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WBmiS ON THE DEATH OF tfUB XAMSNTED
FRICXD, fl. B R.
Farewell dear friend ; rt7 taee re run,
And thy eternal portion won ;
Though short thy sickrress yet severe,
Ah, dear friend, where dorst thou apppear
In heaven, we trnst, with all the blest.
That thy meek spirit be at rest.
And in God's Kingdom, safe at home,
Where grief and death will never come.
In this cold world of sin and death,
How short the Tirehow fleet the breath ?
And often in ooreariy bloom.
Our bodies ripen for the tomb.
With sadness now, we took aroond,
While going to ihy resting ground,
Our citizens thy loss they mourn,
But thy immortal sonl is gone.
To that blest place of peace and lov,
And there with Jesn Christ above ;
Where Saints and Angels all combine,
To praise his wondrous love divine.
Beneath the sod we lay the low,
For this is all that we can do ;
And a we gaze in that narrow ceTl,
We breathe our parting word farrwelt..
J. G. II.
Unionville, Jan. 17 lf?6l.
A kiss is like-a sermon : '"if requires tica
heads and an applahon." h deals with the
hidden spirit by means of tangible symbols.
It is like faith, in that it is "the subs'tanca"
of things hoped for." It is the language of
affection, the echo Of lore and the concen
tration of bliss ; It is of "good report," and
pleasing to our ears; it Is eloqriente "dwel- j
ling with sweet accents Upon the lips." It j
i both vocal and instrumental "harmonies"
in a Unruare and wuh a sentiment inlelh- I
fTim in nil lannrnas anH in all t A a T . '
n. I't.r r.x vr v et . ;
:iess" of a mother's love, th "guarantee
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Fister s devotion, the "gate" to a lover s
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heaven., and something that mere friends '
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tain are o insist that "It is all foolishness,
ind decidedly silly . We never hear such
an expression without thinking oT a cir-
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where in Indiana, If we rightly remember. ;
A gentleman stopped at a honse by the
wayside for information as to the route he
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witli her little child trying to amuse itself.
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ripon the floor, the Ifttre onre was sofrre two
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and a half years old, very neatly dressed,
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evidently scrupulously cared for. and erni
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tiently handsome The gentleman, while !
talking to the motheT. picked up the child
and "kissed it; the little one looked up in
nch perfect astonishment that the genlle
tiian remarked, "why, my little dear, one
vould think that you were not tised to be
Wing kissed " ' The mother answered for
the child,."! don't brieve, sir. that she
"was "ever kissed before in her life. I'm
"sure 1 never did such a thing, and never
knew its father to do so." Lord haTe mer
cy on that child and send it somebody to
love it, was the gentleman's prayer, as he
fnade sore that his wallet was in its place,
'and tcok himself out ol the house as fust as
possible. Not to know the holy kiss of a
mother, the tondlrg embrace of a father
the earnest lip press of a brother or sister,
' is to tail in developement of the soul in an
essential and vital degree; and surely what
is so wondrousholy in infancy. so refining in
childhood, so worthy in parents, anJ so
prevalent upon the hearthstone, is not a
matter to be disposed of with a sneer, or
dismissed with a wpoob V
"Kissing, like the marriage bells, or the
blessed truths of the blessed Bible, never
wears out; it is, like themj always new,
Tresh and interesting; and, for. the same
reason, viz.. it deals wiih the affections,
which, unlike the intellect, loves the famil
iar, delights in the old, aud is coy of the
new and strange. The variety of kisses is
not small. - There is the kiss paternal, the
kiss fraternal, the kiss connubial, (and pre
tonnubial.) and the kiss promiscuous. The
last two varieties are the only ones to which
We object. We have often thought, in ref
erence to the kiss promiscuous, one of the
blessings of the man over the oman con
listed ir. being relieved of this conventional
dstj. It seems to us, in very many instan
ces, like casting pearls before swine, and
in illustration of the old adage, "Famitarity
, breeds contempt." A man or a woman
who makes himself common in this respect
must not wonder it they are not always ap
preciated. ' . ' . , - ,
.Notwithstanding all that we have said we
are not slow to confess that in many cases
the practice is carried to unseemly and rid
iculous lengths. What sense is there in a
lady's receiving every feminine caller with
the same expressions that she would greet
the return of a long absent brother or hns
band? Is it not a hypocritical lie for Mrs.
Jones t9 thus express affection for Mrs.
QaidJunu, whiju, In her heart, Mrs. J. wish
es Mrs. Q. at Itone ! Is it cot outrageous
Lincoln on the Tariff.
Whenever a public man enters Pennsyl
vania, says the Patriot and Union, he feels
bound to say something about the Tariff.
Mr.Lincoln made several speeches without
alluding to the subject ot protection, until
he arrived at Pittsburg, where he undertook
to give his views on the Tariff and a beau
tiful mess he made of it. Only think of it!
Here is a man who was represented to the
people of Pennsylvania as a devoted friend
of protection to their industrial interests,
whose record, while a member of Congress,
was triumphantly referred to as evidence
that he was a TariS man from Conviction
whoe election was urged and insisted upon
as the only means of securing protection
for this State who was. in fact, elected be
cause he was supposed to be sound m this
question this man, on his way to Wash
ington to take possession of the Executive
department of the Government, embraces
the first opportunity, upon entering Penn
sylvania, to confess that he does not under
stand the subject, but promisis to give it his
closest attention, and endeivor to compre
hend it fully. This is the sort of man who
was elected because of his supposed devo
tion to the principle of a protective Tariff.
Instead of having fixed opinions on this
subject, it turns out that be has cared so lit
tle, and thought so little about it, that he
has no strong and settled convictions. The
Tariff has been with him a secondary con
sideration His mind has been so much ab
sorbed wi:h the negro question that he has
not had leisure to study political economy,
to determine whether protection is right or
wrong but he will think over the matter ;
and he coolly advies a Pennsylvania au
dience, and Pennsylvania members of Con
gress, to do likewise Btudy the question.
What do the protectionist of Pennsylvania
Think of Mr Lincoln by this time !
It is well known that the Tariff, plank in
the Chicago platform received different and
conflicting interpretations during the Presi
dential contest. While the ''People's par
ty" of Pennsylvania said that it meant pro
tection, and would have committed the
Administration to that principle, the New
York F.vtning Post and other representatives
of the free trade element in the Republican
party were equally satisfied that it meant
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or Mr. Livcoi-N 10 approve of it
We fre-
quently alluded to the double-faced charac-
ter of this Tariff resolution, and warned the
people that it was a cunningly constructed
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fraud, intended to cheat Pennsylvania by
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ambiguous expressions. Rut our Peoples
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party reieciea an sucn impuiauons upon ine
l sincerity of the Chicago Convention, and
expressed themselves entirely satisfied that
this plank, at least, was constructed of good,
sound, honest material. Well, the first ex-
pression of opinion from Mr. Ijncoln, on
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xh'tdes of difference in construing even this plat
form. So the Tariff plank is not so clear,
positive, direct and explicit in favor of pro-
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tection to Penns I vania interests, as the Ke-
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publrcans reprpsenled it to be during the
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last carrvass. I incoin says there are shades
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of difference on the subject and these
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free trade on the one hand, and absolute
protection on the O'her
Mr Lincoln, usually so cautious in ex
posing his opinions, has thrown light upon
at least two points :
First His own ignorance. He knows
nothing about the Tariff question ; but
promises, when he obtains leisure (and
that cannot be until the offices are distribu
ted,) he will set about informing himself,
and endeavor to arrive at some conclusion.
Second The Chicago platform is suscep
tible of different constructions and is not
clearly and distinctly a pledge in favor of a
protective Tariff.
But let us listen to hU own words in re
ference to the Morrill bill, now pending in
the Senate, and now put in extreme peril
by the exertions of New York merchants
against it :
The Tariff bill now before Congress may
not pass at the present session. I confess I
do not understand the precise provisions of
this bill. 1 do not know whether it can be
passed by the present Congress or not. It
may or may not become the law of the
land, but if it does that will be an end of
the matter until modifications cm be effec
ted, should it be deemed necessary. If it
does not pass and the latest advices I have
are to the effect that it is still pending ihe
next Congress will have to give it their ear
liest attention. According to my poiiiical
education I am inclined to believe that the
people in the various portions of the coun
try should have their own views carried
out through their representatives in Con
gress. The consideration of the Tariff bill
should be postponed until ihe next session of the
National Legislature. No subject should en
gage your representatives more closely
than that of the Tariff. If I have any re
commendation to make it will be that every
man who is called upon to serve the peo
ple in a representative capacity should
study tho whole subject thoroughly, as I in
tend to c!o myself looking to all the varied
interests of the com mo u country -o that
when the time of action arrive adequate
protection shall be extended to the coal and
iron ot Pennsylvania, the corn of Illinois
and the reapers c-f Chicago. Permit me to
express the hope that this important eub-
t'ect may receive such consideration at the
tands of your representatives ihaj the in
terests of no part of the country may be
overlooked but that all sections may share
in the common benefits of a just and equi
table tariff.
Not a word here to help the passage of
the Morrill bill, but many to defeat it. " It
may pass, and then again it may not. He
don't precisely understand it. .If it becomes
ed. He has heard about it before sup
poses it i stiFl pending thinks it very dif
ficult to com pre he ml -h as been educated
to believe that members of Congress shout J
l rote according to the views of their constit
uents recommends that members of Con
' gress study the matter thoroughly, as be in-
tends to do : so that vihen the time for ac
tion arrives, adequate protection shall be
extended to the coal and iron of Pennsylva
nia, the corn of Illinois and the Tea pern of
Chicago. What a muddle 1 Dogberry must
have been the model for all this incompre
hensible trash.
The quotation above is taken from the re
port in the New York Herald. We observe
that the Philadelphia papers suppress the
sentence in italics recommending the post
ponemeut of the tariff until the next ses
sion of Congress. But a careful reading of
the context show that this sentence accords
with what precedes and follows it. The
whole question is treated as one to be con
sidered and disposed of at some future day
one requiring careful study aud profound
investigation.
So much for this old Illinois "rail-splitter,"
who, in an hour of infatuation and fol
ly, has been called upon to take the reins
of Government into his hands. Of all the
miserable, trifling twaddle that ever came
irom human lips, hit speeches are the most
miserable and trifling. He is the greatest
humbug of the age, and if his own party
friends do not 6o vote him, (as soon as the
offices tire distributed,) they are bigger
fools than we take them to be.
The Printers Dollar.
The Printer's Dollars. Where are they I
We will suppose one of them is in some
body's pocket in Alabama ; another in
Mississippi, and a third in Georgia, while
others are resting serenely in Missouri. A
dollar here aud there ; scattered all over
towns; all over the country; miles upon
miles apart How shall they be gathered to
gether ? The tvpe founder has his hundreds
of dollars agaTuM the printer; the paper
maker; the building owner; the journey
man compositor ; the grocer ; the tailor;
and all his assistants in carrying on the
business; have their demands ; hardly ever
so small as a single dollar. But the mites
from here and there must be diligently and
patiently boarded, or the w herewith to dis
charge the large bdls will never become
bulky. We irnmagine the printer will have
to get up an address to widely scattered
dollars something like the following:
1 Dollars, halves, quarters, dimes and all
manner ot traction into which ye are divi
ded, collect yourselves and come home !
You are wanted 1 Combinations of all sorts
of men that help the printer to become a
proprietor; gather in such force and de
mand with such good reasons j"our appear
ance at his counter, that nothing short of a
sight of you will appease them ! Collect
yourselves, for, valuable as you are in the
aggregate, single you will never pay the
com of gathering ! Come in here in silent
single file, that the priuter may form you
into a batalion, and send you forth again to
battle for him and vindicate his feble credit!"
Reader, are you sure you havn't a couple
of the printer's dollars sticking about your
clothes 1
Lord Palmkrston, In his seventy-fifth
year, is unaffected by the weather. Du
ring the summer he is accustomed to leave
the House of Common alter its rising, and
walk home to bis house, in Picadilly, alone
two, three, and even four o'clock in the
morning with all the cares of the State on
his back, and all the salient points of the
night and morning's discussions in his nead.
During the winter he is here, there, and
everywhere, discharging the duties which
belong to his station; now lecturing the
farmers on improved modes of culture, now
giving advice to farmer's laborers as to how
they may rise in the world on nine shillings
per week, and now discoursing, trowel in
hand, on the blessings of education, when
laying the foundation of a new literary in
stitution which a benevoleat gentleman,
out of his liberality, has bequeathed to a
rising seaport ol England.
t3T had stopped at a store in Missouri
to purchase some little article, when my
attention was directed to and old lady who
was examining a piece of calico. She pull
ed it this way and that, as if she would
tear it to pieces, held it up to the light in
different positions, spat on a corner and
rubbed it between her fingers to try if the
color were good. She then stood still
awhile, seemingly not entirely satisfied.
At last she cut off a piece with the clerks
scissors, and handing it to a tall, gawky
lookiug girl, of about sixteen, standing be
side her, said :
"Here, Liz Jane, you take'n chaw that 'n
see ef 't fades." And Liz Jane put it into
her mouth, and dutifully went to work.
.
OrA traveller stopped at a farm house
for the purpose of getting dinner. Dis
mounting at the front door he knocked, bnt
received no answer. Going to the other
side of the house, he found a little white
headed man in the embrace of his wife,
who had bis head under her arm, while
with the other she was giving her little lord
considerable "bringer." Wishing to put
an end to the fight, our traveller, knocking
on the side of the house, cried out in a loud
roice. '
"Hallo here, who keeps this house
The husband, though much out of breath,
answered : - - - - -
the Bagged Schools of Scotland.
I Dr Guthrie's description of the Edinburg
J ragged schools and their fruits is exceeding-
ly graphic, as reported in the London Rec
ord :
A SCr.NE IN A RAGGED SCHOOL.
''The children came at seven in the morn
ing and come in rags and not in decent
clothes, for that wouldn't do ; they would
go to the pawn shop too soon. The first
thing they do is to strip not to be thrashed,
but washed ; and we have a long bath, as
long as this gallery, and we make them
march along it as slow as if they were at
tending a funeral, and the consequence is j
that they get, what many people are fools
enough not to get, a delightful bath. What
comes after the bath ? Some of you are, I j
dare say, Scotchmen, and will understand J
trie. They get a grand breakfast of por- i
ridge and milk. Then comes prayer, and
a portion of the scripture is read ; then the
work of the school begins, and occupies
four hours of the day ; the children learn
to read, and to write and to cipher ; and
they learn carpentering, and box-making,
and shoe-making. They come to us at half
past seven in the morning, and at half past
seven at night we take off their school dress
and give them back their razs, and they go
home and the rags are not worth the
pawning. We never keep a child from
home unless the house is an infamous den
of iniquity or the parents cruel; we know
that in the bosom of the child, worthless as
the parents may be, God has planted a link
of affection, and what we want to do is .o
improve and strengthen that tie ; and we
have known instances where these poor
children have even carried salvation to their
homes. But all this, ladies and gentlemen,
requires expense ;
we must feed
and we
must clothe them
it entails the
expense i
of teaching and of housing a few of them ?
and I say that they deserve this fostering
care they deserve the most fostering pro
tection and help of the government.
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told us what these ragged boys do in school;
now tell us what they do out of school.'
"Well, they just eel on as well oui of school
as they do in they get on in a way we
never expected." When they were getting
up banquets to the soldiers of the Crimea,
and to all the grand members of parlia-
I ment, we tnought we d give a banquet to
i our ragged bairns, who had fought as great
s va'UD 09 wtillfrolll cuiuici Hi I u Idl Hai
der tOO. All of a suddeo the thing was re
solved on ; all of a sudden the thing was
I done. We have them, you know these
! ragged school Krholars that were cutting
' down the forests in America; we have them
j herding sheep in Australia ;we have them
j in the navy ; and what d'ye think ? there
j was an odd thing in this way we had a
! competition among boys in the navy, and
the ragged school boys carried off the
; highest prize We have them in the army,
! too. Just the other day I had in my draw
i ing room one of my ragged school scholars,
t 'What was he doing there V you ask.
i Well, he was jut standing beside a very
j pretty girl, dressed like a duchess, with an
enormous crinoline, and all that. There he
was ; on his breast he carried three med
als. He had fought the battles of his coun
try in the Crimea ; he had gone up the
j deadly march to Lucknow, and rescued the
j women and the children and our soldiers
I there and I was proud of my ragged school
boy when 1 saw him with his honors.
I 'Well( as 1 said, we resolved to give a
j banquet ; we furnished one of our best
I rooms, and had it brilliant with gas, and
i laurel, ar.d ivy, and the coral beaded holly
i and the quantity of tea and toast! It inn't
j to be told. We just -ent away through Ed
j inbunih, and in a day we got one hundred
' and fifty, all doing for themselves. I was
master of the ceremonies. So I heard a
great rush of feet I was standing at the
uuur, you kiiuw, 10 receive my company
i and I could not believe my eyes when I
saw the succession of good looking respec
table young men, and the succession of
comely, virtuous-looking, happy young wo
men. A girl came up to me smiling, and
she said, 'You will remember me, Dr.
Guthrie ; this is my man' and then a
great, big, honest looking, hurley fellow
came up, and he said, 'You will remember
me, Doctor ; this is my wife.' And they
filled the room. 1 never saw a more re
spectable company. And how they laughed
and sung ; and we prayed, too we prayed
ar.d we gave them good advice. I never
spent a happier night no, not in the great
est, noblest house I ever was in than I
spent when 1 entertained my Ragged School
children."
fef"A young urchin visited our office the
otner day and wanted to trade the contents
of his pockets for old newspapers. Upon
inquiry as to what be bad, he showed 'six
teen marbles, one top, and oyster shell,
two pieces of brick, one stale doughnut, a
piece of a currycomb, a paint brush, three
wax ends, ssven corks, a chisel, two knives
(both broken), a skate strap, two bottles, a
daguerreotype, a bundle of shoe strings, an
old razor, six keys, a lot of buttons, and
three large buckles.
We didn't trade; but we set him op in
the 6hoe business.
EE A greenhorn standing by a sewing
machine, at which a young lady was at
work, looking alternately at the machine
and at its fair operator, at length gave vent
to -
WHEN I MEAN TO MARRY.
ST JOHN U SAXE.
When do 1 mean to marry ? Well
'Tis idle to dispute with fate ;
But if you choose to hear, me tell,
Pray listen while 1 fix the date :
When danghtprs haste, with eager feet,
A mother's daily foil to share ;
Can make Ihe puddings which they eat.
And mend the stockings which ihey wear.
When maidens look upon a man
As in himself what they would marry,
And not an army-soldiers seen
A sutler or a commissary ;
When sentle ladies who have got
The offer of a lover's hand,
Content to share his ,:earthly lot."
And do not mean his lot of land.
When wive, in short, shall freely give
Theirhearts and hands toaid their spouses,'
And hve"a-they were wont to live
Within their sires' one story houses ;
Then, madam, if I am not too old,
Rejoiced to quit this lonly life,
I'll brush my beaver cease to scold;
And look about me for a wife !
A Short Chapter of nistory.
The Republican speakers are accustomed
to say thrtt the exclusion of slavery from
I the Territories was the policy of the Fa
j triers of the Republic This is one of the
favorite and stereotyped declarations of
Horace Greeley. He endeavors assiduous
ly to affect the lodgment of thi idea in ihe
public mind, so as to impress the belief
that the Republican leaders aim tb carry
out the policy of Washington, Jefferson,
Madison, and those other great statesmen
who shed Inure on onr early history. The
cdnstant repetition of this falsehood has
won many believers in the free States, and
in the obstinate refusal of the Republicans
to settle on a constitutional basi the ques-
I tion of 8,avery in the Territories, we are
now reaping some of the fruits of this per
nicious fallacy. An article in the Boston
Courier of a late date, deals with this mat-
ici vieai oiiu MiiiMrtviury maimer,
; and revives some history
incidents
to spread
which
before
we think it worth while
our readers.
In 1798 (says the Courier) the Missi-ip
pi territory was formed, including at first the
lower part of the present Alabama and Mis
sissippi. By the organizing act. slavery
was not to be prohibited in the Territory
Her Congress was not fettered by any re
strictions imposed by a cpssion from a State.
Mr. Thatcher of Massachusetts, moved to
strike cut the exception as to 6,'avery. The
debate which ensued is very briefly repor
ted. Mr. Thatcher used very much the
same arguments which Republicans now
use. He regarded slavery in the United
States as the greatest ot evils ; and that
Government had a right to take all due
measores to diminish and destroy that evil.
Property in slaves is founded in wrong and
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never can De right. Mavery ought not to
be tolerated or sanctioned by a government I
which originated from and i founded upon j
the rights of man. Mr. Ilutledge, of South J
Carolina, hoped the motion would be with- j
drawn, and that the gentlemen would not
indulge himself and others in uttering phi
lippics against the usage ol most of the
States, merely because his and their phi
losophy happened to be at war with it. Mr.
Otis, of Massachusetts, hoped the motion
would not be withdrawn, because he wan-
ted gentlemen from his part of the country
lo havean'opportunity to show by their votes
how little they were disposed to interfere j
with the Southern Stales as to the species ',
of property reterred to. i
No question appears to have been raised j
as to the power of Congress over the subj ;
ject; but on taking the question, only twelve ,
persons voted in support of Mr. Thatcher's 1
amendment. It strikes us that this vote of,
the House of Representatives in 1798 is an
awkward fact in the way of those who
maintain the proposition that exclusion of
slavery from the Territories of the United
Stales was the policy of our fathers. j
This passage in our political history il- ,
lustrates two facts : First, that the men of
'98 did not regard the exclusion of slavery
from Territories as the policy of the Gov-
err.ment, and the men of r98 were the men
of '85. Secondly, it 6hows that the whole
anti-slavery force in the House of Repre
sentatives was twelve. Are we wiser and
better than our fathers ? From that misera
ble minority of not a baker's dozen, have
sprung that horde of Goths and Yandals
who threaten to destroy the Union of our
fathers, because the South demands that
the policy of those fathers shall be carried
out.
t3T Mrs. Partington says, that "when she
was a gal she used tu go to parties, and al
ways had a beau to extort her borne. But
now," says she, "the gals undergo all sorts
of declivities : the task of extorting them
home revolves on their dear selves." The
old lady dre w down her specs, and thanked
her stars that 6he had lived in other days,
when men could depreciate the worth of
the female sex. "Besides," she added,
'so many men are murdered every day,
that you gals must make haste and get hus
bands as soon as you can, or there won't
be any left." "Why so, aunt ?" "Why, 1
see by the paper that we most have got al
most thirty thousand po6t offices, and nearly
all of 'em dispatches a itiad every day."
7 Franklin seized lightning by the tail,
held it fast, and tamed it. Morse put clothes
on it, and taught it how to read and write,
and do errands.
Important from Japan.
Trouble with foreigners. Advices from Ja
pan to the fast of December, report 6erious
troubles between the natives and the for- j
eign residents. A letter in the New York
Herald, dated Yokahama, December 29lh,
says : j
Matters here aie in a very bad state, I
can assure you a war or a fight being cer- ,
tain between the English, French, and in
fact all the European residents on the one
side, and the Japanese on the other. The
cutting down of the French Consul Gener
al's butler by the Japanese, in the manner
they did, has excited the most deadly ha
tred they are sworn to have revenge. The
French Consul has removed from Jeddo
down to Kanagawa. being afraid to reside
there any longer. Every one here carries
his sword And revolver whenever he goes
out afier ark There is no doubt the French
and English are going to compel Japan to
give Prussia a treaty, which cer'ainly would
riot be granted without compulsion. Bnt
what is still worse is the quarrel going on
between the English residents and Mr. Al
cock, the British Minister, and Captain
Vyse, the Consul. Neither of these gen
tlemen dare go into the street alone after
dark, although they both carry pistols
They appear to be universally disliked, al
though both are of high standing at home.
At Kanauawa an Enalishman named
Moss was arrested for mortally wounding a
Japanese police officer. The act is believed
to hare been done accidentally and not by
Moss. Upon hearing of his arrest, the
British Ministry and Consul expressed great
indignation, and demanded his immediate
surrender, coupled with a threat to Mow up
the Governor's Palace in the event of non
com pli'an'ce. There being at the Wmi no
English vessel-of-war in port, the Minister
enii-ted the aid of the Prussian commodore,
who placed men, howitzers and boats at
his disposal ; but these were fortunately
not called into requisition. After twenty-
1 lour nours imprisonment imosh wa ae iv
ered up, and subsequently tried before the
Consular Court, and sentenced to three
months' imprisonment, and to pay a fine of
one thousand dollars and sutler deportation
from Japan. The affair created much ill-
feeling between the foreign residents and
natives.
The Prince of Bungo, third ambassador
to the United States, or, as he was generally
called, "Tensor or Adviser," has recently
been appointed one of the Governors for
Foreign Affairs. All ihree of the ambassa
dors are now in the office of the Minister of
State, at Jeddo
The next point of interest in the news is
the proposed embassy to England next
summer. The Japanese have applied to
Mr. Townsend Harris to know if American
officers could be procured to navigate a
! Heartier there and back
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The Dead Wife.
In comparison with the loss of a wife, all
other bereavements are trifles. Tne wife ;
she who fills so large a space in the domes
tic heaven ; bitter, bitter is the tear that
falls on her clay. You stand beeide her
grave, anil think o' the pa.! ; it teems an
amber colored pathway where the sun
shone upon beajJilul flowers, or the Ftars
hung overhead Fam would the soul linger
there. No thorns are remembered above
j lne sweet clay, save those your o'vn hands
unwiti ng!) plmited.
Her noble tender heart
lies open lo your inmost
ih. You think
of her as all geniler.ess, all beauty and pu
rity. But she is dead. Ths dear head that
has so often lain upon our locm, now
rests upon a pillow of clay. The hands that
administered so untiringly are faded, white
and cold beneath the gloomy portals. The
heart who?e every beat measured an eter
nity of love, lies under, your feel. And
there is no white arm over your shoulder
now no tpeak ing face to look up in the
eye of Jove no trembling lips to murmur,
Oh, it is to sad !" There is a strange hush
in every room ! No smile to meet you at
nightla'l and the clock ticks, and ticks
and ticks ! It was sweet music when she
could hear it. Now it seems to knell only
the hours through which you watch the
shadows of deadi gathering upon the sweet
face. But many a tale it telleth of joys past
sorrows shared and beautiful words reiTis
tered above. You fed that the grave can
not keep her. You know that she is often
by your side, bh angel presence. Cherish
these emotions they will make you happier.
Let her holy presence be as a charm to keep
you from evil. In all new and pleasant
connections give her a place in j'our heart.
Never forget what she has been to you
that she loved you. Be tender to hermem
ory. mrAs a steamboat was about to start
from Cincinnati, one day, a young man
came on board, leading a blushing damsel
by the hand, and approaching the polite
clerk, said in a suppressed voice :
"I Say, me and my wife have just got
married, and I'm looking for accommoda
tions." "Looking for a berth ?" hastily inquired
the clerk, passing tickets out to another
passenger.
"A bith! thunder and lightening, no!"
gasped the astonished man. "we ain't but
just got married ; we want a place to stay
all night, you know."
C3T We admire the ladies because ol their
beauty, respect them because of their vir
. The Spread Eagle's Jiet k Fable.
There was an Eale which had a nest tn
which there were many egg, and the eggs
were of a number no man has counted; and
some of the eggs where white and some
were parti colored , and Some were smaller,
a.id all were large. Aud from the eggs the
old Eagle, with a grateful beak, perceived
the young Eagles coming. And at first bhe
found thi'reen in her nest: ar.i? the flutter
ed with joy and pride, and looked at her
god, the sun, and lifted her ving over them
with a mother's confidence ; and the young
E igles were happy in the r.e.-t and ihe
mornings were precious and the evenings
were golden. Then slowly from the eggs
came forth the Eagles, one by one, two by
two, as day by day passed ; and the nest
con ained them all, and the Mother Eagle's
wings overspread them.
But after many days, the young Eagles,
finding that :hpy had beaks began to peck
at each other and quarrel in the nest. And
the Mother-Eagle was pained beyond ex
pression, and she whispered, "My children
this is not well for you ; be noble, for yon
are eagles ; and, see j ou, the haw k and the
buzzard and even the mocking-bird will be
looking at you." But as the nest grew ful
ler, and the Mother-Eagle spread her wings
lovingly wider, the yeung Eagles grew
more quarrelsome and moie noisy, and a
few of them in one corner, where the parti
colored eggs had beeu ljing, threatened to
leave the nest.
And the sa-J old Mother Eagle lovingly
drew her wings closer.
' And eti :i the young Eagles quarrelled
and clamored, and the hawks and buzzards '
and mocking birds looked at them, and tfcs--crows,
in their parliamentary caw cues, made
remarks concerning them.
And the Mother-Eagle was sad. and the
pride ol her sun-eye was down cast.
And lo, the Eagles which threatened to
leave the nest, being most noisy and most
quarrelsome, fluttered, over the brink of
the nest, and was it a miracle? They
wee born without wings! And the Mother-Eagle
said, "My dear children, since
you cimnot fly, live contentedly here in the,
nest, and I will guard you, For look you, if
you fa'!, how Jar below are the rocks upon
which you must fall."
j And still the eggs brought forth the Ea
gles, and the Mother Eagle held in her beak
a banner on which was written, ' E. Pluri-
bus Unum." Lnuisvdle Journut
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"Hot, ect Good." The following inci
dent e.Mt-2c;eiI from one cf the Eastern pa
pers, is designated by that luminary (and
we indorse the opinion) ' as hot, but good:"
A good deacon, away up in Maine re
cently, in addressing a Sabbath School, -made
a point by the following anecdote :
"Children," continued the deacon, "you
all kno.v that I went to the Legislature last
j year. Well, the first day 1 got to Augusta I
J took Jinner at the tavern ; right beside me
' at the table sat a member from a back town
that had never taken dinner at a tavern be
fore. Before his pUte, was a dish of pep
pers, and he kept looking and looking at
them ; and finally, as the waiters were
mighty slow in bringing things on, he up
ith his fork, and in less than no time
souzed down on one. The tears came into
his eyes, and he seemed hardly to know
what io do. At last, spi ting the pepper
into his hands, he laid it diwn by the side
of his plate, and with a voice that set the
whole table in roar, exclaimed 'Just lie
thar and cool ' "
CiT A correspondent ol the Charleston
Mercury, says he finds intelligent men in
Washington, who believe the present troub
les in this country, in Europe, anJ in Asia,
foreshadow ihe coming of ChriM. One of
these approached a politician the other day
and told him that our national disasters
would soon be quieted.
"By whom inquired the politician.
"By no less a person than Jehovah."
Ah! indeed. But who is G. Hover?
Is he a Northern or Southern man ?"
This is an actdal fact. The politician
really did not think that Deity was some
times called Jehovah.
Lf An editor down South says he would
a soon try lo go to sea on a shingle, make
a ladder of fog, chase a treak of lightning
through a crab apple orchard, swim up the
rapid of Niagara river, raise the dead,-stop
the tongue ot an old maid, set Lake Erie on
fire with a locofoco match as to stop two
lovers from ge'ting married when they take
it into their heads to do so.
tST The birth ol a fifth son to a gentle
man in St. Paul was thus hastily announced
to an Eastern friend :
St. Paul, July 8, I860 Another boy."
The following reply was received :
"You've told that story five times without
variation now dry op."
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CiT" 14 W' hat's the matter my dear," said a
wife to her husband, who had sat half an
, hour with his face buried in his hands, and
apparently in great tribulation.
"O, don't know," said he, "I'v3 felt like
a fool all day "
"Well," returned the wife consolingly'
'I'm afraid you will never feel any better ;
you look the very picture of what you fell."
Question Supposing there is a well 21
feet dep, and a snail at the bottom, which
crawls up 4 feet in day time, and falls back
three at night, how many days will it take
rV.t.o,
io C5 expected -to pt a mother s lip to j