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BY JOHN O. BA=
Come, listen awhile to me, my lad,
Como, listen to me a spell !
Let drat ferribledium, '
For a moment be dumb,-
For your uncle is going to tell,
• • • • What befell
A youth who loved liquor urelli'
A clever young man was he r my lad,
And with beauty uncommonly blest,
Ere with brandy and wine
ge . began to:decline,
And behaved like a person possessed,
1 protest
The temperance plan lathe best.
One evening.he went,to thetavern my lad,
He wept to the m - m
y.ll'one night, -
And drinking too much, .
Rum, brandy and such,
The chap got exceedingly "tight,"
And was quite,
What your aunt would entitle a "fright."
The fellow fell, into- a snooze, my lad,
'Tis a horrible slumber betakes—
Ile trembles with fear,,--
And acts very queer :
My eyed how he shivers and shakes
When he wakes,
And raves about great horrid snakes!
'Tie a warning to you and me, my lad,
A particular caution to all—
Though no one can see
The viper but he—
To hear the poor lunatic bowl,
"How they crawl
All over the floor and the pall !
The3lext morning to his bed, my lad,
Next morning he took to his bed,
And - lie never got.up
To dine or to sup,
Though properly . physicked and bled :
And Tread;
Next day the poor fellow was dead !
You've heard of the snake in the grass,
my lad, •
Of the viper concealed in the grass;
But now you must know
Afau's deadliest foe
Is a snake of a different class!
Alas!
the viper that lurks in the glass!
A MAY MORNING.
A musical pattering upon the roof greet
ed our ears this morning, when morpbe
us, the mysterious god - of dreams, un
locked the chains with which he had
bound every sense of sound and sight
through:the night's long hours, while he
hkd lured us away over the grassy plains,
and through the verdant meadows of
dreamland. Now resj in some peace
ful, mossy glen, whose quiet was unbro
ken, save by the murmuring voices of
golden-winged fairies, singing the flow
ers to. sleep ; now wandering, along sil
very, gurgling streams, that sparkled and
glowed in the sunbeams that danced up
on their waves, and into 'Whose depths
dipped the long,"bool shadows from the
waving trees overhead: Truly, "sleep
bathits'own'world, ansla wide realm of
wild reality."
But the bright visions vanished, and we
awoke to the consciousness that fast-fall
ing rain-drops were deluging hill and ,
dale,_ Tot one of those wild, equinoctial
temp . S a
resistless;hat Sometimes ,s;weep over, the
earth tt resistless ; 'furiOus tide", but a
gentle shower, as though the skies were
softly weeping, half sorrowfully o'er the
memory of the &Ad — Winter, half in joy
for the better loved Spring. . Long we
listened,t9.4h eas an t, sound, _singing
softly over tiod' t o*ei t ourself :
"Ev'exj tinkle on the shingles, '
Ras an echo in the heart,
And a thousand dreamy fancies
Into buy being start—
And a thousand recollections
Weave their bright hues inttrwOof,
As we listen UP the patter
Of the soft rain on the roof."
The gray bands of light that hid at first
stretched in tiny threads across the east
ern sky, grew wider, and wider, filling all
the room at last—and just then a little
robin, dearest to me of All vring's‘song
sters upon "the gnarled
limb of an old appletreeclose by_ our win
dow, and warbled in" , soft clear -notes its
sweet, matin song, all unmindful of the
drenching rain.
Very changeful and cap ricious in all her
moods is May. :Now lavishing her sunny
smiles on all around, her soft .winds
breathing warmth and" tenderness; now
cold, stern and' repellent, she ,covers her,
changed face with a grey. veil clouds,
driving. her., ardent, athinrersi from her
shrine, te bisleagaid in tgelesSet glow of
in-door sunlight. Again she - is like
grieved, disappointed child,-weeping.pas
stonately over . A lost, treasure, or broken
toy. But a cbild'szrief is easilyispotlied,
and hashed—its tears soon dried. • Thus
with. May. Even now the-rain - has ceased
to fall, and the • clouds are melting and
vanishing before the stiii'sriays; that: are
pouring down upon earth, tree and shrub;
a baptism of gale* glory.
Truly the earth seems a pleasant plane'
to dwell in just now. - The 'fait swelling
buds ptomise to the naked limbs of the
trees an abundant covering by and by.—
The mosses and lichens upon, the gray old
racks, open Wider' their tiny cups, that
they 'hay 'drink in larger draughts of sun
light. The soft eyed violets are peeping
out from'shadowed nooks and fence corn
ers, half fearful lest they have awakened'
too soon from their long sleep in the bo
som of mother earth, and may yet be
chilled by one of the cold blasts that now
and then' come • drearily sighing up the
valleys. There is notbingiu the balmy
breath of this sweet morn, however, to
threaten a': realization of their fears, for
every breeze is foretelling of the long,
bright summer days so soon to come. The
laughing rills, footprints of the late show
er, as they cume gleefully dancing down
the Nils, seem rising with each other to
reach the goal,.ere the intense heat of the
slimmer sun shall drink them up ; and to
the musical solo with which the robin
greeted the humid dawn, now is joined a
chorus of bird voices, each caroling in its
different language—making the air ring
with the sweet discord—Summer is com
ing ! VIVIAN.
Montrose, May, 1867.
Curilisitles of Elarrlage.
HOW DIFFERENT NATIONS REGARD THE
MARITAL Fin kTION—INTERESTING RE
SUME.
Marriage is the first and most ancient
of all institutions. As the foundation of
society and the family, it is universally
observed throughout the globe, no.nation
having been discovered, however barba
rous, which does not.celebrate the union
of the sexes by ceremony and rejoicing.
The abuses of the institution,
as polyga
my, infidelity, and divorce, have in no
manner touched its existence, however,
they may have vitiated its purity.
The condition of women in all coun
tries has afforded a truthful theme for the
observation of the traveler, and the spec
ulations of the philosopher and the nov
elist. It has been uniformly found that
the savage is the tyrant of the female sex,
while the ptisition and consideration giv
en to women is advanced in proportion to
the refinement of social life. Under the
laws of - Lycurgus, Numa, and - even later
law givers, the power of the husband over
his wife was absolute, sometimes even in
cluding the power over life or death. The
wife was always defined and treated as a
thing, not as a person —the absolute prop
erty of her lord. In the earlier ages a
man might sell his children or his wife in
differently, and relics of this rude custom
still survive, even among nations called
civilized and christian.
In the countries of the east, where po
lygamy is almost universal, marriage is
not the sacred tie which it is held to be
in Christian countries. In Persia men
marry either for life or for a determinate
time. Travelers or merchants commonly
apply to the magistrate for a wife during
residence in any place, and the cadi pro
duces a number of girls for a selection,
whom he declares to be honest and heal
thy. Four wives are permitted to each
husband in Persia, and the same number
is allowed by the 3lohthiinedan law to the
Alassulman.
In Chinese Tartary a kinfi of male po
lygamy is practiced, and a plurality of
husbands is highly respeded. In Thibet
it is customary for the brothers of a fami
ly to have a wife in common, and they
generally live in harmony and comfort
with her. Among the Calmucks, the cer
emony' of marriage is performed on horse
back. The girl is first mounted, and per
mitted to ride off at full speed, when her
lover takes a horse and gallops after her.
If he overtakes the , tugitive,gbe becomes
wife; and the marriagels consummated
on the spot. It is said that no instance
is known - of a Calmuck girl ever being
overtaken 'unless she is really-fond of her
pursuer.
The Arabs divide, their affections be
tween their horses and their wives, and
regard the purity of blood in the former
quite as much as in their offspring. Po
lygamy is practiced only by the rich, and
divorces, are rare. In Ceylon the mar
riage proposal is brought about by the
man first sending to her whom he wishes
to become his wife, to purchase her cloth
ing. :These she sells for a stipulated sum,
generally asking as much as She thinks re
quisite for them to begin the world with.
In the evening be calls on her, with -the
wardrobe, at her father's house, and they
pass the night in each other's company.
-Next morning, if mutually satisfied, they
appoint the day 'of marriage. They are
permitted' to , separate- whenever they
please, and so frequently avail themigelves
of this privilege that they sometimes
change a dozen times beforotheir inclina
t i Ot o s ; j e e r: y
the' w omen
d.
have a pecu
liar veneration for marriage, as it is a pop
tiler creed that those females who die vit.-
ginicare excluded from the joys of para
dise. ,In.that precious eowitry the wo
en begin to bear Children it about the
,age_.,of twelve, some even at , eleven: The
proximity of. the, natives of'.lndian to the
btumirig sun,' Which ripens men, as well as
plants, at the earliest period in th4a
oat latitud*is assignedas the cause: The
distingniehin* mark of the Hindoo wiftis
the most profound fidelitNeubmieeion.aed
attachment to her huebaid.
MONTROSE,.PA., TUESDAY, ' JUNP,18;4867.
On the banks of the Senegal, and among
many African tribes, the matrimonial prize
most sought after is, abundance of flesh.
To obtain corpulence is regarded as the' '
only real comeliness. , A female who can
move with the aid of two men is but a
moderate beanty,wliile the lady who can
not stir, and is only,, to be moved on a
camel is esteemed - a perfect paragon.
Nor is this. queer fancy for t obesity in
women, confined to title savages of the tor
rid Zone, since we read in Wraxall's trav
els in Russia that "'in .order to Possess
any preeminent degree of loveliness, a
woman must weigh at least two hundred
weighty" . The Empress Elizabeth, and
Catharine 11., both , accounted very fine
women, were of this massive kind.
In Italy, matches are made with prover
bial levity, and marriage vows, if report
speaks truly, are easily broken. Young
virgins are systematically bartered and
sold by their parent,. and young people
are married every day who never saw one
another before. COncubinaa b e is a con
stant remedy for these ill advised and de
ceitful marriages, and the peculiarly term
eicisbeo indicates the indemnity which
custom prescribes for the fair sex fettered
to husbands unloved.
In France, as hag often been remarked,
women monopolize'all the society and a
large share of the business of life. The
coffee houses, the theatres, the shops, the
cabarets, or drinking shops, are filled with
women. Women lord it at all assemblies,
and are better informed and more capable
managers than men. Marriage is looked
upon not so much as a matter or affection
as of interest, and the sacredness of the
tie is proportionately slender.
Marriage in Sweden is commonly gov
erned wholly by the will of the parents,
and is founded upon interest. A stolen
match is almost unheard of, and persons
of either sex seldom marry before the age
of twenty five or thirty. Divorces are
very rare.
Russia appears to be the most prepos
terous country in Europe in treatment of
women. The nuptial ceremonies, all and
singular, are based' upon the idea of the
degradation of the female. When the pa
rents have agreed upon the match, the
bride is examined ty a number of women
to see if she has auy bodily defect. On
her wedding day she is crowned with a
garland of wormwbod, to denote the bit
terness of the marriage sate. She is ex
hoited to be obedient to her husband, and
it is a custom in. some districts for. the
newly married wife to present the bride
groom with a whip, in token of a submis
sion, and with this he seldom fails to
show his authority. In this cold and cry
el country husbands are sometimes known
to torture their Wives to death without
any punishment for the murder. If a wo
man proves barren, the husband generally
prevails on her to retire into a convent
and leave him at liberty. If he fails in
persuasion, he is permitted to whip her in
to condescension.
Such is the slavery in which the Mus
covites are kept by their parents and gnat
dians, that they are not allowed to"dis- 1
pate any union agreed upon by their el.
ders, however odibus or-incompatible it
may be. This extends so far, that oth•
cers in the army are not permitted to
marry without the 'consent of the sever ,
eign, and wives whom they do not want
are even sometimes forced upon them.
Whether it be the result of this system
of oppression, or df their savage climate,
or of the unnatural hot air of the stove
heated departmedts, it is certain that a
more unlovely race of women than the
Russian would be l difficalt to find. "They
want," says an nglish traveler, ".the
genuine
the
genuine flavbr wh ch only nature can give.v
That charming firmness and elasticity of
flesh, So indispenSably requisite to con
stitute beauty, and so delicious to the
touch, exists not ;among the Russian fe
males, or in very few of them."
'We are told of 'the Aleutian Islanders
who form a par of our new Russian
American acquisit on, that they marry one,
two, or three wives, as they have the
means of supporting theft. The bride
groom takes the Idide upon trial, and may
return het to her parents, should he not
be satisfied, but cannot demand his pres
ents backagain. ,No man is allowed to
sell his wife witheut her consent; but he
may (and often des) . assign her over to
another. This ca tom, it is said, is availed
of by the Russian hunters, who take
Aleutian women or girls to wife for a time
for a trifling corn Pensation
What M : : es a ZadAich.
• There are'twofluestions which almost
every man has to . consider in the course of
li
his life, but whit ' very few answer • cor
rectly, and 'on he correct • solution of
which depends .v ry much of the comfort
and almost the' le gtif of life of thoudands.
They are :these— bat is it to fie rich'-
and bow 'to bee° eso ? As - to the first
of these, l nothing i is More vague and' illn
"gory thati every - common and ordinary .at ,
tempt to define Ithe Word . rieh: '"it'. is
the opposite of ploor," says one of the;pop
ular dictionarießovith, a spasmodic effort
4
: to very,. clear and, exact . Bat - „when
''ivou 4urn to- the
its, of
it altio is defin•
1 ed as . `: the, optio ite, of rich - , -needli, tie
-1 ,06 13 4, 1 1 1 3,, ;!T $ this, as' our pouirof
1 departnie; then i is at least . clear that. he
a tm
: w ho is alWayS .* tiritttiOre,.and itt[need
of that which 11‘ t)ttpuOt ohtatoi whatever
else he may : possess, is certainly not rich.
But 'riches and poverty are 'dependent
more on internal diiiposition than eater'.
nal circumstances. There'is :certainly, no
given amount ofgold or' silver, that Can
be laid down 4 corl t ituting *Lahti: Be
fore the . war;-
_fin worth hundredik
thOesiiiid dollars would have, been called
rich by varidfisly, circniaiitaaod people,
while now it" takes' fiVii"OrteiktlmeS that
sum with some . people Acklittkiiii respecta
ble fortune. Every; one knows'hoir miioh
his eiv.n idelia , on this subject hive altered
within the last ten !years: Prescott's'
Conquest of Peru it well treated how
the sudden possession of the precious
metals by the soldiers of Spain produced
such a desturbance of value In Europe,
and especially tin 'America, that a quire of
letter paper was worth several thousand
dollars, and common soldiers gambled
away in a single nic'ht fortunes, that some
of the grandees ofurope would have es
teemed quite respectable. It is said that
one man possessed' an image of the sun,
made of pure gold, eight feet. in diameter
across the face. It was taken from the
front of one of the temples of the natives.
But he gambled it away at cards in a sin
gle night, and day dawned on him a beg
gar. Hence came the Spanish proverb,
"To play away the sun before sunrise."
There is getting to be a reckless sort of
gambling and iipeculation with many, not
indeed so disturbirig in degree, but about
as absurd and mad, in point L of principle,
as many of the speculative transactions of
that world, renowned period. In the oil
regions a man whose wells were prOdn
cing him three thousand dollars a day,
two or three years ago, has since been re
duced to poverty.
That man is rich who possesses more
than he requires; and he is poor, no mat
ter what he possesses who needs more than
he has the power to procure. The idea of
riches is that of plenty, of power, of do
minion and rule. He who has control' of
his own desires and wants, and can sup
ply them, is rid. He who longs for what
he cannot command, is poor, no matter
wh,it amount of money or property he
has. Hence riches and poverty are al
ways fluctuating,-not only with the sup
ply of paper or of precious metals, as ma
ny suppose, but still more with the de
mand occasioned by the hopes and fears
or the mercantile faith of the hour and of
the man. When from any cause the de
mand is in excess of the means of supply
forthcoming, whether it be for one dollar
to purchase a dinner, or one hundredgnill
ions to construct a railway across a con
tinent, there is poverty.
_ _
The easiest way of becoming rich is by
that sort of self denial which always rig
oroiisly keeps the wants easily within the
means. When John Wesley began to
preach, he commenced as a curate, with
an income of thirty pounds a year. He
lived upon twenty eight, and'gave away
two. He was so far a rick man. By de
grees his income doubled and trebled but
lie kept up his simple personal habits, and
always had an abundance. He who keeps
his desires considtqably within his income
has in that a sense of power and plenty
which constitutes the very essence of
wealth. It gives him control over circum
stances which a man of opposite habits
soon and invariably loses.. Hence it is
that a habit of steady, moderate and well
proportioned benevolence really enriches
the man who cherishes it, because it keeps
poverty a long way off. Had John. Wes
ley began, as many do in all 'professions,
by spending two pounds a year more than
his income, debt and degredation would
have followed, and habits of expenditure
would probably have increased faster than
his income: i Every man, • !when he has
finished his education, ought,: if in health,
not only to earn enough to meet all his
wants and: generous, bat to lay by
something, however small, for a rainy
day. The consciousness of this is a mine
of wealth. It makes a man inwardltrich
in the true sense•of the term; the ,habit
will grow—a manly sense of indepen
dence will grow with it.
Expanding the Lungs,
Step out into the purest air von ; can
find; stand perfectly erect, with the bead
up and the shoulders back, and then fixing
the lips as • though you were going to
whistle, draw the air, not through the
nostrils, but through the lips into; the
lungs. When the chest is about baleful],
gradually raise the' arms, keeping them
extended, with the palms of the.. bands
down, as you suck in the air, so as to
bring them over the bead just as the lungs
are Oita fulL f -Then • drop the that)* in
ward; and after. gently .forcing 'the arms
backward, and the chest open, reverse the
process by which you. draw • your bre'atb,
till the lungs are empty. • This „process
shOuhibe•repeatad three or four times im
mediately after bathing, and also, several
times through the day: •:It . is impostlible
to describe to on who has never, tried it;
the glorious'senee . of vigor which follows
this exercise.. is the .best expectorant
in. the World.- !
Beast Butler. .
Eionie'Anseriean " poick" is responsible
for the folloving lin'es 'on Bessit Butler,
the Nronianinstdter and spoon thief: '
a How bilitaitoldter BaUeri*ii,
_LLet tbis WM fact reveal ,
Viatrnin diverspoims and forte,
- Were itgrfiky 01/teal."
•
.*, Curious PedleY.
By, the lake_ where drooped the willow,
Row, vassals, row ;
twant, t o - bean angel
Andjump Jim Crow.
,
An 014 Cro w sat ; ua: ekory limb;.
Nonelnevildin bu 'to' praise; •
Let mekisl him for his mother;
' .For 4 - gkelte of Sphw,eitzer kase.
lift. h •
he-mm e o the war. has gone,
'"With thii' banjo! bn' his knee; • -
He iiivbke
•
td hear the sentries shriek, •
There's - a light in: the, window for theei
A frog he-would a wooing go, ' -
His hair was curled to kill;
He used to wear an old' gray coat,
And the sword of Bunker HilL
Oft in the stilly night,
'Make way for liberty ! fie cried;
I won't go home till morning,
With Peggy by my side.
I am dying, Egypt, dying,
Susannab,'don't you cry
Know how sublime a thing it is
' To brush away the blue tailed fly.
The boy stood on the burning deck,
With his baggage checked for Troy;
One of the few immortal names,
His name was Pat Malloy.
Mary had a little lamb,
He 6ould a tale unfold ;
hid no' teeth to eat a hoe cake, -
As his spectacles were gold. '
Lay. on, lay on, Macdnff,
Man wants but little here below ;
And I'm to be queen of the May,
So kiss me , quick and go.
The Radical triumph in Washington.
, It is shownthat the result of the elec
tion in -Washington was secured through
the meanest and most shame faced frauds
on record.. Thousands of negroes from
Virginia and Maryland were colonized in
that city by the radicals, who were pre
pared to overcome the Conservative ma
jority had it reached so high even as three
thousand. On the following morning the
poor duped creatures were found huddled
about on the corners of the streets ; wai
ting for the faithless radical committee
to supply them with food and the means
of getting out of the city. They freely
gave vent to their indignation, that after
having performed their part. of the con
tract; they were thus left to shift for them
selves. , A plan for voting had been
agreed upon between the two political
parties ; by which the blacks were to move
up to the polls in one line, and the whites
in another; and four votes on each side
were to be alternately thrown; it was al
so agreed:that no talking or canvassing
should beindulged in along the line. The
Police Superintendent broke up this very
fair arrange rent, and, while permitting
the negroes to vote first, suffered party
drummers to pass up and down their line,
examine their ballots, take from their
hands conservative tickets, and force up
on them radical tickets instead. The en
tire proceedings were of the most shame
less character.
This is the way the election in the na
tional capital was carried, as reported re
publican. The wretched creatures sitting
half starved in 'the streets, waiting for
their new masters to come and take care
of them, form as expressive a tableau by
which to represent the fraud, the treach:
ery, the meanness, and the inhumanity of
those who employed them for this work,
as any that could be made up: Now let
those Northern papers which have been
so swift to olairn.their ,",Republican" vic
tory in Washington, deal honestly enough
'by .the poor negro, even if they preindif
ferent to 'white citizena, , to• denontice the
criminal and heartless proceedings by
which their victory was secured. This is
the first triumph of radicalism at the cap
ital of the nation. What a picture of
disgrace it is for the country and the civ
ilized world to contemplate !—[Boston
Post.
A Sweet Temper.
No trait of character is more valuable
in woman than the possession of a sweet
temper., Home can never be mode happy
without it. It like the flowers that
spring up in our pathway,, reviving and
cheering us. Let a man go home at night
weary and worn by the toils of the day
anti how soothing is a word dictated;by a
good dis Position ? It is sunatinit falling
,on,bis heart. lie is happy, at4,the cares
of life are forgotten. A sweet., .temper
:has a:SoOthing inflience, over the Minds of
a whole family.' . rbere it,is found in
the wife and ruotheivou obsrie,
and love predominating over the natural
feeling or , ..a. :bad 'heart. Sallies,: kiiid
_words, ,charaoterizes the -children and
Peace . mid love' have. their 4 inning .thre.
Study, then, to acquire and retain a sWeet
temper. It is mare, valuble than gold
'it captivates More than beauty and' to
the close diife it retains alt its freshness
A Ef itrr .--i. WI brOught you pris
on, my, oolOred friend 1 1 " • •
"Two constibles,'
46 Yeti, but I' mean bad intern':4'lmo
anything.to do with it?" '- , •
saki—tiey were all hare 'em .
I drunk..
• 1
INFOL'Cr3M XXIV, `NUMI3ER 25,
Praying .for anIL
A correspondent , of the 'Rochelle (Ill.)
Begister„ locates. the following
~ ,,near,that.
place: Though' the story is 'considerably
older than the Correspondent; it :.Worth
reading :• - =• • • . , . •,
A young lady heard that if site would
go out and pray three successive nights
the Lord would, tell who she woula mar:
rY. - -Now it h?ppeued that:her father had
a young man In his:employ - who, had von: t
siderable..wit- iand • good,:,bumor about.
Puo.evcningz wbs•Obt in an, apiz l
pie trees ateer.finit, when beard seine
one praying' something like "
Laid, 'IOW° will.: T marry ?" The idea'
poppedintoDoyle's (thatbeing theyoung
man's name) mind •th at, be, would have a
. .
little sport at her .expense, So he spoie
in a changed vOice, and said" Doyle."
"No, Lord, not. Doyle," cried the tta.
tonishel young lady.
"Yed, Doyle, or no one," again sodud.
ed from the tree top, in a hollow voice.
She arose and entered the house, re
solv,ed to try again next evening.' Of
&Kirk+. Doyle did not wilt' to spoil the
fun, and so the next evening found him
seated in the tree-top. He did not have
to wait, long before the-young husband ,
seeker came and commenced praying in
the same way that shedid the preceding
evening, and received the same ens**.
The next evening, also found.her under
the tree, pleading to know tier future htui.-
band's name, and, again she, heard the an
swer : ,
" Doyle, or no one l" -
She arose,
feeling satisfied that She
Must marry Doyle. The next morning
she Met him and asked him why he did
not dress up and put on better clothes.
He said he was not able.
" WO," said she, " father is rich and
he will let you have money."
He took that for a pretty good hint and
bought a suit of new clothes. In a short
time he offered his heart and hand and
Was accepted.
After their marriage •he told "her how
her pra yers were answered. ' If any of
the fair readers Of this story should think
of praying for a husband, do not go un
der a tree, or if you do, be sure and ex
amine it Closely and see if there is any
one to answer it,
The mystery. of Editing.
Beecher thus speaks of an editor::—
Before him passes in review all their ,ex
change newspapers: He is to know all
their contents—to . mark for others, :the
matter that requires attention. ,His Scis
sors are to be alert, and clip. With inces
sant industry all the little items that to
gether form so large an interest in ithe
news department. Ifti passes in review
each week every section of his country
through the:newspaper lens—he looks
across the ocean, and sees strange lands,
and following the sun, he iearchea all over
the world for material. It will require
but one moment's time for 'the readers to
take in what two hours produce. Bylhim
areh read the manuscripts - that, swarm the
office like flies in July. It is his frown
that dooms them. His hand that con
denses a whole page into a line. It is his
discreet sternness that resists the Bouti
n:tent& obituaries, and gives our young
poets a twig on which to sit and-sing their
first lays. The power behind the throne,
in , newspapers as ni higher places, is some
tiMetc'as important as the throne. Cor
respondents, ()cosigns' and regular;stand
in awe at that silent power whidb has the
last chance at an article, and who sends
it forth in glory or . humility. In short,
as the body depends upon good digestion
so'the health of a.paper depends upon the
Vigorous digestion which
; goes 'en' by.
meaner of the editor. - • '
"_ The tax payer; of the North can
not forget that the heaviest part of their
present: burdens consists of the cost , of
governing the South, under the I military
bills, with_a standing army, "et an ex
pense of millions of money," • when no ar
my and no such bills are required. ,For
almostw-o years the ten Southrn States
were peaceably and lawfhlly governing
their own affairs, repairing the ,wreck of
war, and , preparing o pay taxes into the
Federal 'rreasury. 'They were not ,one
cent of legitimate expenses to the tax
payers ofthe'North. Radical legislation
has not only put atop to Southern pros
perity. And the prospect of any speeds tax
receipts from that source, but. }t. has corn-
Polled . Northern enterprise s and ~bibUr to
contributo heavy surnslto help carry , out
the Wilmot's political icheirie of the'party
leaders to perpetuate their power and their
hold on office.—Rz.
Tan TrarPrArt Oirs OFD POWER.—"There
are few metrwho (Oa* - the !tempta
tions .of power. Somolif - the greatest
characters in history! have heel* men
whose career began is the defense eftop•
War liberty, -Mid 'ended in: tyranny worse
than Thai of the tyraiiii they overthisiw.
Napoleon began a republican and end a
despot.. !Cromwell set- ont to &feed the
English- constitution and ended by,tpori
pling.it! under feet These are bat
`prominent eitaiiiplei of a thousatuTinetio.
ms which every -age and timoit'*eq
year of the world's hiattry have furelahed.
career . of ~the; dominant 'politiesl fso-
tion in this country is .
of the, is ,sad
moSfre.marksble."--/fx
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