Tcrms o* Pabllcallon. r iP -noGA COUNTY AGITATOR is pub T ll£j ’ * Thursday Morning, and mailed to sob- ILsned enry ver y reasonable price of Ok* Dol scr;bcrsa l invariably in advance. It is intend y, peraa ’ e BU bscriber when the' term for ed 10 , i. I>L pa' d 81,011 bave ex P ired > hy the stamp ffbidi_ne “ on t |, e margin ,of the last paper. —“T* roe ;|| [hen be 1 stopped until a further re- Tlio pap B ' „ ce ived. By this arrangement no man in debt to the'prinler. c an be bro 8 j B [j, e Official Paper of the Conn The “ 0I 3[U i steadily increasing circulation ?Vie2nearly every neighborhood in the reaching sent y r « of postage to any Post-office bounty- 11 * nty limits, and to those living within jvilhin the c . 5e mo st convenient posloffice may he County. _ - . ieio aD J_ , not exceeding 5 lines, paper in- the wife. she who sleeps upon my heart’ IVas the first to win it; She who dreams upon my breast Eter reigns within it. ghe w ho hisses oft my lips Wakes their warmest blessing; She who rests within my arms Feels their closest pressing. Other days than these shall Como— I) 3 vs that may be dreary— Other hoars shall greet us yet, Hours that may be weary; Still this heart shall be thy throne. Still this breast thy pillow ; Slill these Ups shall meet thine oft As billow meeteth billow. Sleep, then, on my happy heart, Since thy love has won it— Dream, then, on my loyal breast (None but thou hast done it;) And when age onr bloom shall change. With its wintry weather. May we in the self-same grave Sleep and dream together. Darkness and Dawn. A ROMANTIC INCIDENT Some years ago, while making a brief so oiirn in the city of Bristol, J set out one etening wiih a friend for a stroll through the o!Y . We had visited several places of in icesi, and were on our return to our hotel, in passing through a dark and narrow slreti, a female, closely muffled in a coarse £ jj l9 | —which, thrown over her head, was in»n around her face, so as to conceal all to her eyes— hurriedly crossed over from the opposite side of the way,'and accosted us iaiccenis of despair. “Gentlemen, for the love of Heaven,,give me money ! My mother is dying of hunger, sod I have not wherewith to purchase a raor kl of food !” ffe were both slruek with the lone of her mice, for, though agitated by a feeling of drrperation, it had a peculiar sweetness, t and ier language was that of one both educated sod refined. “Do not think me inquisitive,” said my friend, in a kindly tone, as he drew forth his purse, “if I ask what misfortune has brought you to.this 7 for it is evident that you are no common applicant for charily ?” “Oh! no sir — no!” she said, shrinking tack into herself, as it were ; I never asked for charity before ; and though I have not lined food for two long days, I would sooner «nh than ask it for myself now ; but 1 mild not see her die, my only.friend—oh, 1 could not see her die I" “Here,” said my companion, placing a urn in her hand which I immediately doubled. She clutched the money like a miser, and or a moment or two was completely over iowered by her emotions. Then, With a taking effort, she gasped forth— “ Thanks gentlemen! may Heaven bless toil.” She turned away, and took two or three iasty steps, and then, slopping suddenly, she joked around, and added— “ You asked what misfortune brought me iQ this. I shall seem ungrateful if I refuse la tell.” “Never mind,” said my friend; ihe recilal n'lgive you pain, and therefore I pray you rander the question unasked.’’ “Your noble generosity overpowers me, ft,"she rejoined, in a tremulous voice, “»nd n pnde shall give way. If you have a few Mutes to spare, come with me, and you hall know all,” --- “Nay,” said I, “do not let us intrude upon ’at sorrows, unless you think we can be of utther assistance. You are welcome to the idle ire have given, which should be doubled * e had more to [spare, but we have no ! |ht to claim your secret in return.” ®he buried her face in her shawl, and arsl ttiio tears, 'Alas! ’ she sobbed, “if all mankind were 1J! generous, how many a miserable being now be happy I Come with me, and m Y st °ty 1 I know I can trust you, shall rest easier by knowing I have envtnced you I am no impostor.” Re assured her that we did not for a mo- Ol her being the victim of some ’[! ' e m ' s Yortune; but as we might*be of er serv ' lce 10 her we would see her safely me i and she might then relate her story or *as she should think proper, aj o ' o .') me '” s h e said, and set off at a "r i j^ own ** le slreel > we keeping at a ' J u distance behind, and I for one, feel- J“ “" usu al curiosity to know something ‘ ,e c f her. ° the next corner of the street was an oil Jnj *” lc h 'brew out a dim light; and !?= Dear it in a listless attitude, we ob ailv * ' n B ar h °f a sailor, and evi te» | Jst ” om sca - As our unknown guide uul, * ,r lm i I noiiced that she seemed Jr surn ’ on coming up to him, to idJ'" e ’ a PP are nllv his, she stopped ; t ,' J cry, she suddenly threw out J ?earp>t'. c as P ec * him around the neck, and ‘ See i’>° SWQon u P on his breast. t:i; sa m y friend, making an abrupt it Li 6 are duped; this is some trick; ,/ 1 « an imposter !” returned I, nwilling to be -ssri>.j Sua h and misery as she rep »|', C0l) d he a base counterfeit. “Ha! ’•*s Da^ 8 ’ '*’ B 6a '- or ' as 'f ' n great sur 3o*n Tr the arms of the un- • ne ck, raised her head, and it f ac s curiously and then wildly into here t/1 j we cou 'd see, even from ts tip,, s °™’ Was pale and beautiful.— td fickle °J nenl . he uttered a wild cry; “»lifeless r lhroWlD g his arms around her Ui hrv^„ r hßexclaimed I ;£ , •■ m y Mary!’’ d to be all that he could utter, as THE AGITATOR. Betiotca to tbe mntnniw of ttie of iTmfcom a«5 t&e &#***& of l&ealt&g JfUfouw.! WHILE THEBE SHALL BE A WRONG UNSIGHTED, AND UNTIL “Man’s INHUMANITY TO MAN 1 ’ SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE, YOL. V. he fairly tottered with his fair burden, and foi a few moments we stood dumb with as tonishment. . “What’s this? what’s the meaning of this?” he now demanded, looking fiercely at us, “Well, if that is acting, it is the best I ever •aw,’’ muttered my companion, as we hast ened forward and gave a hurried account of all that we knewpfthe matter. “Merciful ! is it possible ?” said the man, looking tfelernately at us and at the fair creature in bis arms, and clasping his forehead as if to collect his scattered senses. “Mary I” he continued, at short intervals ; “my wife 1 my dear wife! And my mother loo! Starving!” He coniioued'to repeat these expressions like one overpowered by some terrible shock, and who knew nOt what he was saying; while we sfoodiooking on, too much aston ished to think of offering him any assistance. At length with a sort of gargling gasp, the poor creature opened her eyes; and looking wildly and fondly into the manly face of him who supported her, she murmured : “Charles! Charles I is this you? in life— in death—or in a dream ?” I pass over the wild, frantic, passionate ex clamations on both aides, as each began to re alize the truth—the one that he had found a loving wife in the depths of misery—the other that she had regained a fond husband at the moment of all others when she most needed his aid, counsel, love and support. “Come,” whispered my frieod, touching my arm, “let us withdraw; their meeting should be sacred from the intrusion of stran gers;” Though deeply curious to know something of their history, I silently acquiesced in his proposal; and quietly departing, we returned to our hotel, musiog upon the uncertainties, vicissitudes and romance of life. Two days after, as I was sitting on the pi azza of the hotel, I saw the sailor passing along the street, and curiosity prompted me to address him. The moment he saw me he came bounding up, grasped my band, and burst into (ears. “Heaven bless you I” he exclaimed, in a choking voice; “Heaven bless you and your friend! and so says Mary. I’ve been hunt ing for you all over the city, sir, but feared I’d never see you again. Hero ! let me pay you back your money; and will you be so kind, sir, as to accept these two rings for yourself and friend?” I look the money—for I saw if I did not he would feel very much hurt; but fearing his circumstances might not justify him in making a present of so much value, I at tempted to decline the rings. It was of no use—he would take no denial—and so I re luctantly accepted them, thanking him in be half of my friend, who was absent. I (hen drew from him his story, which I will give in a few words. He and his wife were both natives of a small village on the Avon, and had often played together as children. His own father was then in good circumstances, but subse quently lost his property and died soon after, leaving himself and mother to snuggle along as best they might. Among those believed to be friends in prosperity, but who forsook them in adversi ty, was the father of his present wife; but though change of fortune separated the youth and maiden, it only increased an attachment which had begun in childhood. For years, however, ,lhey did not meet; and during that time the narrator became a sailor, and acquired sufficient means to pur chase a cottage for his mother, leaving a small balance on mortgage, which his next voyage was to clear off. While at home, he and his Mary again met; and conscious of a mutual passion, and knowing h|r parents would not consent to the union, but were most anxious io ally her to a wealthy suitor, they look advantage of an opportunity, and were privately married. Charles Delaine, for such was his name, then look leave of his wife, and shipped for a whaling voyage, intending it should be his last cruise. While absent, his wife’s parents discovering the seciet of her marriage, dis owned and drove her forth, and she took ref uge with his mother. Together the widowed mother and wife struggled along, anxiously looking for the re turn of their only friend; but he came not at the time expected, the mortgage was fore closed, the property sold ; and almost penni less, they repaired to Bristol, hoping to be able to maintain themselves by the needle. I need not prolong the story —it is an old tale. Sickness and misfortune followed them, they failed to procure sufficient work lor their necessities, and on the night when the wife appealed to us (hey were in a starving con dition. Charles had just returned from his cruise, and at the very moment when his Mary so unexpectedly met him, he was think ing of home, which he expected to reach the next day. He had been prudent, the voyage had been more than usually profitable, and his share, he said, would enable him to start in business. “Come what will,” he concluded, “I’ll never leave my dear mother and Mary again while we live. They’re happy now, thank God! and it shall be the aim of my life to keep them so.” He urged me to come and see him and his now happy family, and bring my friend; and then invoking upon us the blessing of Heav en, he wrung my hand, and turned quickly away, to conceal the emotions he cared not to display. “Ah I such is life, in this world of selfish and unselfish humanity,” mused I, as i watched his retreating footsteps, tilt a turn in \lhe street concealed him from my view.— We never met again. WELLSBOEOj TIOGA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING*, DECEMBER 23, 1858. A Ghost Chasing a Ghost, A 6CBKE UP IN DAKS CODKTI, TOSCSKSnf. Not long since, two rustic gallants went regularly to see the same girl. The young lady—a farmer’s daughter—resided just half way between the respective homes of hep adorers; and as a mailer of course, when Sunday evening arrived when they “came courting,” the distance travelled over was the same to both. Now as they were jealous of one another, each lover tried bis skill, by a senes of ma noeuvres, to "drive the other off. Affairs had gone on in this manner for some time, yet neither had seemed to have made any marked progress in the lady’s regards. I do not know how it would have terminated, for the girl liked them well enough, but as she could not marry them both, she was puzzled which; one to choose. Whether she wished them to. fight a duel, or decide the contest by Gstcuffs; for the honor of her band and heart, I can not say; but her suspense, and that of her anxious lovers, was, at last, relieved in< the following manner: As they had exhausted human ingenuity in trying to outgeneral each other, they both —strange as it may seem—resolved, un known to each other, to call on their aid the; terrors of the spirit world. Stranger yet, the same night was chosen when- each should personate a ghost, to drive the other off the field Well, the next Sunday evening tuMj andij' attired in the habiliments of the gratp^cpqldj. be seen about nine o’clock our two .forces ■ cautiously approaching the abode of their . “dearest dear.” The object of ghost A. was to meet B. before be reached the bouse, frighten him out of his senses, and then chase him home. If A. could accomplish this, B. would never dare to show his mug there again. Ghost B.’s object was precisely the same toward A., and consequently, a fearful col lision between them was inevitable. A. had chosea a hollow pumpkin,-with two round holes cut near the lop for saucer eyes, and a huge horizontal, parallel organ opening for a mouth. A candle was placed burning in it, and at a distance, in the dark, it looked really frightful. B. bad got some punk—which looked like burnished silver in the dark—which he intended placing around his person, in the the night in order to give him a supernatural appearance; a pair of ox horns placed upon his head,and attired in a huge winding sheet, B. wpuld' have passed for a very respectable^dexil. They met! The nj§l)l,was very dark, the road somewhat murM in tf>s no-county it is always muddy—so that they had in a man ner to feel their way along. A turn in the road, close by the dwelling, revealed each to the other in their ghastly costumes. What a sight. A. saw a ghost—B. also beheld another before him. A pumpkin head grinned horribly at 8., whilst the wierd lantern on B.’s person almost annihilated poor A., for he imagined, I suppose, that it was the Evil One himself before him. What mortal could stand this? They could not, but, appalled, terrified, and nearly mad with fear, they both turned homeward and fled, with fearful outcries bursting from their trembling lips. As 8., however, was pulling in his best paces in repassing the house, a large mastiff, alarmed by the out cries, rushed out and headed him off. The poor wretch thinking it was his diabolical persecutor in the form of a dog, turned aghast and went off after A;, with all his might—no hat on, his winding sheet stream ing in the wind behind him, while the dull glare of his punk wood ornaments gave him, indeed, the look of a demon. A. heard the noise and glancing behind him, saw with horror, the phantom in full chase. He dropped the pumpkin head—which he had been car rying in his hand —gave another, yet louder, yell, and exerting all his powers to the utmost, ha bounded forward with the agility of a hunted deer, almost flying over the ground as he went. 8., in the meantime, not seeing the pumpkin-head, pressed on the rear, Ihe dog at his heels, barking and urging him for ward, still faster than before. How long they would have continued on in their headlong flight, if not stopped, 1 can not tell. They had already legged it over two miles, and were in a fair way of run ning themselves to death, if A., in his blind haste had not pitched headlong into a mire hole, 8., too the next minute sharing the same fate. Fortunately the hole was not deep, or they both would have been smoth ered in the mud, for they were fairly tired out, and weak as infants. They remained in this condition until next morning, when the neighbors found them, pulled them out, and carried them to their homes. Wet, cov ered with mud from head to foot, their rai ment torn in rags, they presented a truly miserable appearance. Both were laid up for some davs, from the effects of their fright, "and overtasking their physical powers. It had one good effect, however, it cured them of love, for they never went courting there again. A Literary Bookseller. —A bookseller in a western city, recommending to a purcha ser a work “Nodes Ambrosia,” said he sup posed it was “Notes by Ambrose.” To an other he spoke highly of the works of Le high Hunt. To another the “Potiphar Pa pers” were supposed to have been written by Potiphar while in Egypt. How Folks Differ !—We chew tobacco. The Hindoo lakes lime. The children in this country delight in candy, those of Africa in rock salt. A.Frenchman “goes his length” on fried frogs, while an Esquimaux Indian thinks tallow candles the climax of dainties. A Caution to Young Men. ■ A young medical student from Michigan, who had been unending lectures in New York for some lime, and considered himself ex ceedingly good looking and fascinating, made a deadly onset on the heart and fortune of a blooming young lady who was boarding in the same house with him. After a prolonged siege ihc lady surrendered. They were married on Wednesday morning. The same afternoon the “young wife” sent for and ex hibited to the astonished student a “beautiful tfule daughter”’ three and a- half years of age. ’ “Good Heavens ! then you are a widow,” pxclaimed the astonished student. “Yes, my dear, and this is Amelia, my youngest; to-morrow, Augustus, James and .Reuben will arrive from the country, and thep 1 shall have all my children together once more.” The unhappy student replied not a word ; hisTeelings were too deep for utterance. The next day the “other darlings” arrived. Reu rben was six years old, James nine, and Au gustus a saucy boy of twelve. They were delighted to hear they had a “new papa” be rceuse they they could live at home and have all the playthings they wanted! The “new as soon as he could speak, remarked that Augustus and James did not much re semble Reuben and Amelia. “Well, no,” said the happy mother; “my first husband was quite a different style of , mao from my second—complexion, tempera itaeol, color of hair and eyes—all different.” This was too much. He had not only married a widow, but was her third husband, and the astounded step-father of four chil dren. “But her fortune,” thought he, “that will make amends.” He spoke of her fortune. “These are my treasures,’’ says she, in the j Roman matron style, pointing to her children. "The conceit was now quite taken out of the | Michigander, who, finding that he had made a complete goose of himself, at once retired to a farm in his native State, where he qould have a chance to render bis “boys” useful, and make them sweat for the deceit practiced upon him by their mother. Negro Discussion about Eggs. Geneva, the lovely village on Seneca Lake, furnishes the following specimen of parlia mentary ruling: 11l the fairest village of Western New Yoik, the “culled pussons,” in emulation of brethren, fajjjipd a debating so ciety, for the purpose of improving their minds by (he discussion of instructive and entertaining topics. The deliberations of the society were presided over by a venerable darkey, who performed his duties with the ulmbst dignity peculiar to his color. The subject for discussion on the occasion of which we wiito was “Wich am de mudder of chicken, de hen wot lay de egg, or de hen wot l, hatches do chick 1” The question was warmly debated, and many reasons pro and con were urged and combated by the angry disputants. Those in favor of the majority, and the president, made no attempt to conceal that their sym pathies were with the dominant party. At length an intelligent darkey arose from the minority side and begged leave to state a proposition to (his effect; “ ’Spose,” said he, “dal you sot one dozen duck’s eggs under a hen, and dey hatch, which am de mudder, de duck or de hen 1” This was a pozer, was well put, and non plussed the other side, even staggering the president, who plainly saw the force of the argument, but had gone too far to yield without a struggle; so, after cogitating and scratching his wool a few moments, a bright idea struck him. Rising from his chair in all the pride of conscious superiority, he an nounced : “Ducks am not before de house : chickens am de question; derfore I rule de ducks out!” and do it he did, to the com plete overthrow of his opponents. • sjpiHmrAL Intercourse is certainly en larging. A spirit not long since, waited on Judge Edmonds and wanted him to take a drink through an earthly medium. The Pawtucket Gazette relates the following pleas ant incident of spiritual communication which quite exceeds the Judge’s story : “An enthusiastic believer was relating to a skeptic the spiritual performances to which he could testify, and among other things said that on a certain occasion the spirit of his wife, who. had been dead several years, re turned to him, and seating herself upon his knee, put her arm around him, and kissed him as much to his gratification ns she used to when living. “You do not mean to say,” remarked the skeptic “that the spirit of your wife-really embraced and kissed you !” No, not exactly that,” replied the believer, but her spirit took possession of the body of a fe male medium, and through her embraced and kissed me.’’- We presume that believers are often as willingly deceived as this man was.” Mush. —Dress yourself in a black coat and white kids, and go into a fashionable conversazione. Introduce a sensible topic for discussion, and partake of mush till you are satisfied ; then leave spoons behind, re late home and read Tupper. [A friend of ours tried this on two suc cessive evenings, but we trust none of our readers will be soft enough to imitate the example.] ‘Mr. Jenkins, will it suit you to settle that old account of yours T ‘No, sir, you are mistaken in the man, I am not one of-lhe old settlers. ©ommumcarions. “T Agitator. Familiar Letters on Geology, Etc. NUMBER FIVE My Dear Mary ; The question of the unity of the human race has an important bearing upon its antiquity. If Adam and Eve were the sole progenitors of all varieties of man now found -upon thff earth, as T be lieve them to be, then we cannot io[my opin ion reconcile the great departure oft some .va rieties from the common original Adamic type, whatever this type might have been, upon any known principles operating in the time allowed by those who contend for the literal interpretation of the first elejren, chap ters of Genesis. A class of those who contend foi ral exegesis, believe there has been time since the age ol Noah to prodd operation of known natural laws, rieties of man now found upon the that there was no need of the inter miracle. Another class who have looked, perhaps, more closely into the matter in its historical aspect, admit that the operation fif present known natural laws would not have produced the more extreme varieties, such ai the Cau casian, or bearded, the negro,or wooly-baired, and the Mongolian, or or have produced the one from the other. But to ac count for this difference, they say that God in a miraculous manner, stamped upon the three sons of Noah different chara|cieristics, and that all the other varieties have been pro duced by the intermixture of these three races, and by the operation, also, of physical and perhaps intellectual causes, such as cli mate, food, manner of living, civilization, &c. This latter class most generally refer to the latter part of the ninth chapter ofj Genesis, as a record of this miraculous intervention.— “And Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his younger son had done unto him. And he said : Cursed be Canaan ; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.— And he said, Blessed be the Lotd God of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japhetb, and he shall! dwell in the tents of Shem, and Canaau shall be his servant.” J Many able and pious men are of opinion that this was a declaration of God, through Noah, of a miraculous intervention! to stamp upon the respective descendants of! the three sons of Noah differences of physical organi zation constituting distinctive or spe cies, or rather varieties—that Canaan, the son of Ham, or perhaps Ham hitaself, was the progenitor of the biack or wodMy-haired type, and as God through Noah had declared (hat Canaan should be the Servant of serv ants even in the dwellings of hislbrelhren, he was rightfully und by divine ordination reduced to a slate of bondage, to the descend ants of Shem and Japheth—that Shem was the progenitor of the Caucasian race, who have shown both a physical and Intellectual superiority, and, as they have done' so they will in (he future control and shape|the desti nies of the world ; and that the descendants of Japheth, the Mongolian race, are io occupy an intermediate position in the affairs of the world, “dwelling in the tents of Shem” and looking up to the Semitic race as (Heir supe riors and masters, not, however, as strictly bondmen. . i The first class generally adopt -this great division of the human race, and imakef’o’f consequence, the origin of the three princi pal varieties, the three sons of Noa(i, but say that the difference of type that exists among their descendants was the effect of natural causes, operating in the first instance upon the sons of Noah, in accordance with their several locations, &c., and that, though the lastpartof the ninth chapter of Genesis, wasia prophetic declaration of the future' status of the descendants of each son, it implies no miraculous interposition of divine power, or an interposition out of the common [course of nature to make them such; natural causes being sufficient, and therefore, the idea of miraculous interference being excluded. Among those who have written) upon the natural history of man, there has been much contrariety of opinion. Very ableimen have taken'very different views of the subject.— Men entitled to equal respect, have by what appeared to them a philosophical train of rea soning, arrived at directly opposite conclu sions. This shows that there is a faulLsomc where in the chain of argument which one side or the other, or perhaps both sides have as yet failed to discover. If their! premises are right and their reasoning sound, their conclusions certainly ought to agree! The paths of error are numerous and | sometimes surprisingly like the paths of truib and they not unfrequently lead into enchanted grounds that appear to the traveler, blinded by (ho al most impalpable mists that have s mounded him in his journey, like the groves of truih. Professor Agassiz, who perhaps stands at the head of scientific men in the department of natural history, has not at all limes held the same opinions in relation to tltis subject. In 1845 in an article published by him in a Swiss review, he declared, says Dr. Smyth, that “while the lower animals are of distinct species in the different zoological] provinces to which they belong, man, notwijhstanding the diversity ofLhis races, constitutes one only and the same species over all the sur face of the globe.” In 16-16, j-says Dr. Smyth of Charleston, S. C., Agassiz declared before the literary association of) that city, that he believed, in an indefinite dumber, of original and distinctly created races of men, and this opinion be based upon the fact thaf all other animals were created in; classes or groups within certain provinces, and adapted to them, and that in accordance with this analogy, we were constrained to believe man I Bates o( Advcrtislns. | Advertisements will be,charged 81 per squar* of fourteen lines, for one. or three insertions, and 2 5 cents for every subsequent insertion. All advertise, menu of less than fourteen lines considered as a equate. The following rates will be charged (or Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly advertisings— Square, (14 lines,) - 82 50 $4 50 86 00 SSquares r ■ . ’ .4 00 600 BDO 1 column 10 00 15 00 SO 00 .column,. . . 1 .18 00 30 00 40 oO> All advertisements not having the number of in sertions marked upon them, will be kept in until or dered ont.and charged accordingly. 'Posters, Handbills, Bill,and'Letter Heads,and all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, executed neatly and promptly. Justices’, Consta bles’and other BLANKS,constantly on hand and. printed to order. NO. 21. to have been created in many different cli mates. In 1850, Agassiz declared before the same literary association that “in his opinion there was no common central origin for mao, but an indefinite number of separate creations, from which the races of men have sprung.” Ip. the Christian Examiner, of Boston, he also enunciated the same opinions as early as 1850 and attempts to reconcile his theory with the Mosaic record. He adopts the chronology of Bishop Usher,- and affirms that the history of creation in Gene sis had reference to only one race —that of Adorn I while it intimates that Adam and Eve were neither the only nor the first human be ings created; as is proved by the circumstan ces of Cain. He further says that “the theory of the diversity of the human races does not contradict the Mosaic record, which is best explained by referring ittothe histori cal races. There is in it no account of the origin of nations unknown to the ancients, as the Artie nations, Japanese, Chinese, Aus tralian, American.” Prof. Agassiz is a sci entific naturalist, but I presume has not made , very great advances in theology. , On the other hand. Dr. Pritchard, who perhaps has made the most extensive research es of any man, into the natural history of (he human race, gives it as bis most decided opinion, that all men have one common ori gin, and are consequently of one species.— He leaves, however, the question of the age of the hujnan race open, and ascribes all the different varieties to natural causes. r the life sufficient ce by the II the va lobe, and mention of Sir William Jones, one or the most learned of oriental scholars, agrees in the unity of the origin of the human race ; but finds a difficulty in accounting for the change in so short a lime as the Usher chronology re quires, and suggests that the first eleven chap ters of Genesis are only a preface to the his torical parts of the bible. Lawrence in his lectures on the natural history of man, takes the side of the origin of man from a single pair, but repudiates the idea that climate has produced the variety in form and color, both on scientific and chro nological grounds; but gives it as his conclu sion that the different varieties are first pro duced as congenital differences, as is seen in domestic animals, and that these congenital differences become, under favorable circum stances, permanent varieties. But I am at the end of my sheet and must close for this week. Yours truly, J. E. Babies.— The lotial editor of the Buffalo Republic has made himself one of the immor tals by the publication of a discovery, which he has made, of great importance tojnoth er : it is an infallible means of keeping ba bies, from two to ten months old, perfectly quiet for two hours. The modus operandi. is as follows: 'As soon, as the squaller awakes, set the child up, propped by pillows if it cannot sit alone, and smear its fingers with thick molasses; then put a half a dozen feathers into its hand, anil the young one will sit and pick the feat hers from one hand to the c.her until it drops' asleep. As soon as it wakes J more molasses and more feathers; and in place of_ the nerve-astounding yells, there will be silence and enjoyment unspeak able! A North Carolina Anecdote.— Got. S was a splendid lawyer, and could talk a jury out of iheir seven senses. He was especially noted for his success in criminal, cases,almost always clearing his client. He' was once counsel for a man accused of horse stealing. He made a long, eloquent, and touching speech. The jury retired, but re turned in a few moments, and, with tears in their eyes, proclaimed the man not guilty. An old" acquaintance stepped up to the pris oner and said: “Jem, the danger is passed ; and now honor bright, didn’t you steal that horse?” To which Jem replied : “Well, Tom, I’ve all along thought I took that horse; but since I’ve heard the [Governor's speech, I don’t be lieve I did /” A Tough Story. — A Southern paper tells a story about an elephant escaping from a menagerie, and adds that, passing through a plantation,.the huge beast came across two slacks of fodder—one of the stacks he de voured instantly, while he hoisted the other on his trunk, and bearing it before him, a shield for him, he marched on in solitary grandeur. . He soon reached a point where the negroes of the plantation were taking their dinner when the unusual sight which met their eyes so frightened them that they all turned white. When their fears subsided, finding that they wiu-o all white men and women, they deliberately walked off, and left the owner of the plantation without a sol itary darkey! Asking the Question.—A Vermont edi tor advises the young ladies of that section to abandon the “good old way’* of doing up matters in the courting line, and recommends the following summary method; When you have got a man to the slicking point— that is when he proposes —don’t turn away your-head or affect' to blush—all these tricks are understood now—bui just look him right in the face, give him a hearty smack, and tell him to go without delay any order the furniture. Couldn’t Help It.—After a marriage ceremiiny bad been performed in one of the churches in Adrian, Michigan, the bride, when receiving the congratulations of her friends, shed tears, according to the estah* 1 shed ridiculous custom, at the sight of which the groom followed sail with a copious flow of the briny fluid. After his friends succee ded in calming him, he said “he cnuld’i help i', for he felt as bad about it us she did ! ’ 3 months. 6 months. 13 mo’s
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