appear that many of the progressive ideas of to-day were inspirations with her, full fifty years ago. At on; time we find her in Egypt, giving our late consul, Mr. Thayer, a world of trou- j ble arising from her peculiar notions. At j another time we see her amid the gTay olive ! slopes of Jerusalem, demanding— not bog- ■ ging—money for the "Great King;'' and once when an American, fresh from home, j during the late rebellion, offered her in Pal estine a handful of greenbacks, she flung | them back to him with disdain, saying: "The ! Great King will only have gold!" At one time, years ago, she climbed the sides of Mount Libanus and visited Lady Ilestor Stanhope, that eccentric sister of the young er Pitt. She seems to have been at some time a visitor to the home of Whittier, for in his almost inimitable poem, "Snow t Bound, ' he speaks. of her at the fireside, 1 where on "that wifttcrfligbt Flashed back from toatronicyef, the light, t nmarked by time, and yet not young, The honeyed music of her tongue And words of meekness scarcely told A nature passionate and bold. Strong, self-concentrated, spurning guide, Its milder features dwarfed beside, Her unbent will's majestic pride, She sat among as, at the best, A not unfeared, half welcome guest, Rebuking with her cultured phrase Our homeliness of words and ways. A woman tropical, intense In thought and act, in soul and sense, She blended in a like degree, The vixen and the devotee. Her tapering hand and rounded wrist Had facile power to form a fist: The warm, dark languish of her eyes Was never safe from wrath's surprise. Brows saintly calm and lips devout Knew every change of scowl and pout; And the sweet voice had notes more high And shrill for social battle cry." The poet beautifully throws the mantle of charity over her in the conclusion of his sketch. — The Revolution. SEASONABLE HINTS. The intensely hot weather, succeeding weeks chilling rains, comes with unusual severity. People drop stricken with death in the streets, they sink senseless as they sit at their desks or tables, and are found dead in their beds. A few suggestions for preserving life and health in such a season may not be amiss. First, the external condition of the body. It should be kept scrupulously clean. Nightly bathing is almost a necessity. If a bath tub is not convenient, a sponge or bit of linen or cotton cloth, with a quart of tepid water, is sufficient. The water should not be cold spring, well, or aqueduct water just drawn, but that which has stood for twelve honrs of daylight to absorb oxygen from the atmosphere. Better, perhaps, is a bath of warm water, as the reaction, after toweling, produces coolness and invigorates the body. Better take the bath after sup per, before retiring, rather than in the morning before eating, as it will induce a pleasant sleep, and a bath when the stomach is empty is anything but healthful, empirics to the contrary notwithstanding. Still air is perceptibly warmer than air in motion although the thermometer may register the same degree of temperature in both cases. The reason is that the currents of air bear away the effects of perspiration, inducing a more rapid evaporation from the surface. For this reason the use of fans for producing an artificial breeze has common sense as well as custom to recommend it. A rapidly evaporating liquid applied to the exposed portions of the body induces a local and temporary coolness. Aqua ammodia (hartshorn) is excellent for this purpose. A little of this solution occasionally used on the hands and lace will, from its rapid evaporation, carry off the perspiration and leave the skin cool. As sold at the druggists it is too strong; it should be diluted with four volumes of water. For clothing, wear some absorbent next the skin, thin or gauze flannel: eschew linen or bleached cotton; outside, these will do well enough. In the hat wear a wisp of green, grass, cabbage leaf, or damp towel, wbeD going out to brave the darts of fiery Sol. In the writer's experience as a campaigner in Virginia be found this to be an excellent preventive of coup de solid when on tho march, and com pelled the practice by the men under his command. Eating and drinking should be regulated in hot weather. In the winter one may eat ( and drink almost everything he pleases; he can digest almost anything. But when the system is enervated by excessive heat it is a necessity to attend carefully to the quality and quantity of food and drink. Fat meats, solid farinaceous food, as puddings and bread of indian meal or wheat flour should be shunned. Fish, lobsters, clams, and oysters are not desirable food. Fresh vegetables and fruits, salted fish, meats, an! smoked hams are healthy. Pure ice water is excellent: not, however, in large quantities, but taken a swallow at a time. The stomach does not need a load of ice cold water, only the mouth and throat need lubricating. Drink slowly of ice water. Cold coffee and tea are no better than cold water, and iced milk is dangerous, as it is in any form highly heating. After all, however, any radical change of habit in eat iDg or drinking will prove to be worse than useless. A very good substitute fbr stimu lants is a cool drink made of Brown's ex tract of ginger with iced water sweetened. , It is both cooling and stimulating. Keep your house cool by shutting out ( during the day the external atmosphere. , Close the blinds and keep the doors shut. . Open every aperture to your chimneys and ( the scuttle on the roof. Thfls you will have 1 ventilation and at the same time diminish the nuisance of flies. Sunlight is a great , health invigorator, but we can do without , it for the short heated period. < Above all, do not get excited, indulge in no controversies, preserve a calm exterior . and a quiet mind. Have a clear conscience and a courteous manner, and the "sun shall not smite thee by day, neither the moon by night."—Scientific American. WHAT WE SAW.—Fourteen smalt boys up a green apple tree partakingofthe unripened fruit The aforesaid apples large as walnuts and as green as cucumbers. We asked a little fellow how many he had eaten, "twenty -1 three," was the quick reply. We bade him 1 farewell telling him of the of worldly affairs, and the policy of preparing for a home in the skies, he listened atten tively and seemed deeply affected, bat on i rnoviDg away we considered his ease hope less as the young man yelled out: "Wait a : minute, mister, till I finish this hatful, and | I'll go any where with you for five cents. RATES OF ADVERTISING. All advertisement* for less than 3 months 10 eents per line for each insertion. Special notices one-half additional. All resolution* of A. soci*l tion, communications of a limited or individa interest and notices of marriages and dcatbs f ex ceetling fire lines, 10 et. per line. All legal noti ces of every kind, and all Orphan - Court and other Judicial sales, are required by law to be pub lished in both papers, Editorial Notices 10 cents per line. AH Advertising due after first insertion. A liberal discount made to yearly advertisers. 3 moott. 8 months, 1 year One square ~.....$ 1.50 > 6.00 fIO.QO Xwd 5uuarcf1................. 6.00 9.00 16.00 Three •aquarca 8.00 12.00 20.00 One-fourth column 11.00 20,00 35.00 Half column..- 18.00 25.00 45.00 One column - 30.00 45.00 80.0Q A DROT.T. interview between a literary Bohemian an 4an internal revenue officer occurred the other day. It is thus relate ': Officer —What is your revenue ! Bohemian —I havn't any. Officer—What was it last year? Bohemian —Nothing. Officer—What was it the year before? Bohemian— Exactly the same. Officer—What do you do for a livin; ? Bohemian —Anything I can. Officer—You eat? Bohemian—Yes when I get a chanac. Officer —Where? Bohemian— At lunch tables, when they are free. Officer— Where do you ;Wp? Bohemian—With any good fellow who in vites me to his room. Officer—Suppose he don't invite you? Bohemian —Then I walk the streets all night, or go to sleep in a drinking saloon, or ou Sunday in tho churches. I Officer —You must have some money? f Bohemian—lf you think co, I wish you'd find it. I'll give you half. Officer—llava you no property of any kind? Bohemian —Not that I know of. Officer —Have you a trunk? Bohemian —I did have one. Officer —What did you do with it? Bohemian —Lent it toßarnuni'selephant, and he carried it off. Officer —What do you pretend to do? What do you call yourself? Bohemian—l make no pretensions. 1 call myself a dead beat. Officer —Do you ever do anything? Bohemian—Not when I can help it. Officer —You're a curiosity. Tell me frankly what kind of business you follow? Bohemian —Minding my owu. Officer —You're a hard case. Bohemian—l'd rather be that than a hard shell Baptist. Officer—Well, there's no use trying to get anything out of you. Bohemian —If words were pearls I'dmakc you rich. Officer—l suppose you live by your pen? Bohemian —No I live by my wits. Officer—Don't you write? Bohemian —When I can get it to do. Officer—Why didn't you say long ago? Bohemian—Why didn't you ask me? Officer —The devil take you! Bohemian —He won't without a revenue stamp; but if he should, it woulda t much matter for my life is insured. PUNCTUATION PUZZLE.— The following article forcibly illustrates the necessity of punctuation. The Montana Herald says it can be read in two ways, making a very Lad man or very good man, the result depending wholly upon the manner in which it is punctuated: He is an old experienced man in vice ar. I wickedness he is never found oppo-ii:; the works of iniquity he takes delight in the downfall of the neighborhood be never re joices in the prosperity of any of hi- i. :low creatures he is always ready to assist in de stroying the peace of society he takes no pleasure in serving the Lord he is uncom monly diligent in sowing discord among his friur.ds and acquaintances he takes no prid laboring to promote the cause of Christianity * he has not been negligent in endeavoring to stigmatize all public teachers he makes no exertion to subdue his evil passions IK strives hard to build up Satan's kingdom be lends no aid to the support of the gosj ■ I among the heathen he contributes largely to the evil adversary he pays no attention to good advice he gives great heed to the devil he will never go to heaven be must go where be will receive the just recompense of re ward. MATRIMONY EXTRAORDINARY. —Tfc Wilmington, N. C., sa\>: Thccolor -i people of this city seem determined that their race shall not be exterminated, the statistics of the Star to the contrary not withstanding. An amusing illustration of this fact occurred at the African Methodist Episcopal Church, corner cf lied Cross and Fifth streets, on last Thursday night. A large congregation had assembled to witness a marriage, and the ceremony was scarcely concluded when the departing audience was arrested by the exclamation, "Hold on, there!'' when another couple proceeded up the aisle to the altar, and a license having been exhibited, were soon made one. The second candidates were just leaving, when they were also arrested by the entrance of a third party, who, in their turn, were quickly manufactured from two into one. These three marriages occurred in about twenty minutes' time, and is about the quickest time on record as having been made in the annals of matrimony. ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE SEXES. — What makes those men who associate habitually with women superior to others? What makes that woman who is accustomed to and at ease in the company of men supe rior to her sex in general? Solely because she is in the habit of a free, graceful and continual conversation with the other sex. Women in this way lose their frivolity, the faculties awaken, their delicacies and pecu liarities unfold all their beauty and enptiva tion in the spirit of intellectual rivalry. And the men lose their pedantic, rude de clamatory or sullen manner. The coin of the understanding and the heart is inter changed continually. Their asperities arc rubbed off; their better materials polished and brightened, and their richness, like fine gold, is wrought into finer workmanship, by the figure of women, than it ever could be by those of men. The iron and steel of our character arc laid aside, like the hardi ness of a warrior in a time of peace and se curity. LITTLE THlNGS.—Springs aro little things but they are sources of large streams; a helm is a little thing, but it governs the course of a ship; a bridle-bit is a little thing, but see its use and powers; nails and pegs are little things, but they hold the parts of a large building together; a word, a look, a smile, a frown, arc all little - things, but ! powerful for good or evil, 'ihiuk oi this. I and mind the little things, I'aj? that little 1 debt; if it is a promise, redeem it; if it is a I shilling, hand it over. You know not what \ important events hang upon it. Keep your ! word—keep it to children; they will mark it sooner than any one else, and the effect will probably be as lasting as life. Mind the lit tle things. f , , . IN good society we are required to do obliging things to one another; in K society we arc required only to say liitui.