— ONE D3LLAR PER ANNUM, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. TO \V AN TO A : Ouioibiin' ftlonuun, fllarcl) 17. 1555. Stkctcli I'oclrn. I LOOK FOR THEE. BY JAMKS 0. CLAUK. I know that in this world of strife, Our paths will ever parted tie, Yet sometimes on the hill of lite I pause, and turn to look for thee. 1 trace our footsteps back again. Down Youth's forsaken slope of flowers, Where all we know ol hope or pain Passed by, like April sheen and showers. I see the glen, the grove, the rill. Where last we sung of joys to come, And mourn to think we re living still. Without a joy, without a home, Without a pillow for the head, Which may not know nor seek relief Till, in the dwellings of the dead, It tinds forgetfuluess of grief. Kememb'rest thou those days of bliss— To us. alas! forever gone— And did'st thou dream it night like this Would dim their splendor-beaming sun ? Ah 1 then we loved the beauteous earth, The earth that now so lonely seems; We lclt the thoughtless bands of mirth. And told our love by summer streams. And then skies were brighter far— When trust was beaming from thy brow, The glory of the smallest star Was more than all the sunshine now. We listened to the wild brook's flow, The blue-bird's chattering on the lea; The rose looked lovely then, but O 1 It blooms no more for you aud me. The radiant June of love lias fled. With all its birds and blossoms gay; And we, like forms among the dead, Ik-calling spirits back to clay, Mill cheerlessly must wander through Tlic silent vaults of buried years, Where sleep the hojies no longer true, Aud memory lives in groaus and tears. We're travelling on a lonesome road. Deserted by the gleam of day, And on the heart there lies u load That death alone can take away. Farewell ! Thy soul, oppressed with strife, Will weep for scenes no more to be; And sometimes, on the hill of Life, I'll pause, and turn to look for thee. |holjii)itonj liquor safo. [From the Philadelphia Sun.] Discourse on a Prohibitory Liquor Law. Preached by tier. Jacob M. Douglass, Sunday evening, December With, Hot. in Zion's Church. (Protestant Kpiacopii!.) Kensington. It is good to lie zealously affected always in a good tiling."—(ialatians iv. 18. The friends of Temperance have desired the car iperatioii of the Ministers of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. And as it is our duty to " be zealous of good works," and to teach men '* to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously and godly," 1 do not know how we can refuse our co-opera tiott. In regard to myself, were 1 to consult my natural temperament, 1 should be silent in regard to the exciting topics of the day—l should be more fond of attending to the quiet and unobtrusive duties of my sacred calling.— But it were to be feared, that silence would be construed into indifference, and that my refu sal to encourage great aud good men in their labors, would be imputed to lukewarmness— lukewarmness in the cause of virtue, of humani ty, of God. Rut I thank nty God fc that, thro' lii- grace, I am not ashamed of the Gospel, or of any of the virtues or duties of the Gospel. I humbly trust, that I do not feel lukewarm ness in any cause that tends to benefit the Church of Christ, and the great family and brotherhood of man. I can lay my hand on ray bosom, and say that J love the cause of Temperance. When it was introduced into the city and county of Philadelphia—when the k llendid'and philanthropic scheme was spread out before us, 1 could not but admire and cs jiouse it. And i Itocame a member, aud bless ed Ite God! T have continued a member unto the present time. I have been a participator in it- fortunes and phases, its prosperities and adversities, unto the present period. 1 have re j'deed when she has rejoiced, aud 1 have wept when she has wept. The -übject of intemperance has excited great iut"rest in the religious and moral world. This -abject, it is supposed, has received more atten tion. it has elicited more investigation, in re -|-'-t to its origin, its effects, its prevention, aud its cure, in this country, than in any other of the known world. lutein [>erance is condemned by the inspired writers of the Holy Scriptures, and by moral ists ami philosophers of all ages.and countries. Bt. Paul declares, " Re not drunk with wine, wherein is excess." " Let us walk honestly, us iti the day, not in rioting and drunkenness." ' Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, tier adulterers, nor thieves, nor cove tous, u„ r drunkards , shall inherit the kingdom "f (Jed." Solomon says, " Who hath wo? w ho hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who huth babbling? who hath wounds without ''•'use? who hath redness of eyes?" Then the King tolls us, "They that tarry lung at the wine." hitemporanee betrays men into sins of lcwd and the misery aud wretchedness and cr '"ies, that never fail to follow lewdness. * In b'mperaiiee leads to auger ami all the crimes in wake, to quarrelsomeness, toriot, to brawls ,I!, d fightings, and finally to murder. Why is ' 'hat there is so much rioting in our streets on 1,1 •Sabbath? Why are peaceable citizens ul nfraid to walk aboad? Why is it that I '' night is hideous with noise, ami shrieks and P' -' Why is it that our city of Brother Lore ■' giving the lie to her name? Why is it that " r n is mure security of life, and limits, and in London" aud Paris and Rerlin, un 'r governments that we Americans are taught J - V; " T;b]hooe en acted. Had we time, we might advert to the enhanced prices of grain, flour, and butcher's meats, and the probability of their continuing enhanced, in consequence of the troubled aspect of the political horizon in Eastern Europe.— Why arc they almost beyond the reach of uur suffering poor? One great reason is, because so much of our corn and rve and other grains, instead of being ground into flour, or fed to lieeve* and swine, is made use of by distillers, to be converted into alcohol. Hut a doubt may arise in the minds of some, in regard to the enforcement of a prohibitory law. Yon query, "can such a law be enforc ed ?" We think it can, and we bes|oak a can did and patient hearing of our reasons. Such a law commends itself to the moral sense of our citizens. It is a just, wise and salutarv tfiw for the protection of the lives, the health, the fortuues, the reputation, and the public and domestic happiness of our people. Such a law will be agreeable to public sentiment, The re ligious, the wise, the good, the friends of law and order, are in favor of it. And it is a well ascertained fact, that many confirmed inebriates when in their sober moments, demand such a law for it would cut off temptations to acrinit, PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH. " REGARDLESS OP DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER." I the indulgence in which is attended with such bitter remorse. Our present license law is odi ous in the eyes of public opiniou, und she loud ly culls for a change. That a prohibitory law will be enforced, may be inferred from the fact that it will not be suddenly sprung upon the people. It will not take them unawares. The subject has been before them for months and months. All pre vious notes of warning will have been given to the small minority than may suffer from it.— Let it be remembered that "the people of Penn sylvania are, generally speaking, a virtuous people. We are law-loving, a law abiding, a law observing people. We obey the directions of the sacred Scripture, " submit yourselves to every ordinance of mad for the Lord's sake." Such is the character of Pennsylvania, that she obeys laws which are revolting to her seusibil ites. The fugitive slave law is repugnant to our inborn love of liberty, and our abstract views of freedom; and yet so attached is Penn sylvania to constitutional law, and convention al rights, that the law is enforced through the length aud breadth of our Commonwealth.— Judging from the character of our people, we say that a prohibitory law can be enforced. There is a salutary principle pervading our whole political and social economy—it is, that the minority yields to the majority. When a President or Governor is elected,"however tu multuous and fearful the excitement and party spirit previously to the election, the storm soon subsides, and the minority quietly abides by the choice of the majority. Thus when laws" are passed, however unpalatable aud ungracious at first, the minority yields to the majority, and makes no resistance to the enforcement of the law. We are not like the people of South America and Mexico. In these countries, if a law is displeasing to a party, they make a pronunciameuto and take up arms, liut we are an enlightened, aud educated, and, upon the whole, a virtuous people ; we respect and obey the laws passed by our representatives. We agree that a prohibitory law could be enforced in our State from the example set by our sister States, such as Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The law has been pro ductive of the happiest effects in those States, and 110 one offers opposition, because, as will be the case in Pennsylvania, it is backed and and supported by an overwhelming i>otency of public opinion. Ah ! brethren aud fellow citizens, the tears of mothers cry to our legislators for just and righteous and stringent laws. There is a moth er in yonder street. She has been jaded and weary with the day's household duties. Aud she has gone to her bed. She endeavors to steep herself in forgetfuluess—but iu vain the effort. She cannot quiet her distracted inind. Her mind is " like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest." Are her thoughts upon the or derly, the dutiful children, who are reposing so sweetly in their chambers ? Oh ? no ; her thoughts are wandering from sacred home.— She cannot compose herself; her brain beats like the death tick upon the wall. She be thinks herself of her guilty son. That son is in the vile, low drinking house. He is reeling, and cursing and blaspheming. The mother raises her head from the pillow ; she inclines her ear, for there is a sound of feet upon the pavement. Rut the foot falls arc not her son's. They are the firm, stalwart stepping of the watchman, as lie treads his beat. Again she lies down. All is quiet—all is still. Aud she counts the stricking of the clock—one—two— three—four—five—six—seven—eight—nine— ten —eleven—twelve. The hours seem length ened out to a mysterious length. And now she recognizes the uneven, irregular pace of her lost one —-she hears him muttering and cursing as lie tries the door ; and then he finds an entrance. Oh ! where, where is the child, that years goue by, she clasped to her bosom ?—the flax en haired little boy—the red cheeked little boy —the bright eyed little boy—the idol of her heart—the loved one, who kneeled down and put his hands within his mother's, and prayed "lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." He is here—but ah ! changed— He lies on the floor —a wretched, degraded brute ! Oh! mothers, mothers, will you sit in dolently down, and not put forth your energies to arrest a monster, that devours what is dear er to you than your own lives ? Could you look with apathy on some panther or bear, from our mountains, seizing on your children, mang ling them, tearing their limbs asunder —sucking their very life's blood ? Could you endure this with indifference ? Oh ! no—you would not— you could not. Your children before you bath ed in blood ! every fibre of a mother's heart would be stirred. And yet there are leasts of prey, in human form, that are destroying the bodies and souls of your children, and you make no effort to arrest their ravages. Hut objectors to stringency of legislation say, " why do you not employ moral suasion ? Why do you not persuade mou to be temper ate and virtuous ?" Have we not tried moral suasion—have we not tried it the last twenty years? And what amount of great and per manent good has it affected ? We have per suaded men to avoid the tavern as they would the cholera or the pest house. We have, un der God, wearing, and against the violation of tlie marriage tie. They were aware, for they were well read iu Scrip ture aud in the knowledge of man, that " the law must be a terror to evil doers," and not a mere play thing, to be treated with scorn. Men aud brethren, have we the feelings of Christians ? Have we the feelings of humani ty; aud can we look with apathy on the ruin that is going on uround us ? We see men ply ing their hellish trade, on land and on water, by day aud by night, on the Sabbath and on weekdays. No day is sacred iu the eyes of the rumseller. No state or character is spared.— The rich aud the poor are lured in. The strong est inducements are used to entice the laboring man, when his pockets contain his weekly wa ges. The money that should be spent in pro curing bread for his wife and ill-fed children, fiuds its way into the till of thegroggery. No age, no sex is spared. Young men and young women are brought under the influence of poi sonous drinks. Nay, it is well known that small boys are in the habit of resortiug to these vile depositories, and getting their penny worth of whiskey. They have been seen reeling and staggering iu the streets, and giving every in dication of being disguised in liquor. Fathers ! mothers ! brothers ! sisters ! will you not send your petitions to our lawgivers to grant us stringent, restrictive laws against in temperance. I know you will—l cannot mis take you. Remarks of L. M. Hewitt, Delivered before " Martha Washington" Dodge, Xo. 135, 1 of /. O. of (J. T. at Camptosen, Bradford County. J By a very commendable resolution of our Lodge, it is made the duty of our chief officers to appoint some member to address it, on the next succeeding meeting. I therefore, in obe dience to my appoiutmeut, appear before you; and while I attempt to say a few words, let me hope you will look charitably upon my effort to make myself both iuterestiug and instruc tive. In choosing a subject upon which to address you, is a matter not so easily settled; aud too, it would seem perhaps to some, a very easy task. Rut when we view the whole subject of intem perance in its relative connexion with the innu merable evils under which the world is now groaning, we must coiae to no other conclusion than that intemperance is the procuring cause of all the misery, of all the crime, and of all the unliappiness which have, or does now, dis turb the peace of society. And, in viewing it in this light, there are many points through which an attack uj>oii this monster, " Alcohol," can be made; and us each attack requires dif ferent arguments, of course, equally numerous will be the subject matter upoii which those ar guments may be based. I will not weary your patience or waste time, iu introducing facts to show that intemperance is a direful, deadly, and destructive plague to human happiness. There is no vice that carries greater shaine and odium in it than drunken ness. There is no spectacle we behold with greater aversion aud contempt. It sinks a man infinitely below the beasts that perish. This shameful vice throws the mind into universal confusion and uproar—lays the understanding and reason in sad and deplorable ruin—effaces everything that can be called the image of God. Extinguishes the mind—inflames the passions, ami dethrones the judgment. The world lias not in it a more detestable sight, thau a ration al creature in the condition of a drunkard. Contemplate the danger to which we arc ex posed, the sorrow and dishonor which accom pany excessive drinking. There is scarcely any vice which entails more complicated misery up -011 the unhappy wretch that is a slave to it, than drunkenness. It gradually undermines the strength and vigor of both body and mind. How often we see the most deplorable effects of this shameless vice in the ruined health, con stitution, and fortunes of vast numbers ol' our fellow-citizens. 11 ow many ingenious and indus trious persons has this eurse rendered useless and worthless! llow many happy families doth it reduce to indigence and beggary ? How ma ny innocent sufferers doth it involve in its ter rible consequences ? How many have ruined themselves and their families forever ? Of all the evils, there is none so incurable as this, when it is once contracted. This subject, intemperance, was a baneful vice as early as the Deluge, aud eveu before, for we have abundance of evidence that it ex isted prior to that event; —and if we may ven ture an opinion, there is little doubt but intem perance was one of the grievous sins which that great Flood was especially designed to sweep from off the earth. Re that as it may, wecer | tainly can find some excellent lectures upon the subject among the writings of the Apostles, which give unquestioned proof of its existence as early as their day. This then is a vice, not of this generation alone, nor of a single century's growth; but one that has spread its paralyzing influence through all ages—over all classes and condi tions of society. We then choose to examine it in this light; for were it confined to a single class only, whatever grade in the scale of hu man society that class might occupy, the ever withering rebuke of public sentiment would ere now have driven this scourge from our land. But instead of this being the ease, it has spread its devastating effects among the high aud the low, the rich and the poor. So uni versal has been its ravages, that the Press— which has not unwisely been called the "Ar ehimedian lever which moves the the universe," dare not speak, except iu tones of doubtful meaning. The Clergy, too, a class of whom I would speak deferential enough, are mute, or perhaps look upon it with awe and amazement, afraid to grapple with the monster. And why? Is it because the subject is of too delicate a matter to openly denounce from the Holy desk? for fear some influential, or perhaps more like ly, some wealthy member may happen to think your remarks too personal ? or what is some times unhappily the case, may themselves fear the Scriptural reply, " Physician heal thy self ?" Or is it because intemperance is of too little consequence for teachers of Holy calling to en gage in ? Or, would they have usbehere that the sin of intem]erauce is no barrier to heaven ly abodes ? Our law-makers, too, seem to have caught the general apathy; for they much to unwilling to take the almost universal voice of their in telligent constituents as a guide for their action upon this subject, and appear as equally unwil ling to allow the masses the privilege of expres sing their opinions through the ballot-box.— Yea, they even, though politely insinuate that the ballot—the prerogative of freemen —the great distinguishing privilege of Americans, is an unsafe channel by which to arrive at the true sentiment of public opinion. Thus the great majority of whom I speak have acted; and while I question both the wis dom and the sincerity of their professions of friendship for the cause, I will most cheerfully bear my humble testimony toward that honora ble few who have nobly stood at the helm, and fearlessly battled for the cause temperance. — j Rut the field of labor was much too large for j the united efforts of these co-workers in the ' cause of human emancipation from the scourge ! of intemperance; and almost every gale blew I us the unwelcome tidings that this, as well us many other vices were rapidly on the increase. In this deplorable condition of society, we find the friends of the cause banding themselves together anew, to drive this curse from off our land; and though numerous have been its ad-' vocates, and great the good that has been ac complished, nevertheless, in this stage of the world the slow stridesof decrepid moral suasion would not do. Something iu keeping with the telegraphic speed of the age was needed—some thing that would rouse anew the slumbering eu ergies of man. While in this state of careless inactivity, the fog began to disapi>ear—a voice was heard iu the far blast, the sound came roll ing along, until its awakening peals spoke the glad tidings of Prohibition. The friends of temperance with renewed zeal, eagerly and per severingly started again the noble work of re forming and reclaiming the too long neglected and deluded inebriate. Societies that had long since ceased to exist, at once set themselves at work re-organizing anew; pressing forward with praiseworthy determination the entire expulsion of all intoxicating drinks from the land. Sons of Temperance found a new impetus given to the cause. Daughters of Temperance, too, came forward to the noble work of reform. A society, which if conducted as its early origina tors no doubt intended it should he, would most assuredly assist to drive this degrading curse from existence. And lastly, though by no means the least meritorious, among the advo cates of not only temperance, but the entire prohibition of all that can intoxicate, comes our timely and most noble Order—a beacon light to guide the protectors and defenders of our firesides, our homes, aud our country, from a curse more destructive to peace and social I happiness than war or pestilence. Hi MAN X ATURE. —In the story of the " Roy i and the Rricks," it is related that a boy, hear ing his father say, "Tis a poor rule that won't work both ways," said:— " Jf father applies this rule to his work 1 will test it in my play." " So, setting up a row of bricks, three or four inches apart, he tipped over the first, which striking against the second, caused it to fall on 1 the third and so on throughout the whole row, until the bricks all lay prostrate. Well, said the boy, each brick has knocked down its neighbor, aud yet I only tipped one. Now. I will ruise one and see if it will raise its neigh bors. 1 will sec if this rule will work both ways." lie looked in vain to see them rise. " Here, father," said the boy, " it is a poor ; rule that won't work both ways. They knock each other down, but uro not disposed to help j each other up." " My son," said the father, " bricks ami man arc just alike—made of chiv—active in knock ing each other down, but not disposed to help each other up. When men fall they love com pany; but when they rise they prefer to stand alone, like yonder bricks, und see others pros trate and below them." " FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS."— The Railway (X. J.) Advocate tells the follow ing good story at the expense of one the " up per ten" of New York: — Mr. is one of the " merchant princes" of the Empire City, and though livinsr in one of the most spacious mansions on the Ftth ave nue, his entire family consists of himself and his wife. Meeting a friend from the country one day, he invited him up to view his house.— The friend was shown the gorgeous rooms, with tessellated floors and magnificent frescoed ceil ings, and was finally taken into the lower rooms, in one of which he found a small regiment of colored servants seated at a bountiful dinner. On his return home he was asked if he had seen Mr. So-and-so? "Oh yes !" "What is he doing now ?" "Well, when I saw hiin. he was keeping a nigger boarding house cm the Fifth avenue !" A N KNT.I.ISH " CORN QUARTER." —The foreign news informs us that 7357 quarters of wheat were received at"Liverpool on the oth of Janu ary. A correspondent enquires, "how much is a quarter." An L'nglish quarter of wheat means 8 bu shels of "0 lbs., or 5(10 lbs.—being the "quar ter" of a ton of 2250 lbs. The standard weight of a bushel of wheat in England is 70 lbs. When Wheat in England is worth 80 lings a quarter, it is equivalent to 10 shillings a bushel- or 120 pence, and a penny is equiva lent to 2 cents—or thereabouts. . WOMAN'S RIGHTS PROCLAIMED. —OId Chanti cleer awakes in the morning, flaps his wings, vociferates at the top of his voice : " Woman rules h-e-r-e !" Immediately a neighboring roots, ter answers—"So they do h-e-r-e !" This is uo sooner uttered than a third responds at a considerable dissance—" So they do every w-h-e-r-e !" In this woman's rights era it is rignifican*; for old Chanticleer is a keee obser ver. and know-. < VOL. XV. NO. 40. Power of Imagination. Or. Noble, in an üble Jet-tore at Manchester, On the Dynamic Influence of Ideas," told a gx>d anecdote of M. Boutibouse, a French sa vant, in illustration of the power of imagina tion. As Dr. Noble says—"M. Boutibouse served in Napoleon's army, ami was present at many engagements during the early part of last century. At the battle of Wagram, in IXOy, ho was engaged in the fruy ; the ranks around him had been terribly thinned by sbot, and at sunset he was nearly isolated. While reloading his musket he was shot down by a cannon ball. His impression was that the ball had passed through his legs below his knees, separating them front the thighs ; for he sud denly sank down, shortened as he believed, to the extent of about a foot in measurement. — The trunk of the body fell backwards on the ground, aud the senses were completely para lyzed by the shock. Thus he lay motionless amongst the wounded and dead during the rest of the night, not daring to move a muscle, lest the loss of blood should be fatally increased.— He felt no pain, but this he attributed to the stunning effect of the shock to the brain and nervous system. At early dawn he was arous ed by one of the medical staff, who came around to help the wounded. " What's the matter with you, my good fellow ?" said the surgeon. "Ah! touch me tenderly," replied M. Boutibouse, " I beseech you, a cannou-balL has carr ed off my legs." The surgeon exam ined the limbs referred to, aud then, giving him a good sliuke, said with a joyous laugh, " (Jet up with you, you have nothing the niat t'-r with you." M. Boutibouse immediately sprang up in utter astonishment, aud stood firm ly on the legs which he thought he had lust forever. " I felt more thankful," said M. Bou tibouse, " than I had ever done iu the whole course of my life before. I had no wound about me. I had, indeed, been shot down by au immense cannon ball; but instead of pass ing through the legs, as I firmly believed it had, the ball had passed under my feet, aud had ploughed a hole in the earth beneath, at least a foot in depth, into which my feet sud denly sank, giving me the idea that I had been thus shortened by the loss of my leg.-." The truth of this story is vouched for by t)r, Noble. —At hum urn. A TEMPERANCE STORY.— Une evening last week we took our place at the supper table pf a Cincinnati and Louisville packet. Supper ■ and conversation had progressed some before we were seated. An animated discourse was going on 'twixt an old gentleman and an ex ceedingly sober-faced lady, not less than thirty years old. on the subject of temperance. "Oh!" exclaimed she, with horror depicted on her thin lips, " 1 do despise the whiskey drinker." The gentleman dropped bis knife and fork, seized her hand and gave it a hearty shake, we thought tears were going to drop from his twinkling eyes. " Madam," said he, " I respect your senti ments and the heart that dictated them, 1 j>er mit no person to go beyond me in despising the whiskey drinker. I have been disgusted 011 this very boat, and I say it now, before our 1 worthy captain's face. What, I ask you, can be more disgusting than to see a well-dressed, i respectable, aye. virtuous looking young man, whose mothers are probably even now praying that the tender instruction by which their youth was illuminated, may bring forth precious fruit in their maturity. I say, to see a young mau step up to the bar of this boat, and without tho i fear of observing eyes, or the condemnation of ; enlightened opinion, brazenly ask for old Bour bon or Kve, or Monongahela whiskey, when iu that bur they know there is the very best of I old Cogniac Brandy." * A VFrnoTK. —It is often made a subject of i complaint that Ministers of the Gospel partici pate in political matters. An anecdote of a Rev. Mr. Field, who lived in Vermont severnl years ago, contains a good reply. As the rev erend gentleman went, on a time, to deposit his vote, the ofl'u er who received it, being a friend a parishioner, but of opposite jiolities, : remarked:— " I am sorrv, Mr. Field, to see vou here." " Why ?" asked Mr. F. " Because," said the officer. " Christ said his ! kingdom was not of this world." " Has 110 one a right to vote," asked Mr. F.. " unless he belongs to the kingdom of Sa tau !" LEGAI. POETRY AND ORTHOGRAPHY.- The fol lowing was picked up inside the bar at tho Court House, in Springfield, Mass., on Satur day, and challenges admiration, equally for ita wit, its poetical perfection, its philosophy and its orthography ! Now arter settln' here 7 week* This Koari i* goin ? for to adjouru And any won hoe-jestis seeks May cum next Koart & take his turn. MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES. — "You say, Mrs Smith, that you have lived with the defendant for eight years. Hoes the Court understand from that tfiat you are married to him?" " In course it does." " Have you a marriage certificate ?" " Yes, your honor, three 011 'em, two gals and a boy." Verdict for the plaintiff--call the next cause, fcgf"Sir," said a little blustoriug mau to his religious opponent, " to what sect do you think I belong?" " Well, I don't exactly know," replied the other; " but to judge from the make, size and appearance, I should say you belonged to & class called the insect!' RATHER PERSONAL. —A NEW York editor fiuding a cabbage seed in a letter received from a brother quill, wants to know if his cor respondent hac rhe habit of scratching h'.shead , while writing.