Oco4e A:...cti;liast, Tilittitistlet., .6ljoirc ',flottrf. From th'e W. C. Journal. Wine at ilie : Lord`s Supper. rci; tttlElk REqusi] They have ti anished:wine. front the fireside beirth From the festal hal), and the seene.of 'mirth :. They have warred against it in c amp anti in field, And its dark and terrible power revealed - They have spit it away froni the social' board, 'But 'tin left on the iatite of 'the-lord. They have sung in.tvild and mournful songs, OP tho drunkard's woes, ntd the -. drunkard's a. wrongs; They have sought to lend him frotn error's . tray, And often. for hint do Ailey'. weep And pray ; Yet they stawia.r.t Ole altar and taste the rup - Thatvirries destruction in every drop_ • They have told of its strange and mighty force; Of its sin blighting and - fiendish course, • Of 'sorrow's tear, and misery's gro . an. Yet the half of its tnishief remains nnkno4p. Bat oh! can the snatpllater be• - ... An emblem of Christian purity Oh !may the archfiend smile with • \Vten he mark thelthw of the ruby tide;,, Oh! wtll,may he count the victory sure, When the Chrislian bows" to the shrine impure nirmonsters and lie ids sat4nie swim . liquid that 11 ,, ats round the gobla's brim Why . should not the gushing sprina be senght, amt Nature's own 11:1 nn thence be brob7ht Though it boars not the purple hue of blood:. ninvryhalh'prononneed it ' It wonl ! I s'o . engthemthm more that Jilt fliarkliti.g. For it comes from thel?ountain of Life•Uisine • !. M. 1,..• A. . , . .. . . ... - 1. (:Ottsl...irit . rtitcr:: For tht. Petn(yerat. Dr.c t - M:icon .1111 v j .ISSG F.'•• i 111:1111 - 111.-ainio: , i 0 iil6~~ of l'trillsvivrtilia. :Ile better ii,anv far worse. T.velv,! enable r liie to forma mute ; cor rvcc of tnattbr:s, anti. thin7s liere; \ but • . oartpivel tbroagli a great.:l- pok.ttors of tho'ca-tern anti count its: I LL . stat, fris atronito aa dornpliance • 16 ,pw,t. of :.innof yuar reader§, 1 Ari',l yoa a: brief oatlitio of thin 7s a 'ee.n. • The ch`rdat ., ..., 4111 the w:i!or clilF: r- v . ery rl.Olll th:./t l F S fie kin' etslllity: rac iliorniaz may I.; as-to require one_to *ear-a thick i e.s , l,T - and to a fire in r.(,,'Utt to be critnforttible••ancl I; e f ere t en o(:,1,101; tlio sun ulll bea .-- i's, seiVe - re - lyupon hint in the Street thathis_ . oblidged to put ona thin coat and tlee to L2the shade fur a cooler. I . i il Z.. 110 sr.toner dOes the sun, go .11 than a-cool Ira-tie sweep Salon : ., requires the clian,!;• - e of coat's again. Tiie ague is as eri:rid(ired In such 'a c:I mate ,as mot:ketoe.s iu stagnate Water. , Yet 1 have teen to eases of the ague yet,and I learn that there has hero but few instances. .of it this season. litre is b,: little sickness • u 1 , any plaice I have visited. Physicians': Is irre -but litlic to'do. is they regard it as it ,;,helical Ls: tithe of health. • • soil is unquestionably the most 'fo!rille eati:vbrought to a, state or - cultva tion of any land, east, runth .or South.„Aere is laige, quantities of the Prairie vet Unoccupied • and unbroken. l should hardly . , think:' eine 01;;11111 of V the land was yet occnpied in this 'thee. Speculators have got possession of greater portion' of the uncultivated prai r4• and have. pit their . prices . so ;high that there is little or no : speculation in purchasiiig for•agric.ultural:purposes. The Illinois . Ce . ps tral i..ail !load e6thpativ are" offering. their lauds on as favorable, terms as any lauds now in r ktarket. Their are frbm $3 0•to • tc2s, per acre, on six .years, time at iliree: per 'refit iiitert. Tr .0 years, - intere4 pay/ilea: ill advance. sell in van titiesirem 4,0 to c4p acres iu a I_4OlY. • if any one corning • west wishes to -Purchase land to . settle 'upon they will do well to r at lthe Illinois `Central load office •where the; ctiinpan . yli agent leaves every morning tofslictw 'purchasers theland,- 1 3 ersons wishing.thlpurchase are taken . `over 416 road free of, charge. Ninny personsl who I:),ive traveled in ..Nlinesota . and lowa ipturn and settle upon the' company's 'Corn is the. only -crop that greatly surpass- , • es our eastern. products. thatotily.bur passes the<Eist in the easy tnanner.itis.ais el, 'Wheat yields. but little more her than ,. our iCis about two thirds :of an averttge"crop this ,season. The 41ouglit is the can-e . •of the croft being lighter' this:. sea son than \usual. The wheat is principally harvestol in' this .t4.tetion of the State. In the p;utheru'portion oft.ite State they harvested ,- a 2 44ne - ten days or two 'weekS; ago.— li-ood Water is a rariety in any part o Till ,* There are few living springs. Wells . are the principle sources for water. • And call it truly fill 1!(1 . water. When first dra4 of it I tit;_afght it 'had filtered through a linic kiln,dtt by use I have become as does the' Ittnn'thiitker. tsalloti it and scarcely. winki Farmer s 141 . e re(iiercid but little profit from the - high P ecs of corn the Kist When it. H its selling at forty cents, they must. and When it went as high its sixty cents they uptst haven dollar per budiel.. Olen to sixteen cents and in Aome lilaCif-S as 101 1 . 4 41 S tWe.:lre cents per:: bus.ltel, And theicorn"— dies.. undistUrbed iu the Farate.rs crib. .Theriis old corn enough State ton upply - the coming i r year should dietorop be r - • Old wheat is pretty We I drained from this portion of the country. l'ltere is now greater iv:intities of it at the east .kban in the west; . In this portion Of the i Stiate therO is consid -erable %Veil Aitnbcred landi.,! • The groves are. i quite as heavily timberedins our bard wood .ridges, though - there is a: eat scarcity of pine lumber. _Nolo grows in his State. It is all sniped from Chicago andiCosis, for - : :connrion pine,: -$0 per .thousand;i i 'Mechanics labor brings 'good prices, Carebnt'ers and Masons, receive $2,50, per ' dayli; ,Hotels are Oita modest hi their chargeA.i .I'ne price is , from to . r ss per week for, st ndy botrdeis, and from t?‘. 1,50 . to E , 2,30, per 4ay for trancieno. The Kansas-ekeitemen has. - had , - quite a a rage here. The wealikyi ones have offered liberal subscriptions to 4sist in parch- in; arms and other. means tOrciaable persons fo . • get to KallSaS. A party o't about 3Q started at Ottawa LaSalle co'unixi last week. They were .spe.ennensin the fOritt and shape of men i , , lull, communityltas lost:nothing, by. the re moval , s , of this company. 11001 the S tatt.-- Thi,ir 'appearance: bespoke them' -.s not being verb valuable citizens, and report says their looks did not dPeekti the! observer.. Before laving tli ( -prepared thOnselves with the it runnitic • , f war,, so far asi they could equip therm -es at Ottawa. I saw several of this company at the gunner' :4 Slop while Purchas ing their revolvers, and I cOuld but reflect up on the contrast iii the character of the per- SCMSAiat fro t 0 lowa to ' ' .(,!tile and these , rer. ,„. 2. ing to Kansas. The 'one ylietly movingilvith his family and effeeis td s.i?.ttle immediately and become apermanent and useful citizen. The others a class of young reckle.ss'• spirits, under the influence-or iefla'Matory speeches, arming themselves' as fe'r b4ttle, and going in squads, with no provisioits Lo settle, or imo_ • m ent, to cultivate the sifil. i Their whohi .ail pearf*e and Conduct r4liiii‘istue of the clayst when volunteers were, thastf. , ' ring and march ing to Mexico. .. l• i f . There is A lisrfect tidt elf . etto.ration to Ti Wa .. linkf Miricsota from ,t 4 States. of Indiana and Ohio. Throngli thli cfmtral and north - ; t: ; ern portion of this State front'Bo to lOU w4g 0 6 n loads pass daily on_ etery principle-traveled roar` - westwark . ,Thee . take with .._ their licirses. cows, sheep, oxen &c., :Ind their effec!,!s for From -what .I have_ - and seen of the_.se personsant confident ihata %oa.l portion of theni would settle in insteaki"6l . lowa . ; was it not for atinel r libutlies and rowdies seui there by tileSe r Aid th a 6 etics. • ]inelian \ an ' s nomination wellreceived by the :people here. II- wilt carry 'Olio as 1: strong . a vote in this State as Douglas. would have received had be bcxn tltc=nominee. But more of' this in . due ti:n+ Viiry Respect fully I. . A. J. P. Tice Ittinaviray: Match. OVERSIIOO4G THE MARK _ BY FRED, A great many vears . s,intie, when itriglit-e. - •ed and lair-haired ho•sies were not stir plenty `in,England . as they now are there dwelt in . the WWII of 1' . •„:-a•pretty villiage, (Vs ' taut, then some " -five and twenty 'tiiill'..`i f ro m market -town," peculiar comely and graceful 1 maiden, who had a peenliariv ugly and eros 1 grained bat wealthy father.':.' , 1' Minnie was DanfortWs.enly child and. re• porn : tidy said she would bLi his •side legatee. The Old-man was a stuldy farmer l and was : .e:!,oll.l4Lted to be Worth fell ten._..thonsand dol laisf hi that period, a viers- taudsome fortune 1 to be sure. '. i: 1 i I The' spat kling eyesand Winning manners of Minnie Danforth hadi'stirred ',up. the finer feelings of the whole pr i de- proportion of- the villiarre, and her suiters i iwere numerous ;'but her f2ther was particalar, atitlnone siit'xeded 'in making headway with ltim or her. _ In the meantime, ;;lilinie had a :true and loyal lover in sei:rrt I "Who: would have sup Posedifor one moment' iiltatl." such a fellow would dare tolook on lieltuty - and 'Gump:int live refinement ? His name:Was Walker .or, as lieLwas generally call d, " ' Joe," Joe Walk er.; at d , was simply a farmer, employed by Old Danforth, who load : ieutrusted Joe . with the management of his pine ' two or three veers:- - -".• lint a very excelleatifamer, and a right good manager, was thiS plain and 'unassuin l;in,r, lint gotsk 'looking Joe Walker. He was ..' - d if ' • iyoung too—only'twet ,y- Hee. , and. he actu rally fell in love with•.,t,lje.beatttiftal,-4leasant, .KjOyous Minnie Danforth, his .ernployer:,B: only Fti anghter. hut the strangest part of the oe gcurrence WAS,.titiat Minnie returned hiti love 'Plearnestiv i trulyand f n ralliklv ' and promised to '" i' , Wed ldtitat a favorald4 t i mer • - . . r., Things went. on merrily for a time, but Old ID:infer - 4i discovered certain glances - and at 'ikentions between theta.' which' excited his ell- . I suspicions.vV Ansuspicions. \lery soon afterwards, jou learned the old=flu's' mind indirectly in regard to his kut. we iHposal of Minnie's' hand • and he quickly saw thlt his ease was a hope less one, unless he. rescitted to stratagem.; and So he set Lis wits at olee to work. :.' Ify:agreerneut ; an apparently settled dis like and coldness-was iA/Served.by the lovers toward each other for, ctve•oreismonths; and the father saw (as hebelieved,) with satisfae. ation ,that his previous' siaspiolons' and fears had had been all.prernaterti ':Therti, by -agre.emeat al.si) between . them .--.lloei absented 'himself from the house at evetthi; ; and night :after ni•rittlfor full three ineitta longer ditiJoe:-tlis . e• appear** soon as his work. was . finished, to return, 4uly at late bed} time.. This 'was film •sual,-airdOW Dantorth determined to . know thecauSe.-of it. . -.- s i d 'J . ..--- , . oe Fraalky eoufai that`:-he was in: !Otte M . i til a man's daughter,l,who resided less-than time miles distant, but after il,' faithful 'at taehnfent between thede for Several months, 'the okl:inan had.utterljr refued to - entertain, his aidication for theyetneggfirs hand... - . '. •. This as 'capital.' - Jest what the old.. man I ile*ed. This satisfiediblip..that he . had made i a lcuistake 10 regard to his.owo. child ; and. he i would help Joe get maiiied and thus stop ell 4urthear tremble or suspiei* at: home. -So .he said-t . A WEEKLY ,TOURN'AI,DEVOTE TO POLifiCS, I iNEiS, " 4GRICULTURE, SCIENC Yes—ye. , 3;••said Joe. That is other folks say so. not nmel! of a judge myself: , 4 And you like her ?' • ' Yes, siy—yes.' • Then marry her,' said Danforth. But 1 can't—her father Objects roolt !'continued Danforth ; let him do so;—what need you care,* -14 n away with her. . „ . . ...,- • , l'es ! off with you at once.. If the 'gal will join, all right. . Marry her, 'bring her here ; you Anil have the little cottage at the foot of the lane ; I'll furnish it,for )on, your wages shall be increased ; am; the old man mat' liice it or not, as tie will; - , ' - itut--, . . . • - ' -Pat nii but, Joe, Do as I bid you ;—go about it at onee; and ' Von will stand by me ? ' ' Yl", to the last, I know you Joe ;—you're . a gOod. fellow, and a good ww ki na n, a nd will 'Make: any'body a good husband.' . . k'fhe old fellow gill be so mad tho.' . • Allo rates? I say, .0-o now ~piiiddy: but ' T - in orioiv . ni , .*ll t, then,' said Joe,. - . r '' l'e-,' said I /ant' trth. • • '. I'll hire Co'ver's horse - ' 'No you / shan't: - 1 ' No 1' , . .• I ' I say no. Take ray horse —th e bestone, . young-Morgan ; he'll take you off in fine style in the new. pineton." • - - -.‘ Exactly. . , . 6 . And as.soon as on are sidic e d,e o melight back here, and a jolly time well have o' it at tlu old house.' - .. . ' ller father will kill me. ' Ilab '., ik's an•old fool, whoevir he is; he don't kilo your good qualitt es, Joe, so well as I do. Don't LI afraid ; fdnt heart you know, never wlm fair 'woman.' - •Yhe °Liman will be astounded." •. • ~: ' Never mind, go on. We'll turn tire' laugh on him. •I'll - take care of you and •v o ur wife at anyrate.',, . . , ' 11l do it,' said Joe:: • , • Von shall,' aid . 1 ?:111forek; and they . pttr ted in the best of sOrits. An hour after dark, on the followitq:,,r even ing, Joe made his' alyearan . ce, docked iu a new black :suit,and really looking very eonio lv the old ; man bustled oat to the bare with dint, belpir:g to-harnes.k v.iunz g Morgan to tils new. I.l,:cton and leaiing the :pinky ani e, mal hintelf into the -road, away Arent .lase.las e Walker_in search-of Us bride. ' .. A few„'rods distant from the how,he, found her; as t,y previon , ; arran2.ement t--and Ic paiting, to the'ttoxt villiage; tit. ration • v er y quickly tnade their one in• holy wrillock,_.... ..hwe.took his bride, and soon dAshed hack to th e town of 1' 1 , and halted. at old Danfolth's house; who was already lookii.r , , , . fordtim, and who receive(' hint` with- urrot ... rums.. . . • Is it done, erie,l the ohi man.• • !, • Ves--- ue. • . • Bring her in, .bring her m, eontinned the old fellow iu Iligh glee; -never mind. coull!ii ment,; no Matter about the `thuk (lacy; here %) oe, to the right, in the best j vilbir ; we'll have a time t..v,Rttrer :ma the anxi o us. nirtner rzishe : d away for lights ard returning almost itntnediatgly. • Here's the t;ertitb:ate, sir," ..au.l Joe,: -‘ yes. • ' .lnd this is,.my wife: 1;:v;i -tip his „beautiful I,ride--the • bewitching and Irivclv Minnie Dapfiirth. 11 7 huii' rt4rel the old. tile; ha tdid-vou say, .10 e . --You villian , you seainp, you autlae iousich'em. you--you---- "It is true sir, .act', are lawfullv married.— You advist,d toe in this course, you assited me, y.)ti planned the 'whole affair; you lent Inc your ; you Thought. ute last worthy of any man's child con eneoura L tt..l.l in.,, You promised •to staml , by - me; ‘.on of feted me the cottage at the - : foot of the hill ; cue- 1 den} ,it. You can't prove it ; you're a-a-a— . 'Calmly now, sir, continued Joe: ~And the entreaties of thejtappy couple were at once united to quell tlmold man's ire, and to persuade him to neknoWiedge the union. The father relented at last.' t . was a job o f I l i,: own inaunfacture, and be heti t-e -less it would he, finally to attempt to de tAroy it. lie gave in reluctantly ; and the lair Minnie Danforth waz: . overjoyed to be du ly aek now ed fzed , a.; Mrs,..loe Walker. The marriage proved. a joyous one, and. the original a,sertion of Dant - in:tit truthful in every respect. The cunning lover Wai- a boor, son and a faithful hushand, and lived many a year to enjoy the hiippineis which fol lowed upon his . runaway match; while the old man never cared to hear much about the details of an eloperrie . ru t for 'IN saw how .COM pletely be )21.1 oveiAlot his mak. . The nomination of .Mr. Fremont (the fa mous:posSe,sor of the Woolly -Horse, which he sold to Barnum) has psitively made the. black Repuhlican .pressea frantic ; let us hype they 'Will not sell the Woolly .11eaas to: Barnum. The New lurk it issue of the 11)tit, openly appeals to the Californian arynntottron arlhwainuia, and thus' jingle the money bags of Mariposa in the face of the public : It is 0.140 111 - 2e 4 De to say that the oppo.ition elementsatow happily combine.' by the action of the Philadelphia Convention,• hav e every thin, to gain, and the prospect of the largest wealth wheresvik , topay, hi the campaign we have entered upOti. To those upon uhoot . such sordid inducements are, : alone efficacious, they have the whole resource of federal pat ronage to offer. Now, like the p o oor, who'when •tOl , l by friend "he was devilish ugly," replied, • 'atat at all events he winked the others caudid ness," we Must admire .the openness of the confession as'above recorded. .We are glad to . find that they rely more on the • money than the merits of their 'candidate, That there may be no inkake about the bribery to be practised,_ Tlo Than( reiterates the po s wer corruption -itt another part of the sane article. Without deliberately holding out any such bait for mercenary aid, the opposition will in. spite of itself, attract a -formidable vote of this not very respectable description. Since the days *lieu the influence of Gen. Jackson ceased • to.he otntiipotent, the value .ar thi-9 lit tle secret has been repeatedly -demonstrated. And the New York - Herald itritts editorial of the same-lay, sings the 'Altai tune, as our readers,can see by the following extract : 1 4'Roittrose, 115qacTjaitult T./nib llntit Tijursho Aornins tttit . Int! rt,„ , t • I « • ell, Joe, is she a buxom lass I' The (iolden Calf of Mariposa. The Fretuont cause will doubtless have pletity_lof.thoney, books, pamphlet-+, i.K pietorial4, son.tratiltarti cies, and agitation in every' iferin ; and they ~ 111. futherntore have the Annulus or a 'clean sweap or tilti public plu iler. 1") n the other.. hand, tvbilu there.is tifithing of entluiasiti in the name or historT Rf;Alr Buchanan, it is very uncertain' whatielfi4 will lia.v(3,:veti half-a-dozen goal offi'ee ''tii xHve away. . Artitort4tate* Mr. Buchanan Too poor to bribe, you can only rely on your past servi. ees.to your country, and yonr undotibtedAt tiess:forVtiur office.. ,We, now, See 'why thei #crald lias abandoned the Democratic . ean-; didate'. • •. • We would not, however, advise the Ifors oaity oierest mate the . value; of "the little secret,' :oil tbev term it. T here a.e many among thel"North Americans" who 11101;04 to iwrjrk for 'Batiks, prefer 'Buchanan to . Renton}. While they teiptqtt the charac;• ter of the •titter for . adv e ntur e , no d, suceemo , 1.11 - 4 are tt; patriotic to place in the hands of a Hack man of physical netion . the tangled web of pulllic policy; which will recittire the grcatost .41 , -doin and administrative talcu4 to unravel) Jr.N Fremont is 'a first-rate -ex't ploreri buae is itottot a statesman. ' • Front the efieter Republican. • Seeing in the IlepUblienn some time since an : aneed6t tw6 repre , enting the Muted Thotua,i.P; tie,l thought (.would endeavor compile : filint memory One or: two itividentr, having eminection with the life and final rei . F Li ng. p/6.e'l)f that - unfortunate individual. .1 An agedl relative whose mind and, faeultiet: temaind• rianarkabre clear, until near tiii? elo,e heiihro, in the 90th y'?2ar of her n 76, w;efi- to sptiak• not unfrequentle 'of a eerfaii hishman u;:tiallv called - 15i11 Itienedy," w!t in . ..earlier hie was employed 1)#/1pr litiAtand, to as,ist hiin in his labbrii on the farm: - ! The words:mar pot be evaetiv •correct but. the'snhstrat • tee is a toUow> : Billy lia - 4 been .educated for a Trietit, but front havin:4-, nequire , l too .great - a foudne+ for - stimuLtos in the tyre~ of iirdent spirits,Or from some Ober can-e he did not follow calling fore livelvhool. Whilst en , ,razed Nborervli the farin. • Billy would in weak mothemA, Vling the inclination for drink, pretty stroll:4ly' perhaps, absent hiniselrfor a time, tind . w . o onder miles horn his ,home„ Ott one of thesis ccasion4, I - think at Mareqs Hook, or snine public place,a stranger accos tei him, anil itShed hint to carry hi:portman teau or valip , e to the wharf or stcaniboat as it Might be. ;On their way they fell in coversa tiou;• the sfrangerinquired mane, and re " Bill- Kenneth v sir, and now sir if . 11 may. be - so 14 , 'ld, pray what 'is your name "Nly tunnel replied the stranger "is Thomas Paine! l" "ilhomas Paine? , Are you Torn Paine" the ' c ried infidel writer!" "I am the Sallie Man.% "Then you mire thogreatest agelk the Devil 1.4.1 s on earth, here then take your portmanteniu," and laving it down - on the , rOund reftised to a , sist hint any further. .; Chti , toplier Ilenlv a valuable mM . inister the Sueietvi of Friends, now •!eceased, turd some:hues-10 be very interesting in conversa. tine. One sue 6 .occ.%a'sion, when the wri ter was prOent, the conversation turned to , Thom :Isl . :due, of the final resting place Of his.earthly Iremains, when he related• In sub . - stance its follows, and bein:e. himself in Lii.- -..erpool on alreligious visit-at the. time theo - toik place ; nadc , a strong imprefr sion on his inind. : . .- - t It appea6 T. ,d'airie's .remain; were for la thne.interreil in - some sort of enclosure, alorig side of the toad out of the city of New York; but when Vim, Cobbeti was .in thk -, countri, • 111146. P there. in so negleeted and .unnoted.!ft situation, b determined to have them - disii i i.:- terred for the purposp of haying them' ship tied to Engl4l - 1 , 1 to be there'imed with sonic sort of show land perhaps to - have a mona : went erected •to his memory. This was 4- cordinglv IlOne, they were taken up:placed o n bound ofia ship. whose destination wi ts Liverpool, Englata Some parade it is lik ly, or publicity was given to. the matter in sonic way, wi the fact of the expected arrival was announoed in, Liverpool, before the vessel had arrived iin poit. The subject , cook hold of the minds of seme_of . the prominent -ei ,i -zen's of the . 1) ace, amid a meeting; I think wrens: a held, and .. etermination evinced that the 1 remains, should not hull 'upon their shores.-!- The vessel oil its arrival %vas' boarded by a eorninittee, 4nd the Captain informed of t le deterinhiathin of the citizens. They we e t firm in thein reinonstrance and__ the captain and : crew after beating about for some time,. and finding here was nt) possibibility of get ting his coa : ',-ignment on shore, finally' yield etl ; and cask. the remains overboard into the do6k,whereithey• probably retnairi..'until the pr e sent tink, unless removed by natural ~ cause. ! !. . . .1 —-.4---- 4 ........----------- . 1 • l • . .... • . , Sonsie Nose. • I • .. • .-: , . 1 . 1,!6 f".4l( i }wing lucident . :We had from' a friend who knew the - party :'---Deaeciu CM'u . - stock, of Ildrt fold Connecticut, is well knoWn as being pr4vided with an enormous handle on his, countenance, in the shape Of adiu'oe, , n()se, in fad it is remarkably for its grtrat length. 04 a late occasion,' when taking up a collectiOn lin the. church tO which he be- loaged,as lni pas, , ed thropzit the congregati4n, e . v.ery petsoi to : whom lie presented the ha& 1 I s eemed to 1,0 pos i soses!: I , y a sudden _and un -1 cioritrollable4destre to laugh.." The .: deacon did not- knoW what to make-of it.::-110 had i often passeill roll tid,:hefore," but no such etre ! '!ts ; ai these hadi neverilot4 witn'esied. • The se •r; t lion-ere'• l'• kil otitt rt. hid r. 41 • f it e L.' e . 11 4...• . RA. p Meted a dali or two with a sore on •lis.ria:ll 1 appc ; ndnite, Jonl had;pkteed a small piece ; of i sticking plater over it. During themo n ing of the dity in question ths. plater ha , l 1 dropped off, 'and the deacon seeing it, as the i sttppoed, op the floor, picked- it up and stuO: I iton•again.lilut alas for men who sotnetitles I make oreat .tniStakes,- he picked up instead one Ofihoelpic'ees - of paper whieh OA matiu- . faeturs of sphii eOtton paste on lice eo of ev iei,y spool, and Which read _Warranted to hold 200 . ya'rds." , Such a sign sit-01 a n t was enough 'to upset- the gratl.,ity ;.iff ore a , . r ' tmritan congregations. i rlf A gentleman in a steamboat aiV O l the man who 'mine to collect'''. the passage titoney,ii th.itt, was any danger cif being blori up., "Not tile lenit," said the sharp eollectpri "unle?i you' yefuse to pay your fare." . , i A viesterd editor suggests as a, good ratty , ing cry fur 'the. Black Republicans. .Afaill ions.lo 61m:4 wool ; but not a cent for *chile sheep ;. ; 1 . \i . , • . The Nurse and the -Badbiy.. Windsor Castle was thrOwn into .bit of Ritter last weak co,receipt ,of the ...feilowing Aleiroillw.A•from the Tuileries : The Emperor ltas fobidden the . wcitnuse to .to kiss the baby !" - Scarcely had the emotion Of the.captle snb— sided; than a second despatch was flushed on• lightning vings to the following : he empercir has ;forbidden the nurse to so sr tattled-ccitchp to the Imperial rpfant." A third despatch ' followed all possibility Tepidity : l . . "The Empe - ror has forbidden the nurse to 'tickle' the child of France, on pain of instant .mi . , disssl." A fourth : . • • • "The Emperor has:forbidden the purse, at nny period, to sing ride" a crockhore to the Prince Imperial - under pain of . banishment to Cayenne.o A filth despatch,: : •, "The AVehbishop. of Pat is hits beeti' seta for ;to ditniniter the math to the vettittr;. who cows notlis.s the book rat 4 _to kiss !the baby." A sixth despatch :, i "Tile Woman reinains obdurate.' A de =tachment. or' Cliasseiirs is • drawn ti • in the court yard, but they fail to shako he r . " - - ~ A seventh despatli. ° ; "His imperial flightless is crying for the breast. Ilk. nurse weeps, but it. is hitlexible. iMperial Highness -clenchesllls and his t .as blue .as the violets of /Elle Prance. I • "The - I...:tuperor eetnmands the purse. to the breast to the Imperial:infant. • "The nurse refuses ; and ;: folding her arms :throws uti her sitnatiou,•uides•s allowed i to:a- Itite her Imperial IlighnesS, who - grUws bluer And bluer. • "The hither falteys.,and ilte..Einprdfts )16 baby is given to the nurse, uni% one 1,153 dicin is trraciovAv permitted.tPunch. Well Said. The Feliciano Democrat is the artist of the followiug' picture: Th e Know Nothings often talk- :gout "the Fathers."' Just as the peacock skeads prerwhelming tail the Snore Nothings -used" 'to dub themselves "Sons -Of the Sires of '76 'The "Sires of '76" were too brave to "bit scared at:, foreigners too big hearted; to ref Use Wel eo meio the poo.-. : travelers that, sought . refug,J, re 7 -t and happinness on this eoutinent, --too generously proud of their institutions and their libertiei to grudio ,them Ito adopt ed citizens ;. too thoroughly imbued' with the Spirit of tight andeipiality to allow Tiny teliig ions proSeriptioo. Fancy.the majestic form of George Wash ibmton about twelve o'clock at night, skulk , • skulk ing and poking into a Know,Nothing - Lodge ,Pantry - old Anthony Wayne dodgatq; home, Prom au `‘initiation," and diving laClow the ',suspicion of some fine.stionet by puckering up leis mouth, and smoothly- :wetting' ,lhat . he "don't know" :any of an ordpr called Know Nothings! Fancy 'stern oll,;Samitel Adams and rough . -Pan 'Morgan; itnd bluff ',lsrael Putnam, twisting' their ti4gets into 'crooks, and striking them in - their button-. yoles, and thus acting likit . thn deaf land alum. :instead Of.speaking right out like men ! Fan oy elegant John Hancock, and cliivMrolis Ed- Mond Itandolph,.and fiery Parr Henry, With . pointed digi Ls, .umbling over +le recited for them 'by •soine I.leap of a fugleinan Fancy Mexlinder Hamilton and James Madison, aiUh folded. hands meekly listening to.the prechius disqui• sitions about "Popery". and "Flitriners;"- doled out by some wiseacre of-an Instructor ! F--ncv Thomas Jefferson orr-anizinig Know Councils oeGanerhl 'Lafay etteor -Charles Carroll ! "Fancy some ilionS -satellite leading Henry. Clikot. An; drewJaekson around corners midi through alleys, and up dark stairs, into h Council, and offering, to !swear 'them, on a Bross and Bible, to' proscribe frishen and Catholics! Shades of departed forth and patriotisth, forgive' us the bare im; ginations of such _prepArous anachronisms ! NA ['PING IN Cuenca.-Mel tfollowing t'Course. of sprouts" is said to i lave been adopted by the puritans to preven4 disorder Or sleeping in church roan was appointed to keep 1)4Ople from sleeping by meaus of a short, chal4ed stick, having at one end w knob, and, at 'the other fox-tail,; with' which he would str the wo men's faces that Were mleep, and , with the Other would knock unruly dogs atid Two men were appointed to markdown the lion-attendants, in order to pre sen 6 them to the magistrates; while at the saute t;.ine,three Constables ,were appointed to keep I watch - at •the'dudrs of the me4tirig house tip prevent any one from going forth till, the exercises :Were finished. . CODFIMI Antsrocuscr.—The spression "Codfish Uristrx:truer though it reztly sprung ni t of lat:e Years in New York "on its own hook," is tar older than is genera* imagin ed. Many suppose that it had ,Smucthing to do with those old New Tn , rland 4. laws, Which, in order to promote the fishvlg inter= 7 people were obliged to cat fill, one or tWo days in the Weak.. But. it re 41 1 .17 dates from the Dutch Civil War of the IW. cell tnry,Wben_there were two Parties_ the. One • of the R 43 or hooks, and the ;Other Of the. Rfsteljairs: or dried codfish.. Thel "hooks'''. were CIM aristocrats,:the_mi&h., tl4 citizens. We may presutuU that in those tr,urS, such con'versation as the following woukk he treca 7. stonaly. heard between • - "Mf dear—l think that you iwerp dancing With - a nobleman last. night 1" -I • :'•Yes--witir a hook." I I The Ilietninati,it. The 'Philadelpliia North 4trieriritit (it reg ular and; leadia:.; - Whig : paper) speafFs as.ful hie's of the noutiLation of .Mr. Liu hanan .. j . • ‘amans, we r ej oice that the claims 'of our gallant - 'old . oir onimweitltli,. hive at leng.th been regarded,i'aml - f wo -are ready to give all due prais&to the•Democratie leaders for the . .fidelityfol the first tittle, they have manifested,And th determi nation which has no, doubt largelm c-qntribu ted to the result just'aehieved. 4t. Buchim au. was'entitled to the Dentocratio - nemina. tkm,.,and it would have been beset tleie:.tion: if,his friends had.yielded to anY influencei,uo matter how formidable they . .Wer . eL or fro th , what quarter they came: 'And.r while in our judgment the advoCates of 16.1%4613*n de- serve commendation for the •Tateadlastness.of. theirflulherence, the Coventionlitsulff.display ed; wisdom in adopting him, as 003 other . nom ! . ineo they, could havncho*n viOuldihave pro.: cited an equal .issurinee.Of'stillingth. .A,ND. MOM is of ,Aausas. C4l - i& • - ai - r._ 7"" mitittl f - Fig it paced that I ri_' Jolty 2di - . I 846: ' ' 7,..„ thoriii. the '-i7tople cit'ilie — Teir4-- _ amt fdloiiii a Constitution and, feninient, — ireticiiitor'g_ to their into the - Union, iphenr-they have te porralation., ed 14 'tile r :Senate and House of •es' . orthe United States of ;lner gres=4issernbled, That, for the akini - an-ennineration of the in- . horized to vote. under the pro ri his not, an appointnient and an. embers_ of a Convention to form tittition for Minsis, as hereinafter cOmpetent persons, shall be :tp e President, by and with the onsent.of the &Mate, to he Com nu' The: Sevin j`. - ~ • I ,- t,yr?T of 14 tine - Gci - - . tubas slant •14 regain ' , . Be it ini4 IZepi i esentati, ica',.:lin- , Cot' ' purpose of.ir habitanta - au vishit i m - of election of a . fitate Con provOed, ii pointed by ad vine and inissionem tute:quorutO effect the pi befare euteri sh all I titke nn suptioitrthe and , tfaitbfa 1 discharge th y ; this act, ace , judgthent, i adiniOistereil ; certified to er, of a POI,' and record, the territin;!, •'Z -_, 1 it shall be t under such 1 Interior ma, a full. -and voter roidc 'tort on the dyed and ll' during the it thereafter ty turns shall II rotary of 14 of the . Teri) also exhibit cla. ,, sed in by . the regn ,ajority of whom slinll cut►sti= 4,- for the purpose of carrying into visions of this net,eacit of whom g upon the duties of his office, ►a subseyibo an oath that he will Constitution of the United States, lyand impartially,exereise :u►d e - duties enjoined. upon him by ording to the best of his skill and Which oath or affitination mall be to theta severally, and be' duly y a Judge; Clerk or CoMmiasicin t of the (Suited. States, and filed in the offil.e of the Seeretn;y.Of • of Kansas. - • ntl be,.-it ''ftirther enacted, Tli;tt e . dut,y - of said . ..Commissioners, egitiations as the Seeret:t ty of they . t • prescribe; ,causte : :=lo niade I aithful nieration of the le . :g . nl Ilits in each county...hi. sahLterri. 4th tlay 'Jule, eighteen-, hon. returns thereof °nth of, Aug ut next,-Or as'sooti t prat,eticablei. one of • w hich, e made to the or the Sec. erior, tiOtt one to the Secretary ors of IC . anttsi,rtnil Which sltail the nnotes of sail legal actaxnanueras'sltal! be pre , -ciihol littiOtis of. the Secretary.of, the In. _-!.Sec. 3.! Altd!be.. it: further-enacted, That it. shall be ! he duty. 9f- the . Secretary of the Interior, hp nediately after the pa SSage: of this act, to pre' ribs regulations and forms to he, observed it Making the enumeration afore said', and t furniSh the same with all neces sary black; toeach of the C.anniissioners as soon as•ma be after - their appointmentand the' Comm m simmers shall meet - without delay. at the seat .f governinent of Kansas. Territa ry, and pro •eed to the dieliarge of the ditties herein im ' sed upon them, .and aplimint a secretary t the board, and: such other per: sonS as sh. I be Necessary- to aid and; assist then in ta ing the enumeration herein pre:. riled for, E Ito.mustalso be duly. sworn faith:, fullY, impti wally and' truly . to discharge the duties as.si sued them, by the -Ceminis-loiters. Sec. 4`... And be, it tfurther :enacted,. That said' Boar of Commissionera shall, so soon as said censu: shall, be completed :and returns made, pro,od to makes an appointment of the membos for a Convention amOng* the different nOinties in said territory,'iu tie fell lewins'nmuner :—The whole number of legal veters,shalll be divided by fifty-two, amid time 1 produtet.efiisucli division, -rejecting apy,frae—i titan of a uitit, shall be the , ratio or, mule pc I appointatei tn lt of inembers - lioti L t the. several counties ; Ltal if any county shall not have! a'nurnber 1 flegal voters,' thus ascertained, 6q 1! to the, ratio, it. shall be attached to Some adjoining e unty, and thus forin a repreeilin-! tire - distil-! ; the number of said voters in eneli ) county or istrict shall then he . divided by the 'ratio, a %l ithe prOil net . shall ho' the num.:- .. belt! of:. rep eseutatives apportionel to stelm district': 1 rovided, that the hiss iii the num-, ber!of met hers. eatt,ol' by the fractions re- Maini lig: it s the se% erat co a ti ' ic, is the di vision of the leg: votes 11creoic :iii be conspensa 7 ted!by ass Mug to so many count - les it have' tho!largest fractions '-'an additiOnah. ineinher for its fracr i ion; as 'may' be • necessary la make the Avhole I mumnher of representatives fifty-two, . Sec:, 's'l' And . bc it . further, enacted, That the said. 6 rd,imMediately after the appoint meat ofth ! members of said Coavention,Shall cause a su cient- number Of Copies_ thereof and of the. ' ( returns of the census (specifying t 6 !name a each legal voter id each county or distrjet) to be published and distributed_ among theinhabitants of each county' art'i . shall trans it one copy of the said appoint: . ment!and , ensus,duly authenticated by thenj;" to each cfC It'"Of,a court. of record in the' Ter.: ritory, wk . shall file thesaine, and keep opeia to the in.s ~ e tion . of : every inhabitant who shall desit' ,to examine it,and shall also calve' other cops; to be posted 'up in at least three . - Of the nioS public places in each' voting pre citict, to t eend. that each inhabitant may! inspect the s . aine,• and appli,to! the Board to, I},, correct an! error he, may find therein, in:the manner he 6iaafter provided. , Sec. G. And be it' further enacted, That, said Boat ! shall remain in session each day,- Sundays e • ceptt.n.l, from the time of -making said appei tment until the,2othday of %to,' i tuber !mei at such places is- shall !be ,mest cosivenie.mm le the inhabitants . of said :ferrite., ry, and s h y II proceed) to the inspection of said retitrns,an hear, correct and : finally . deternu7, . itio..ae cording to the ficts,!Without tinremtson- , ilblo doles I . n inlet' proper. regulations- . to, be''. iniid • • tie Board, for the aseertaininent:of . disputed t c . oncoming said *enumeration, all !qtiestio ' a 'Conee.rning the omission of any! person freh said return's, or the improper :in. serlion of! , nyname on !said:returns; and •Any other.ques ion affecting the integrity or fidA-, , ity of said . returns; and 'for this-:purpose the said - Boa and. each _member :thereorlibull ; have power to administer ,oaths.and axamine, witnysses; lid compel ; their attendunee,iniittnk manner:as' 'isaid.bintrit 811311 . decirn necessary. . .. 'Sec. 7.r - NO be it further enhof6il7 hat . as'sbon as the said list of legaLveter9, - shrill dim, havel emi revised and' corrected, it ,shall. be the dui : 0( said board. to :cause imp* thereof tol , printed. and, distributed genes_-.! ally .amo4 : !the inhabitants of the . propo . od State; amid . me 'copy, dull I '. be .d e posited • wi tli I the clerk! ! each &ric-of:record within! the!:! 'knits of td e proposed State,' gild one:copy:le. be delive ~ . to inioti judge of ,the..election i and:: at least- . -:', -.copies shall ..he :' poste.clor4,ati:: etteh til . .: of voting... - . -..., - • ...-:,-. :-•---, ..g eck €l. lAn&be it further etuteted,,Thatan election 61 11. ,be held:for trietabentof t ~09*. yen lion= - 1 erre .4 . Constitution . for, „tijo!au k t tl . of Kansas (according" to the akialtitmeribrilci :,-;" :01#)Iti-l4.''''''SvOir.11i be ni . adieforeiald, on thii firik'ruesdny after the first Monday in NO - irilti*,!afii* dred and fifty-sitO be . held - sfich — Plicesi and to bo`conducted in such niannO,botti . to persons;who shallsnperinteud :such gear; tion and the reinrui thereof, as the britid.of Cuuiniissioners shall appeini'ind 0044:4j: ceps in - cases by -14 this act otherwise provided and at Such eleetionno -persort "alien be tet tui tt e d to rote unless his nameshall appear -oft said Corrected list. Sec.. 8 - And be it further' ertacted,lllitit Board of Commissioners havepciwir i and it shall, be their duty to make all needfid rules and regulations for the conduct - of the said election and the returns - thereof. They shall appoint -three suitable ',persons to - be judges of - the election_ at each-place of voting and prescribe the mode of sepplYing vacan cies. They shall cause. copies of these rules. and and regulations, with a nOtiCES. it.the place of fielding elections - 111A the names of the judges to be published and distributedin every eled :ion district or precinct ten days _before the ' day of election ' and shall transinit:si copy thereof' to the clerk orertah . court 'of:recol4; and One copy to each judge of election.. Sec. IQ. And be it farther enacted, That the judges of theeleetion Shall s 'eae,h, before entering on the discharge of bis duties, make oath or 4'llin:dation that he - will faiihfully and impartially diseharge the' duties of Judge'cif the election according to Jaw, which oath may be administeretl by any cdfies authorized by law to administer oaths. The Clerks of clection'shalt be appointed by, the judges, and shalt take like oath or 'affirmation, to be I :Idininisteretl by the judges by any of the Officers aforesaid. Duplicate returns Shall be iti:ide and certified by the judgei and clerks,' one or tylikh shall be deposited/in the 'offlai • of the clerk oftliedriblinal transacting county business. for the county - ill which the election is held, and the - other Shall 'lte''ttansmitted. to the Board of Commissioners,: Whose - 'duty it shall be: to decide, under proper:regrlaticms'to lit tnade , by tiletriselvest who ,are entitle& to certificates of . election, arid t issue such oaf; tificates \accordingly to the persons whO,npoti examination Of the returns and of , such -proof as,sh:ill be adduced in 'case of a contest,shall appear to have baea duly elected in - each county_ or district. ; Pro - vided; in case of elle or a conlcist, in . which it cannot: be'safisfanto‘- tily determined who was; elected, said Com ; Missioners shall order i'newelectitin in like --1-tutittner trerehrafter Upon -. the I completion.of these duties - the said comm is• Istoners "shall return to 'Washington, and - re . - port:their_ proieedings to the Secretary of the I • 2 Irior whereupon said commission. s shall t•te cease and deterrrntrd: • Sec. U And be it fnetilet - enacted, That every,white male citizen of the United States over twenty-one years"Of age.' who Way be - a' bona fide inhabitant of Said Territory on the 4 - th day . of July 1856, and shall have resided three mouth neat before said election, in= thii, count} in. which he Oren - "to N - - Ote, other person*hatevee s':all be entitled to vote at said election, and any jerson - qualified as a voter' mail be a delegate• to said - Convention, :tilt'.'no otiiere; and - persons who shall pisseis the other qualifiention'fOr voters under this act, • and who shall, have been bone fide inhabitants of Said Tenitoty - at an}: tin:a - trainee:. its opranizatini and who slialfiuwrabsetited theuifelves thee:from in Icbaseqiienci of die' di;taibances therein, and who shall. return before the Ist day of October twit, and come bona.fide inht . 4)it4ilits" or - the Ter r ito r y ; with the intent of making it their pi:manumit. home, anal shall present satisfactory evidenea of these facts to'Llie beard of Commissioners; Anil be entitled to vote at said and to naive their names placed on said:correalecl list or voters; for the .purpese; , and •to contliei in the complete execration B,f this gut,all ether elections in said Territery are. hereby postponed until such timu as said con vention shall appoint. Sec. 12. And be it forther'enacted; That the said ecienissioners, - "and alt pensons'af• pointed by them in taking' the mew su-s, s-hall have power to administer oath' said i' , xaniine persons on oath in all cases where A it, _nil be neeasary te the full and faithful'dist=. cha'r-ge. of their duties Under this' -act i. and ale Secretary shall keep zi journal of the p!o -ceedings of said Board, and ttiiiisniit copies thereoffrom time to' time to the Set retary of the Interior . ; and when said Coinenionineis shall have'completed thdbusiness of their-ap poin t meta, the books and papers of the board" shall he deposited in the -office dale Secrets-, ry of the Territory, eind.therelept as records of his office. See:.l3. And-be' it fus tier enacted, That if any person, by, meriaties„ - threats, or foree,or by any other unlawful Means, directly' .or indirectly attempt to. intluenee any gnaw! , fled voter giving :hiss vote, -or deter him from going to the polls, `or :disturb hini in thif free exere:se of his rie.ht of suffrage .at said election, the person so offending shall ba - ad. judged guilty of a misdeirmanor, and. pnti ishefl.by a fine; of not less than two hundied anti.fifty dollars, nor - exceeding five hundred ' dcillers or by imprisonment .of, opt less than three. months, 'nor e - isee . eiling . one_ year,nr Gott): Sec.' 14. And be further etraoted s That every perion not being a sialified voter ac-, cording to the provisions of thtsect, who votes at any election Said' Territory, knowing- that be not a voter, end:every person.;.he shall at the 'same election'vote:` more than once, whether at the Sameor dif ferent-place, shall be: judgrtd-guilt'y of aisiii 7 demeeeert and, be punished by a tine or nom less th an one hund4d dollars nor exceeding two hundred and fifty defiers, or by imprison- merit not leiethan three 'months nor is:tier:d ing six MonthS; or both. - - - Se%; 15. And bdiefurtliereetietA,Thetany - person who may, be charged with holding the election .herem authorized, - who shill wit- - kilt , and'knowingly 'tiiiy:frand or it- 2 14; lari ty whatever, with:the intent. to hinder Or prevent, or defeat:a - fair expression of the popular; will in the said election, shall - 'bWnd- Jedgea ef-e Ottish ed by a tine net - less• daily five 'Mildred lots noreleeditig one dimit - ire' dollark_ind ,imprisonment not less - than six nor= exceeding two:);oart+, or both, at . the dent tion of the - Court. - ' • s Sec. 17 Aid be it- furtlier-eisc t tliii+foler p e*' thus - selected shaillssembhi-in Poliontion. at 'the Cipitol -satt.:Totkittity on the first lronday-os Denipberliscittaid when..so assembled, aballfirst eteiiu majority of the-whole inteditii - of . .meiA ers elected, whether it be be ` not ex pedient at that dine` toform 'a' aid Ef ate acternmen ; and if tdeerned'iirpedk4l
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