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Provisions, LiquorSj&c No. 80 Dey street, New York. NATIONAL POLITICS. A SPEECH Delivered at the Cooper Institute, N. Y. BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN, of Illinois., Tbe Hon. Abraham Lincoln of Illinois, the great antagonist of Senator Douglas, gave in the Cooper Institute, a loeture on National Politics. Although there was an admission fee for the benefit of the Plymouth Church couro of lectures, tbe seat of the great hall were nearly nil fill ed, and a large number of people prefer red standing to sitting in the rear seats. Upon the platform wereex-Gov. John A. King, David Dudley Field, Wra. C. Bry ant, Gen. James W. Nye, Alms-House Governors IsBac J. Oliver and Washing ton Saiith, Delafield Smith, Dr. S. L.ouns berry, A. J. DittcnhoefJcr, enq., Judge E. D. Culver, Theodore Tilton, Thomas B. Stillmao, Samuel Sinclair, J, S Gibbon, in fine it was crowded with distinguished Republicans. A considerable number of ladies graced the occasion by their pres ence. Mr. Lincoln was escorted into tbe room by David Dudley Field and Wci.C. Bry ant, amid loud and prolongued applause Mr. Field said : Fellow Republicans .' I beg leare to nominate as Chairman of thi meeting a Repnblican whom you all know well William Cullcn Bryant. Cheers. Those of you who are in favor of Mr. Bryant will say Aye. General and thundrous "aye." Those of you who are not in fa vor will say No Silence There is no No. Laughter and applause." Ii!r. Bryant on taking the chair, said : My friends, it is a grateful offico that I perform in introducing to you at this time an eminent citizen of tbe West whom you know, or whom you have known hitherto only by fame, but who has consented to address a New-York ass-emblae this eve ning. Tbo Great West, my friends, is a potent auxiliary in tbe battle we are figh ting for Freedom against Slavery; in be half of civilization againft barbari-rn; for the occupation of some of the fairext re gions of our continent, on which the set tlers are now building their cabins. I say a higher and a wiser agency than that of man in the causes that have filled with a hardy population the vast and fertile re gion which forms the western part of the Yalley of the Mississippi, a race of men who arc not ashamed to till their acres with their own hands, and wbo would be ashamed to subsist by tbe labor of the clave. Cheers. These children of tbe West, ray friends, form a living bulwark aginst tbe advances of Slavery, and from them in recruited tbe vanguard ot tne ar mies of Liberty. (Applause.) One of tbesa will appear before you this evening. ! I present to you a gallaut soldier of the political campaign of 156, who then rcn- I dered good service to tbe llepublican j oause, and wbo was since tbe champion of that cause in the struggle which took plaoe two years later for the supremacy in the Legislature of IHinoin, wbo took the field then against Douglas, and who would have then won victory but for tbe unjust apportionment law of the State, which allowed a minority of the people to elect the majority of the legislature. I have only, my friends, to pronounce the name of Abraham Lincoln of Illinois (loud cheering) I have only to pronouno his name, to secure your profoundest atten tion. (Continued applause, and "Three cheers for Abraham Lincoln P) i Mr. Lincoln then, after prolonguep ap- ' plaso, said : Mr. President and Fellow -Citizens of New York.- The facta with which I shall deal this evening are mainly old and fa coilliar; nor is there anything new in the general use I shall make of them. If there shall be any novelty, it will be in the mode of presenting the facts, and tho in ferences and observation:! following that presentation. Tn his speech last Autumn, at Colum bus, Ohio, as reported in The New-York Times, Senator Douglas said : "Our fathers when they framed the Government under which we live, under stood this question just as well, and even better than we do now." I fully endorse this, and adopt it as a text for this discourse. I so adopt be csmse it furnishes a precise and an agreed starting point for a discussion between Republicans and that wing of tbe Dem ocracy headed by Senator Douglas. It simply leaves the inquiry: "What was the understanding tboao fathers bad of tbo , question mentioned V What is the frame of Government un- ded which we live ? Tbe answer must be : "The Conatitu- tion of the United States." ThatConsti- tution consists of the original, framed in 1787 (and under which the present Gov- cm a. cut first went into operation), and twclvc subsequently framed amendments, the first ten of which were framed in 1789. Who wore-our fathers that framed the Constitution 7 I suppose the ''thirty-nine" who signed the original instrument may be fairly called our fathers who framed that part of the present Government. It is almost exactly true to say they framed grcss organized the Territory of Missis it, and it is altogether true to say they sippi. In tbe act of organization they fairly represented the opinion and senti- ment of the whole nation at that time. Tbe names, being familiar to nearly all, and accessible to quite all, need not uow dom to slaves so brought. This act pass be repeated. ed both branches of Congress without I take these "thirty-urne,'' for the pros Yeas and Nays. In that Congress wore - 1 ent, as being "our fathers who framed the Government under which wo live." I What is the question which, according ' to the text those fathers understood just as well, and even better than we do now I ! It ia this : Does tbe proper division of I local from Jbederal authority, or anything ' in tho Constitution, forbid our Federal ijrovcrnment to control as to Slavery m our Jbederal territories : Upon this, Douglass holds tho affirma tive, and Republicans the negative. This n rr h affirmative and denial form an issue; and this issue tbis question is precisely what the text declares our fathers under ntood better than we. Let us now inquire whether the "thir ty-nine or any of them, ever acted upon tbis question; and if they did, how they acted upon it how they expressed that better understanding. In 1784 three years before the Con stitution tho United States then owning the North-Wcstern Territory, and no oth er -tho Congress of tbe Confederation had before them the quoEtion of prohibit ing Slavery in that Territory; and four of tbe "thirty-nine" wbo afterword framed the Constitution were in that Oopgress, and voted on that question. Of these, Roger Sherman, Thomas Mifflin, and H,ugb Williamson voted for the prohibi tion thus showing th3t, iu the underton - ding, no lino dividing from Federal au thority, nor anything else, properly for bade the Federal Government to control as to Slavery in Federal territory. The other of the four James McIIenry vo- j May, 1798. ted against the prohibition, showing that, i Third.' That no slave should be car for some cause, he thought it improper to j ried into it, except by tbo owner, and for vote for it. In 1757, still before the Constitution, j all the cases being a fine upon the viola but while the Convention wat in fession tor of the law, and freedom to tho slave, framing it, and while the North-Western This act also was passed without eas Territory ntill was the only territory own- and Nays. In the Congress which passed ed by the Uuited States tbe same qucs- it, there were two of the "thirty-nine." tion of prohibiting Slavery in the Territo- i They were Abraham Baldwin and Jona ry again came before the Congress of the 'than Dayton. As stated in the case of Confederation; and three more of tbe , Mississippi, it is probably they both voted "thirty-nine" who afterward signed the for it. They would not have allowed it Constitution, were in that Congress and to pass without recording their opposition voted on tbe question. They were W. to it, if, in their understanding, it viola Blount, William Few, and Abraham Bald ted either the line properly dividing lo win; and they all voted for the prohibi- cal from Federal authority or any provis ion thus showing that, in their under- ion of the Constitution, standing, no line dividing local from Fed- In 1810 20, came, and passed tho Mie eral authority, nor ao3'thine else, proper- souri question. Many votes were taken, ly forbade the Federal Government to by yeas and Nays, in .both branches of control as to Slavery in Federal territory. Congress, upon tbe various phases of the This time the prohibition became a law, general question. Two of the "thirty bing a part of what is now well known nine" Rufus King and Charles Pickney as the Ordinance of '87. were members of that Congress. Mr. The question of Federal control of Sla- King steadily voted for Slavery prohibi- very in the Territories, teems not to have tion and againxt all compromises, while been directly before tbe Convention which Mr. Piokney as atoadily voted against framed the original Constitution; and all compromises. By this Mr. King hence it is not recorded that the "thirty- that in his understanding, no line .divi- nine" or any of them, while engaged on ding local from Federal authority, nor that- instrument, expressed any opinion on anything in the Constitution, was violated that precise question. by Congress prohibiting SUvery in Fed- In 1780, by the first Congress which eral territory; while Mr. Pinckney, by bis sat under tbe Constitution, an act was vote?, showed that in his understanding passed to enforce the Ordinance of '87, there was some sufficient reason for oppo- includiog the prohibition of Slavery in sin? suob prohibition in that case. North Western Territory The bill for 1 The cases I havo mentioned are the tbis act was reported by one of the "thir- ' only aots of tbo "thirty-nine," or of any ty-nine," Thomas Fitzsimmonf, then a of them, upon the direct issue, which I Member of the House of Representatives havo been able to discover, from Pennsylvania. It went through all '0 enumerate tho persons who thus ac- its stages without a word of oppoMtion, ted, as being four in 1784, three in 1787, and fiually passed both branches without seventeen in 1780, three in 1798, two in Yeas and Nays, which is equivalent to a 1804, and two in 1819-20 there would unanimous passage. In tbis Congress thirty one of them. But this would be there wore sixteen of the "tbirtv-uine" fathers wbo framed the original Constitu tion. I bey were John Langdon, Nicholas Gilman, Wm. S. Johnson, Roger Sherman, Robert Morris, George Clynier, George Read, Daniel Curroll, Thos. Fitzsimmons, William Few, Abraham Baldwin, Rufus King, William Patterson, Richard Baseett, Pierce Butler, James Madison. Thi shows that, in their understand ing, no line dividing looal from Federal authority, nor anything in the Constitu tion, properly forbade Congress to prohib it Slavery in tbe Federal territory; else both tbeir fidelity to correct principle, and their oath to support the Constitution, would havo constrained them to oppose tbe prohibition. A ! A.... W n.kinifnn nnntlioi nf .lIu:. . .!.!.. ..B,i,.n Pridnnf. f the United States, and as such, approved i and signed the bill, thu complaiumg its validity as a law, and thus showing that, in his understanding, no line dividing lo- cal from Federal authority, nor anything in the Constitution forbade tbe Federal finormnnt to nnntrol as to Slavery in Federal torritory. No great while after the adoption of the original Constitution, North Carolina Congressional prohibition of Slavery in ceded to the Federal Government the the Federal Territories, in the instances country now constituting the State of Ten- in which they acted upon the question. ncssoc; and a few years later Georgia ce But for what reasons they so voted is not ded that which now constitutes tbe States known. They may have done so because of Mississippi and Alabama. In both.tbey thought a proper division of looal deeds of cession it was made a condition from Federal authority, or eonie provis- by the ceding States that the Federal ion or prinoiple of the Constitution, stood Government should not prohibit Slavery in the way; or they may, without any suoh in tbe ceded country. Under theee cir-; question, have voted against tbo prohibi cuinatanccs, Congrc-s, on taking charge -tion, on what appeared to them to bosuf- of these countries, did not absolutely pro-' Gcient grounds of expediency. No oue hibit Slavery within them. But they did i who has sworn to support the Contitu- iutorfore with it take control of it even there to a certain extent. In 1798, Con prohibbited tbe bringing of Blaves into the Territory, from aDy place without the United States, by fine, and giving free three of the "thirty-nine" who framed the original Constitution. They were John Lngdon, George Road, and Abraham Baldwin. They all, probably, voted Tor it. Certainly they would havo placed their opposition to it upon record, if, in tbeir understanding, any line dividing lo cal from Federal authority, or anything in tho Uonjtitution, properly forbade the Federal Government to control as to Sla very in Federal territory. In 1803, tbe Federal Govermcnt pur i chased tho Louisiana country Our for mer territorial acquisitions came from ccr tain of our own States; but this Louisiana country was acquired from a foreign na tion. In 1804, Congress gave a Territo rial organization to that part of it which now constitutes the Stato of Louisiana. j New Orleans, lying within that part, was an old and comparatively large city. Tbcro were other considerable towns and settlements, and Slavery was extensively and thoroughly intermingled with tbe people. Congress did not, in the Territo rial act, prohibit Slavery; but they did interfere with it take control of it in a more marked and extensive way than they did in tbe case of Mississippi. Tbo substance of tho provision therein made, in relation to slaves, was : First.' That no slaso should be im- ! ported into the Territory from foreign parts. Second: That no slave should be car ried into it wbo had been imported into the United States since the first day of his own use as a settlor; the penalty in i nnnniinir John T,n g Jonn Jjangdon itoger ouerman, William Few, Rufus King, and George Read, each twice, and Abraham Baldwin four times. The true member of those of the "thirty-nine" whom I havo shown to have acted upon the question, whioh, by the text, they undortood bettor than we, is twenty-three, leaving sixteen notshown to have acted upon it any way. Ilere, then, we havo twenty-threo of our "thirty-nine" fathers who framed the Govcrnmint under whioh wo live, who have, upon their official responsibility and their corporal oaths, acted upou the very question whioh the text affirms they "un derstood just as well, and even better than wo do now;" and twenty-one of them n. clear maioritv of the whole "thirtv-! njne'80 aoting upon it as to make them ' it ia destined to supercide, since tho arti guilty of gross politioal impropriety, and cles made from it are serviceable until willful perjury, if in tbeir understanding, the material of which they are composed any oroner division between local and Foderal authority or anything in tbe Con- smuiion mey ubu mo bUu..v, u sworn to support, forbade tne ueaerai Government to control as to Slavery in the Federal Territories. Ihus the twen- sworn to support, forbade tho Federal ty-uua uoieu, uuu, a uuwuUO OFDu& than words. 60 actions under such responsibility speak still louder. Two of the twenty-three Toted against "tion, can conscientiously votofor what he understands to be an unconstitutional measure, however expedient he may think it; but one may and ought to vote against a measuro which he deems constitutional, if, at the same time ho deems it mexpedi ent. It, therefore, would be unsafe to set down even the two who voted against the prohibition, as having done so because, in their understanding, any proper division - of local from Federal authority, or any- ' thing in the Constitution, forbade the Fed eral Government to control as to Slavery in Federal territory. The remaining sixteen of tho "tbirty- ninc,r so far as I havo discovered, have iff nn f . i. j i : IClti UU I CUUI U Ul tiUGIi UUUClOtilUUIUl! UU- on tho direct question of Federal con w . frnl of Slavery in tho Federal Territories. But there is muoh reason to believe that their understanding upon that question would not have appeared different from that of their twenty-three compeers, had it been manifested at all. For the purpose of adhering rigidly to the text, I have purposely omitted what- j t l i. ever understanding may have been niaui- whatever understanding may havo been manifested by any of the "thirty-nine" generally, it would appe V the morality and policy of Slavery gener al, would appear to us that on the direct question of Federal control of Slavery in Federal Territories, the sixteen, if they had acted at all, would probably have ac ted just as the twenty-three did. Among that sixteen were several of tbe most no ted Anti-Slavery men of those times as Dr. Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Gou verneur Morris while tbero was not one now known to have been otherwise, unless it may be John Rutledge of South Caro lina. To be Continued?) Don't tike "Widowers. In endeavoring to take tbe census for the government the marshals occasionally meet with .such difficulties as well nigh to deprive them of their own senses. The followinff COlloQUV is Said tO have taken place somewhere, between a Marshal and an Irish woman: "How many male members have you in tbe family!" "jNivcr a one. "When were you married?" "Ihe day rat JJoyle leit lipperary tor Ameriky. . Ah, well I mind it. A sun- sbinier day never gilded the sky of owld Ireland. "Wbat was the condition of your hus band beforo morriagel" "Divil a man more inferable. He said if I did not give bim a promise within two wceke be d blow his brains out with a crowbar " "Was he at the time of your marriage a widower or a oaonelon" "A which7 A widower, did you say? Ah, now go way with your nonsense. It's tho likes of me that would take up with & second-bad bunband? Do Hook like tbe wife of a widower? A poor de vil all legs and consumption, like a sick turkey. A widoworl May I never be blessed if I'd not rather live an owld maid, and bring up a family on butter milk and praties." India Rubber Tools. A new composition has recently been piuuuucu, iuu uucid ui nuiuu ia juuio iuu- ber combined with emery, from whioh are manuiaotured nies, emery wheels, grind- i 1. , i .1 T . l.r',uouts' iur.fuFH, .ojiutfrura, Knne-snarpeners, anu a variety or omer .. , ,Vi rnu ci u articles of like nature. The files wrought from this new composition can be mould- ed into any desired size and form, and a - apted to every variety of mechanical bu,iness in which the common rasp and UIU UIU . UJ J I JJ L - X UwJ WUU W Ui UV4U U tj rigid as tbe steel file, or as flexible and elastic as tbo original gum which froms the basis of tho invention. Emery wheels and grind.stonea aro wrought from this composition of every needed shape and size, from the coarsest grade of emery to tbe finest buffwheel. In point of econo my, this new composition is claimed to be superior to any of the implements which is entirely worn away. 8&-Mr. James Nelson, who stole the wjfe and clothing of Mr. Vail of Milford, w,fe and clothing ot Mr. Vail of and conveyed them to New Yc got .i8lok of bis bargain," and wr ork, has wrote baek lo too uusuauu, smiiug mat uo coum uavo his wife by doming after her. This may be considered cooler than most of the weatber has been for tbe last few weeks. ed, other than the thirty-nine fathers who : hW thCm ? lf "? , K , 1 iraP0UDd I' but I frmed tbe original Constitution; and, for f tho farmcr8 plant only just before puzzeIe him ag bad ag he dld the same reason. I havo also omitted the ful moon arc right, and tho scoffers, The next day the Colonel gave a din- rt9An fr nin n f li n i nh nan ff r rvi narol '. , A. v u i j i i hove ground just at the fall, when the ; -i-,, wq dimMi:Pfl thn Pnl question of Slavery. If we should look . , fe,,: J j . r :e Bnn I gla9S was "iscusseu, tno Loi s , . t , J , . A, tender things need sleep. But it sown n u ncrqpPr ni anA into their acts and dec arations on those . . . f f, r , J nn .n. ,t0 tne overseer ana saia . i , e . , . j just before the full, they come up about q?b jt Allen did van i other phases, as the foreign slave-trade, J a .! - uurtj Aa xin, iur. Alien, uiu you i i , t. j ,. e oi now moon, pas3 tbeir babyhood under Tr:njj sir?' and the moralitv and nohov of Slavery ., .. .r - ,"'jt-? xnnaie, sin ttl tU U3 lUttt UU Life on the Moon. The discoveries of science are becom ing more astonishing every day: and in f, " , 1 ...vc..Mfc large lortune, and, though uneducated, than the recent researches of astronomers F0Mew5ed of hard-knot-.-ense. Col w! m lunar geography bad been elected to tbe legislature, and Until quite recently, the surface of the Lad aj5() be0D judge of the coutl. ;ourt moon has been supposed to be a vast life H;8 eievation bowever, bad made him less desert. Astronomer have abused POmewhot ponjpouSf and he betame very he moon in every possible way. I hey fom of Us- bi wordg Qn hig farjJ have said there was no heat in moonshine. he faad a , ftischiev0I18 ox calIed They have denied tbe moon an atmo.- whicfa frequently broke pbero, and consequently water nd organ- dowQ his neigbbor's feDCe3f flnd conn:it. ic life. They havo made us behove that ted otber dcperedaiona much to the Col. a residonco in tho moon would beexcoed- omVt auno:yance. ingly undesirable. The old faith in tho , 0no moni aftcr breatfflst in pre3. Goddess of the Night was quite overturn- 0D00 of POme enti0BiCD who had ftaid ed in scientific circles, and the faso.na- witfa bim oyer - ht and qq tions of moonlight were departing day by thejr ay t0 t0WDf hfi coed h5s 0Terscer "aJ 'and said to him: But all this is changed and the present! Mr, A1,en j. desjro tQ impoQnd acquaintance of long-eyed science with m Brindle, in order that I may hear no our satellite is very succinctly oet forth niore animadvcrsion3 on his eternal dep in a summary carefully pepared for the redati0D3 New York Tribune from which we learn Alen t'owed and walked off , that Knox and Mclloni have shown, by zled lo know what .fae Cot meant yery exact observations, that there is ( g0 &fter Co, w Ieffc fof tQ' fae WJnt heat m tho moon rays. Zantedescbi to faia wifc and aBbed her what CoL w has discovered that this heat produces a me8Dt b tell him tQ .j d the f -I-l I' I I -t I 1 C J .1 i iL iijnfTimn nnnnnnniior niiN iniinii fiinr. iiih ' o f r , earth is colder during tho first quarter of kue IUUUU luau IL ,n ,u luu Allen left to perform the feat, for it Upon tbe growth of plants the moon was no jn0ODSjderabie one as tho animal exercises a romarkable influence. The,wag very wid and vjcioQg( andf after a chemical action of light is necessary to :great dfial of lroubJe and vesation he their principal work, the absorption of 6Uceeeded, oarbon from tbe carbonic aoid gas of the 1 , - MBW- ' atnjogI)hurc Tbis work al, lafantg oar ' . " , ; f i on during the day and in tbe night they , , & . r i: aleen except when tho moon shines. supersuuous are memseives the foolish ones. For, is sown before or near new moon, the young plants get a- & run a m rnr ii i n tr inn unnnna n i n-irir ninnrii . tt t- - w Ao.HnL.A & U 'I in.l. I IIIMI.IIIIL lllll lllllllim i i . i t ii . . it weatber and greater rainfall may go to- gether. Finally, Webb, after a careful oompar- nQrtt, f tha nmnnnt annnnrunnn Af the. mainaer oi ine iibc, nuwever. uue ana wnen ine iuu moon comes are sturay the iropannel of the icjpound and ficatter urcbins, able to work night and day. lopbsticatfed au over the cquinimity of Tho aioon-worsbipera are right, also, tQe foresl in regard to tbe influence of the moon up- j Tbe compaDy burst int0 an imrooderate on the weather. Herschel, Arago and . fit of j hterf wbije the Colonel's face Whewell recognised that the moon had reddened with diSCOmfituro. some slight power in dispersing clouds. : ,What do meaQ b tbat <V fiaid Tho Sailors go further, and say the moon'be eats up the clouds. At the last meeting! ,Wh j mcaD) CooneI . fiaid A1eDf of tho British Association, it was shown ;th,t old Brindl9 bei prognosticated that tho weather through a long series of whh the Jdea of tbe obolery, ripped and years depended a little a very little j taredf SDorted aod pawed djrt, jumped upon the phases of tho moon, and Quete-the fflncef tuck to lbe wood3( and would let, the Director of the Brussels Observa-i EOt be impounded D0 hovjy tory, has shown that between the first Thg wag too mucb. the conpanj roar. and last quarters of the moon, more, and cd agBDf in wbicfa tbe Colonel was forced not less rain falls than during tbe ro-j to :0ju and in tbe midgt of the iaagbterf moon wjtb tbe very preciso maps made! I,lf8S HaPPst Period, by Madder some twenty years ago has Kinsley gives his evidence on this dis- 8bown that thcro have been considerable 'Pted point. He thus declares: Tbero obaDees. Some of the small craters, in ; ia no pleasure that I have ever experienc- narticular. have a notablv defferent form i from what tbev had when Madler observ r ' . . . cd lb8m These changes show the exis tonoo of water and an atmosnhere. Fath- cr seoobi Director of the Roman Obser- vatory, after muoh observation has come to the conclusion that the peaks of tho'lureB lullu "OUfc uuu ouu BUUfl. me oiuer highest mountains on tbe moon are cov-baviDS been used- for a boat tiJI ifc had ered with snow. And, to make us still!?006 dowTn- w,th a11 hands out of sound more at home on tbe moon, De Ia Rive, 1Dga- .Hw Por our Derby days, our the owner of the observatory at Craw-1 Greenwich dinners, our eventing parties, ford, near London, gives it as his opin-lwherc there aro PlentJ of Dlcc S,rls. ara ion that what were at first marked downafter thatI Depend upon it, a man never a seas, and afterwards suooosed to be barren plains, are in fact extensive for Aft est.'. In support of this comes up a great astronomic authority Sohwabe, the discovery of tbe periodic times of the sun's spots. Besides these great smooth nlains. which were called seas, there are; a number of furrows and wrinkles, near- llw h,,nlr.n' th natnrn nf nbioh is en- .j v- , - , tircly unknown. Their length varies ' from three to thirty-five miles, and their, greatest breadth is about fivo thousand feet; most of them are considerably nar- ; rower. Their sides aro parrallel and amooiu; some aro ruo iu eiruigui nuua, ' and some are gently curved. Ordinarily ' they aro separate, but sometimes they t ... l, .1 j. cross craters, dui occasionally tney seem to be cut olt by them. They aro lound i . J r i all ofer the surface of the moon, exoept ! on tbe highest mountain chaius. 1 Of these furrows Sobwabo ha3 mat careful study at various times. Uc found , them to consist of very fine parallel dark, linos, separated by clear spaces. A few!Qr id aod ft tbird t f , doTeioped months later, the lines of breaks had die - appeareu, out aucr a nine wnne mey re- turned, again to disappear. in tnis po riodio change he thinks, that he finds proof that thee lines are rows trees, and the clear streaks botween them aro tbe bare ground seen when the trees are leaf less; when the trees are in full leaf, tho ground is so covered as to produce a uni form shake, and tbe lines disappear. Nothing is more natural than to suppose that tho dark Bpots on tho moon are for- nst,: hnt. how aha we account lor IDe growth of theso trees in right lines! Tbi8 hypothesis we must for tbe present eon-,'"" aider to be onW a hypothesis With the nid of nhotozrapbv. which will secure for; us accurate pictures of the moon from j timo to time, we may hope that the ques- tion will be solved, and that wo may really find out what is going on upon tbe surface of oar satellite JV, Y. Tribune.' Big Brindle. In Nashville, , muu) vuuia u"o, mure ox. t 'Whv. Rnid hn t.bfi Onlnnnl mnnr.f in tel, tQ t hlm in a , J 1 ! " " en . n i.l;-: ' 1 1 m bis brow and soliloquizing, i t n i r mnoundinr ia it? Now T nm jnn,i finro tuA nA nnnna :u ni, :r ner nart nrl ftS h wr nnt ar;fitnflT?lt:n AlleDj tbe overseerf 8at down with tho c Aft tb d tfa- d onel turned mpound Big trnnsnpnrlpil ' t ' w -- , Aii,in ft tni, sar n tn himsplf ns he went. 'I reckon the Col. won't ask mo to impound any more oxen.' ed like a onild s midsummer holiday. The time, I mean, when two or three of us used to go away up the brook, and take our dinners with u", and come home at night tired, dirty, happy, scratched be- : Jond recognition, with a great nosegay, experiences sucu pleasure or gner auer fourteen as he does before, unless, in some cases, in bis first love making, when the sensation is new to him. We must knock under. The Family Ficlorial. a caner manner- ed bv ladies, has an item which comnlete- 1? takes thn ditnifv mif. nf f hn 'T,nrfl nf -J J - " oreation." Woman, says the editress, has many advantages overman. One of them is, that his will has no operation till be is dead, whereas, hers generally takes effect in her lifetime. A Freak of Mature. A cow beloosinir to Mr. Bsniamin S. Breneman. of Providence townshio. this c -rf. nnrra .... f s A county, gave birth to a calf, a few days ' A ' r. . mam , . . J distinct heads joined together above tho nostrils, with two sets of complete and (,pf(lf,t. fftPfnof1 nMono t. oorQ Thcre ere tWQ ct ' JQC 0Q eith; l mdde oftb8Qead Lancaster inion "You Don't Don't You?" "Mister;" I say, I don't suppose yon don't know nobody what don't want to hire nobody to do nothiug, don't you?' Tbe answer was: "Yes, I don't." 3? dying West India planter, groan ing to his favorite servant, sighed out, "Ah, Sambo, I am going on a long, long journey." "Never mind, massa," ,he negro consoling, "it way down hill. am all da Strawberries made tbeir appearance in New York on Thursday, at three shillings a basket, and in three pint pailatf,vS2' eaoh." . Grapes were ofFeredsfstrSr1' pound ! r
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