BY S. B. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAEY 24, 18-58.
VOL..-T0. 27.
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UTTtE TniMGS.
Po lamerLicg for each otaer '
Though small the help mar be;
There's comfort oft in little things
Far more than others see! ;
It takes the sorrow from the eye,
' " It leaves the world less bare,
If bat a friendly hand comet nigh,
When friendly hand are rare '
Then cheer the heart which tolls each hoar,
Yet "ads it hard to lire ; --And
tboagh bat little's in oar power, "
That little let us give.
Te knew sot what the humblest hand,
if earnest, may achieve ,
Cow disj a sod anxiety,
A trifle may relieve :
TFe reck not how the agd poor
Drag on from day to day ;
When e'en the little that they need
Costs more than they can pay?
Then cheer the heart that toils each hoar.
Yet Sad it hard to live !
A ad thon;h bat little's in oar power
That little let as give.
niSTOUY OF MORMOMSH.
We make the following extracts frem the
speech of Mr. John Thompson of, this State,
delivered ia the House ol Eepressctatires,
oa the 27th cf January :
"Ifemionism, as a religions system, had its
origin in a romance written about the year
lbl'J by Solomon Scalding a native of Con
necticut, who had been educated lor the min
istry, but followed a mercantile employment,
removed to Cherry Valley, X. 1". where he
amused his leisure Lours by weaving iiito a
book entitled by h'm "The MSS. Found," the
rotten entertained or suggested lr some
writers that the American Indians are the des
cendant of the lost ten tribes cf Israel- Hence
te starts them frutu Palestine, invents tor them
various fortunes by blood and field, wars, quar
rels, tarmciis, strifes, separations, until they
people this continent, and leave be hi; id tlieni
the Vestiges tf Ki"L3'U, tumult, furtitioaiious,
sculpture, and citie3 dilapidated, which are
discovered ia Northern ami Central America.
It ia written snuctvhat i:i Scripture style, and
uses the machinery of the Jewish economy
throughout. He read his manuscript t.i run
ius persons, who yet remember it, bnt w.is not
successful in prrcnrirsg its publication. Some
where about the year 1S-3 this manuscript fell
iato the hands of Ju Smith, a native of Wind
sor county, Vermont. Smith was u.bout twen
ty year cf age and already exhibited, that sin
gular compound of genius, ot lolly, of eun
fcing and absurdity of indolence and energy,
cf craft and earnestness, which distinguished
Lira to the end of his career.
Under the new-light preaching of that day,
Emit! i be can; c imbued with all the wild and
extravagant notions of s-ein si-r!ils. Learitrc
voices, receiving revelations, aeeting and
ghting th- devil in bodily form, which irvii-c-d
a, diseased imagination and want of all
olid irstmctioa and fixed principles on relig
ious subject. Enthusiasm ran mad through
the wboie region where he dwelt, and Smith
waa one of its uost brilliant exemplification,
ultimately having a revelation that all existing
ytems of religion were wrong, and that he
should be made the prophet of a new faith.
For more than five years Le vibr.ited between
hi caution ar.d his enthusiasm, giving out oc
casionally dark Lints about certain mysterious
plates to be dug np by him, containing a new
revelation. Part of his time was spetit ia ly
ing, swindling and debauchery, and the re
mainder in visions and reptrtartce the vul
gar habits of the brute contending with the
higher functions cf the prophet- At length
he pretended to dig oct the plates from the
side cf a hill in Palmira. Wayne Connty, N
Y.. placed himself behind a curtain, permit
ting no one to enter, from which sane-aru he
translated from the p tares the book of Mormon
to aa amanuensis, reading it all from Spald
ieg's manuscript in his possession, one hun
dred and eighteen pages of it having been stu
len by Martin Harris. With this new Koran
car modern Mohammed started upon his ca
reer. ; "On the 5th of .May 152?, John the Baptist
came tact to earth to baptise Smith ; and on
the Oth cf April, I?30, the first church ol Latter-Day
Saints was organized at Manchester,
.New-York, consisting of four Smiths and two
converts out of the furaily Pratt, Eigdon,
Kimball, and Young joining afterward. This
Bible, nnlike that of the Christian or Mnssul
man, purports to be chiefly historical and docs
not enunciate or enforce a system of mora!
and religions trath ia a philosophic or did.ietie
for in ; a!' its incidental lessons upon life or
saanaers lein derived from enrrent doctrines
cf this day. it is consequently incapable of
comparison with any other extant form of re
ligious faith. ; Onemight a well compare the
Christian religion wit! Feneloa's Tefetnachns,
or one of Jonu's novels. . . ,
-The history of this fanaticism is soon told.
The church was organized in 1830. Ia Augnst
1SSI, th 'X commenced a. settlement al-Iade-.
pendente, Jackson Coanty Missouri revealed
to Smith as the site of "New Jerusalem."
Smith wavered long between this place and
Kin laud Ohio, where in 1833. they commenced
building their first temple, which was finished
in at a cit of abort fitly thousand dol
lars. Itl?59thy relaid the foundations of
their tetnp'e ia Missouri- They left this re
gion agaia tor JauvooF ia Illinois, where a
nother temple was soon erected- J Smith's
life; and labors ended together in Carthage
' Jail, where, on the 27tb ot Jnne. 134 he was
hot by a gauj of Border IiufSaas from Mis
souri. ' - - - ;
"I a 1S45 thej lr.rm.-d their eyes westward
Vancouver's Is'acd. to Texa, to California,
and finally to a ralley ia the Kocky Mountains.
In 1843 as the yontr grass was peering from
the sod.and the bads were barsting into flowers,
in the month of May, the exodas to Utah
commenced. " '
' " "From that day Yonng has reigned snpreme
and thousands and tens of. thousands have
flocked to his standard. The nweUled religi
ons sentiment of the lower grades of mind
gravitate to Sait Lake. It is the Botany Bay
. of the world t There it stands, ramtiant and
defying despotism consoramate, wearing
the show of popular approval, and tending
willingly to the bid of a tyrant. There it
tands itU before you in your pith to the
Peeifle it will not away at year bidding; a
ltf, l7 rabbota &ct which ce ignorenee
can disregard and no political fafnify despise.
'What will you do with it ? Will yon de
spoil and saber 60,000 souls because they be
lieve in Brigiutm Young and polygamy ? Will
you meet the fanaticism of tolly and fraud by
the fanaticism of extermination I Will you
mate the city a desert ami the region a howl
ing wilderness on the one hand ; or will yon
sutfer this moral e.tneer, inflaming political
treason, to grow on untouched until it becomes
too vast to handle 1 Will you permit an inde
pendent and deficient despotism. organized ia
the very heart of this continent and embracing
the vilest and most intractable elements of
w hich a community can le composed, to com
pact and strengthen its defense., to train its
batallions. to call home its forces and light a
fire at your threshold which all the forces of
the Republic cannot suUhie t
44 1 know some thick we should let them a
lone, and that the system must soon tall to
pieces. But how long has Mohammed mism
lasted T Ilo-v much less reliable is the fanati
cism of to-day than that of ten cen'uries ago I
What element of this structure, gives sins
of impotence or decay What limb of tkis
hale giant Is alrea iy smitten w ith moral par
alysis, and gives tokens that its energies are
spent or even wearied J Sir, we have let
t:n m alone, and from a conteruptiilj handful,
ttiey have grown into a nation ! The citizens
of Illinois and Missouri conld eject them with
out aid ; bnt now they stand behind a wall of
ten thousand bayonets, and dare yon to the en
counter. The unorganisvd fanaticism of the
world gravitates to Utah and there it is motiM
eJ into armies. Eight tenths at least of these
elements are foreign, uneducated by and un
accustomed to our institutions, with no love
(or Democracy, and no reverence for national
law; restless masses, impatient if restraint,
and fraternizing only on the last of license
and the l.ope of power."
Ltha-t Beeches". Courtship. An eminent
divine, who is as well known as he is univer
sally respectinl, many years since km led to
the conclusion that -it is not well for man to
be ala:ie.r Ai'ter considerable pondering, he
resolved to offer himself in marriage to a cer
tain member of his tbc!c. 2"o sooner wis the
resolution formed than it was put in practice,
ar;d getting out hi cane, he speedily reached
the dwelling ot tits mistress. It chanced to
Ix; on MoTui.iy morning, a day which many
New Englai!-1 readers ueed mt be told is let
ter known in the house as washing day. Ln
coiicioiis ot the honor that was intended her,
the Udy was standing behind the tut in the
haciv kitchen, with her arms immt rsed in the
suds, busily engaged in an occupation, which,
to sty the least of it, is more usufu than ro
mantic. There was a loud knock at the door.
'Jane, go to the door, arid if it is anylnxly to
s-?e me. t-ll t!ivi;i that I am engaged an 1 can
not sec thetu.r' The mcs ige w as f.iUhfiiily
rfhearaed. "-Tell y o;ir mistress," said Parson
B., tliat it is very important that I Jilionld
see her." "Tell him to call this nftrrnoon,"
sai i the Lilly, "and I wiil see him." B:it it
was unavailing. -I nuist see her now,1 said
the minister. "Tell me where s!:s So
saying, he followed the servant into the kftoi
en. to the great surprise . of her mistress.
'Miss , I have come to the c;nohiion to
marry, will you have nie V was the ministers
opening sj.'ech. '-llav you I" replied the
astoriihed lady. This is a singular time' to
olTer yourself. Snc'l an import int step shoul I
be made a matter .f prayer and de'.iin-ratiofl.7-"
"Let is pr:iy !" was Mr- B.'s only re.;o-i.v', as
he knelt down beside the tn! and pr.ij eil that a
union might be formed v!;5eh would enhance
the happiness of iKJth parties. His priyer
was answered, and from this union. tht:3 sin
gularly formed, has sprung fitnily rennrki
l'e for tak-nt. incluilii.ir Hev. Henry Ward
Beecher, of Brooklin, X. Y-, an.J Mr. II. B
Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Wno he Abistoceats f Twenty years ago
this one made candles, that one sold cheese
and better, another butchered, a fonrth carried
on a distillery, another was contractor on ca
mls others were merchants anil mechanics.
They are acquainted with both ends of socie
ty, and their children will be afer them, tho'
it wilt nct do to say it out loud- For often
yon ah.ili ud that these toiling worms hatch
buttettiies, and they live about a year. Death
brings a division ot property, and it brings
Eew'tinancie-s ; the oi l gent is discharged,
the yoong gent takes bis rerenne and begins
to travel toward poverty, which he reaches
lefore death, or his children do if be does not. ;
So that it is not hereditary ; it is accessible to
all. . Three good seasons ol cotton will send a
generation of men up a score of years w ill
bring them all down and send their children to
UIxt. ... The father grubs and grows rich his
children strut and nse the money. Their
children inherit the pride and go to shiftless
poverty : next their children, reinvigorated
by fresh plebi.m blood and by the smell of the
clod, come np agin.
Thns society like a tree, draws its sap from
the earth, changes into leaves and blossoms,
fprvadi them -F to fall to the earth again to
mingle with the soils and at length fo teJ.p
pcar ia a new dress and fresh garniture.
: n.i!rDLE rata Caerrrtir. A gentleman
jnst returned fn nl a Western connty informs
us that a little boy, three years old, in Clark
son. ridinr rrnon ft load of straw- fell to the
ground, and suffered the fracture of a leg and
arm. In Gre. ce, a little boy of the same age.
sfeeidrtg with hi' parents, got cr in the night.
OnretBrntntobed. hi father carelessly tos
sed him in the middle. The child critd ont
with pain,' and wontd not Iw jcifled. The
father snpposiag the loy had no occasion tor
his ontcries, punished hrm. He ceased" cry
ing, bnt continued to sob and moan tbrongh
the night. In the morning, it was discovered
that the chil l's arm was brokeB. The father
was so distressed by this incident, that he was
Hearty inssne. A yonng mother, residing in
this city, Trsitin ber friends in Orleans eocn
tr, was" leading ber little girl of three into the
house, on Saturday last, and the child prefer
ring to remain oot ot doors, hong back. A
jerk of the arm by the mother, not intending
to do any irjnry, dislocated the infant's elbow
joint. It may be doubled which felt the keen
est pi, the mother r the child. Flandie
the little ses carefnlly.. A slight wrench
may cause a life-long lameness or distortion.
IZaduittr Dtmocrid. .
Thnii a U fellow in'Nasbrine who
eoores so load, that he is obliged to sleep in a
house in the next street to aToid wakening
himself.
StT LOVEA GOOD'S DOG.
'Boys. I never told enny on ye ot my dog
scrape, did 1 1"
. X o, , Snt, not as we knows on.- You've
mixed up dog so in all ycr doings that we caa't
tell adzactly what dog scrape you mean."
"Well, Iraeanole 'Statf Gat.' Did enny
on re ever see 'im?"
"No."
"Well, ye missel a site. He war a power
ful dog, and sometimes ye'd think that he wur
two or three dogs, rf ye seed hint eat : not a
countin ov his tail, lor be hadn't enny. When
he wur a pup, dad (darn hiui) tuck htm to a
straw cutter, j.tm'd his starn clost cp to the
frame ov the cussed guliotin, fotch down the
nit'e, and lhar lay the whole tail in the troft,
like a letter S, au here run the pup a youlin'
like a hound, and his starn looked like yon'd
busted ripe tomatU onto it. Well, it changed
his looks mitily, an' his natnr more. I never
found out that he war good fur enny thing but
to keep bred frum luonlditi' and meet frtim
spilin; and when he wanted to show glad, s
he bed no tale to wag, be wagged his whole
starn, an his hine feet slipped about on the
ground, sorter like a fashiinabil gal walks when
she thinks some feller is lookin' at 'er. Ife
wnr cultured -adzactly l:ke a mildewed saddil
skirt, an' he kerried his ears on a noiu' sort of
cock, like onto a mule's when he is skeered.
He bed wiskers -'round his eyes, an on his
hine legs, an' must a had a powerful activ con
signee, fur he w ur the meanest countenanced
dog I ever seed iu my life. Xow as tu his na
tur, yu cud never set Jim onto enny thing yu
wanted tu, and cudn't call iui olten enny thing
he got arter on his own accord, lie wnr
skeered all the time, an stud reddy to run or
Meal as the chances munt be ; and taking Mm
altogether, lie wurjistthe rite sort ov a dog
tu belong tn me not wurth a dorn, an orter
been killed afore his eyes got open.
"Well, Stufl-Gut, he follered me ta town
sun day, jist caze I didn't want I.im tu ; an'
while I wur gittin' on a bed ov steam at the
doggery, he started 'round town on a stetlin'
experdition ov his own, an' like his cussed
fool owner got bisself inter a lust rat? scrape
an' skaie without half tryin', an' in less nor
no time at that. I bed gin myself a sliakt in
the doggery, an' hearia' the whisky in me
slo-b, 1 knowed I bed my load aboard, so I
cum ont inter the street, an' the fust thing
I seed, he cum a tarin down t e street fifteen
times faster nor I thot he cud run. jist a bowin'
ov hisseit, bis ears sot Sat onto bis neck, an'
bis bristles all sot like a black-pearch's top
Mn, his eyes shet cp fast an tire, and he hed a
sort of ha'ness mde outer string, sorter like
the set Dad wore when he acted boss, an' he
wur hauliti' ov a:i old stage lantern, and bit
tilled w ith wet powder au sot afire. Now the
sparks an the dust an' the ratlin, an the
youlin an' growiin' an bark in', and the eighty-nine
ur ninety dogs ov ail kinds what wur a
ciiain' ov him, made sum sens.ishtia. Well
it did. Wliew-w-w. When I seed him pass
without noin' me. I thot ov Dad's hornet trio-"
ulition. and felt that thar wur such a thin; as
a reinitiation, at last ; and then I got mad an'
locked 'round fur sum wnn to vent my rath
on, an seed a !,ng-legged cuss, sorter ov the
Lovengocd s'r'pe, with his hat cocked before,
sittin' a straddit ov a boss-rack, a swicgin' his
legs an' a singing
-Raek back. Davy, rain up beUine,
You ihow iu your fnt, and I'll show mice.'
Think I. yn'll do efyn didn't start my dog
on that heilvrard esperdition ov bis'n, you'll
do t put it on enny how, so here goes. Sez
I, 'Mister, wh.tt-hed-aiy-dog-dun-fn-yn- He
pade no "tention, but kep on a singin
Raek back. Davy, daddy shot a bar.
Shot "im, in the eye. an" cever touch a bar.
"I seed it wnr r.o use tu breed a quarrel; so
that I mor.t lie able to breed a fite, I jist lent
hiru a slathrin' calamity, rite whar h's snout
commenced a sprontin' f.-om atween his eyes,
ith a rr.I rock about the size ot a goose egg.
Hit fotch im! He drapped ofen the hoss
rack. but hilt a squirrel-holt onto the pole with
his f ans an hine feet, an hung back down.
I jumped hed tnst thru atween his belly and
the ple; my heft broke his holt, an' we cum
t the ground a fitin' me onder moot, and
turned beads and tails. So I ?!iut my jaws on
to a mouthful ov ste ik. He fit mitily f.r the
chance he had, but I soon seed he had a cross
ov bar In 'im, fur he cudent stand ticklia be
hine, cf it monto be called ticklia' at all ; for
cverv time he got his hine legs onder him, be
ttied his durndest to jump loose, but my holt
hilt, an we would take a first position again.
I thot ova box ov matches what I bed in my
pocket ; so I fotch the whole boxful a rake on
to the gravely an' stuffed 'em ail a Ulazen inter
one ot the pockets in his coat-tail. Now.
mind, he knowed nnthtn ov these pcrseedings,
fur his mind wur exercised powerful about the
hurtin I were a helpiu him tu bchine. I
kno'd he'd soon show strong signs ov waniin'
to go. , So the fust Lig ran he fotch arter the
fire reached his hide. I jist let my mouth lly
open so and he went ! his hole coat tale in a
bhize ? Rite here boys I must tell yu snmthin
I didn't no myself, or dura me, ef 1 hedn't let
hiru beat tae inter pouitis. afore I'd sot him
afire IM seed him dcrn'd fust. He h.ni two
pounds ov gnn powder in tother pocket,' a t.l
fein' home to- a shwtin match. Well, -he
aimeti to run; past a tin peduhn' wagon what
was a st.ndir' in the street, with a lust rate
set ov old live boss bones atween the shafts,
while the Yankee wns in the doggery, a firin'
op ta lenretown. Jist as he got tn the carry-
all, the powder cotcb fire an soon arterwards
wcat off, an so did he, head fust, frog fashion,
rite thru the top load or tin ware. He lit a
runnm ten foot tuther side ; nts co-at-tails wnr
blowed off ta his shoulders, the Line end of bis
galluses wus rapped round his neck- the tail ov
his shirt was loose an np in the air thirty feet,
still s rfzenand blazin'like a komit. his britch
es bang loose on the fiunt side, like onto a
forked aprun, while the sittin' part of 'em was
blown to kingdom cum, and so were every
thing else Derongia to that regin, while bis
buck wus as black as a side v uifer let her.
It rained tin buckets, an', pepper boxes, an'
pans, an' stage horns, all over that street, for
two minntes and a half.
"Now that explosion, and the tia-wara rat
tlin and a rsmrtr made a rite peart r.oise,
specially ov a till day ; in fac, -cnof to wake
up the ole boss bones, an gin bim this idear
that he'd best leave town qaick ; so he laid
bis years back an straitened out his tail an'
shot. He made kindtin-wood onfen the wagon
agin a," sine post,- and beiuck hisself tn the
woods, stretched out about twenty feet long,
an' not morn three feet high on the withers,
with list about enuf harness stickin' ta hist ta
I make collar for a bell cow. Tber wns wua
I cussed nutmeg-makta Taakee broke phira
up, an' I'm durned glad ov it. Old Rac'e Back
Davy, the boss-rack man, made fur the ruver,
an' I follered to see ef he beda't drownded
hisself ; but no, sir ! There he wur, about the
middle ov the ruver, a swimmin' fur father
bank, jist a splittin the water wide open, an
his basted britches legs a floatin' arter bim.
He looked over bis shoulder every otber lick,
like he spected to see the devil; his face wur
as black as a pot, 'cept a white ring round his
eyes, an the smoke wus still risin from amnng
the stumps ov his burnt har. His hed, boys,
in that ruver, was the i gliest, senrriest and
savidgest sito I ever seed, or 'spect tu see in
this world, enny bow. I dreams ov it yet o'
nights, an it skares the swet onter rue. 1
seed a lot ov fellers a fishin' onder the bank,
so I thot I'd help hirn on a Ieetle faster, an I
hollered, 'ketch the murderer ; five hundred
dollars an a big hoss reward; he's killed an
'owan and nine children, an' I siek a dog, an'
like tu whipped anuther plum tn deth.' They
jumped into thar canoes an' tuck arter him,
open in' on his trail like a pack ov hounds.
The last I ever see ov him he wur a rackin' up
the tether bank on his all-fours, an' looked
mitily like an ole bat what hed jist cum outea
a hurrycanc. lie still kept up his lookin'
back, an' I speck wus the wust scared man ia
the world, an' ef he aict ded he's runnin'yet.
The idear now begin to sonfc thru my bar that,
owin' to the fuss Stiift-Gat an he hed raised,
that perhaps I'd better scoot, lest they mout
want me. So I left iu a peart trot, an' soon
got on ole Stnfi's trail. It wur like a waggin
had been drug npside down by a par of runa
way males, an' dry grass an' leaves, an' in sum
places the fences wus sot afire. lie tuck to
the mountains and turned wolf, an' tuck up
the trade ov sheep killin' lur a livin, an' the
hole settlement is now out arter his skalp.
That trip tu town, like the cuttin' box, hes
changed his dispersition agin, all showing the
powerful changes that kin be made ia even a
dog. I enm outen that scrape pnrty well, yet
I hed tu show the family dispersition to make
cu-ised foots ov tharsclfs."
"How, Sut 1"
"Why, I ought to hev toted otT a load ot
that permiscu tin-war. Oughtenlf say!"
A BCACOMBE SPEECH.
The bill pending in the Ohio Legislature, for
rejiealing the law which prohibits the use of
the j ills to the United States for keeping fugi
tive slaves, has called forth considerable sharp
debute in both houses. A few djys ago, in the
Senate, Protesaor Monroe, of Lorain, made
an eloquent speech against the repeal of the
law, He was followed by Mr. Plant, of Meigs,
a very plain looking man, who wears his hair
cropped, shaved closely, ami has bad bnt little
to say since bis entrance upon legislative life,
in what the gentleman called a "Buncombe
speech." It more ot the buncombe speeches
made in our Legislatures and Congress were
as pointedly truthful as Mr. Plant's. proved to
lie, it would be better for ail concerned. On
arising Mr. P. said :
Mr. President : I am frrrn a very close
county, where the real political majority is ve
ry uncertain. On this account I desire to make
a speech for Enurombe ; one that w ill suit both
sides ; and in orier to satisfy all the different
interests among my constitnents, I propose to
make a speech on one side and vote on the o
ther. The gentleman from Lorain, Professor
Monro-i has sail that he could see no use in
the passage ot the bill at this time, when, in
fact, there were many reasons why it should
pass now ; one of these, and a very important
one, was that the pcrttl'in,tnc5' tntt Demo
cratic parly depended upon it, and modern
Democracy, as he understood it, was a w ise
arrangemeut to preeeat people from ruwia; a
bout loose I
The gentleman from Lortin seemed to think
that onr jails were designed to be nsed only
for the confinement of criminals and in this he
would agree with him. Bnt who are crimi
nals ? That gentleman had, in a most eloquent
manner, drawn an affecting picture of tiie fu
gitive slave mother who had escaped with her
child from Virginia. Now, he would show
that this woman was a criminal of the worst
sort. According to the gentleman's own shoe
ing, the woman, when she arrived in Ohio
with her child, was a mere skeleton a skele
ton in rags. She was guilty of three great
crimes. Jr'irst, evidently guilty of grand lar
ceny in stealing her child, which was the pro
perty of her master ; she had also emhezz led
and wasted her own body, which was no less
her master's; and lastly, she bad committed
high treason against the National government
for, was it not shown by speeches made by
Democrats of this body and of Congress, ar.d
s understood throughout the Union, that this
Government was founded on niggers I It has
been decl-red treason to attempt to destroy
the government, and would it not be an at
tempt to destroy the Government ia under
mining its fonndation by stealing away the
mergers upon which it rests t The common
relation of pillars and edifices proves this.
Then wa are toll by the member from Lo
rain, that eTen for the sake ot comity it was
degrading to catch niggers ; be viewed it dif
ferently. - Catching niggers was Bot degrading
bat honorable. What does honorable mean
Men are called non. and why ? Unquestiona
bly because they were in oflicc ; and it is well
known that Democrats cannotge t office under
this government nnfess willing to catch Big
rers. Office holding made men honorable.
j Then were not the meant which made men of-
fice holders eauallv honorable J It must fol
low of course that the end justifies the means
is a principle of Democracy.
The member from Lorain, being a professor
of moral sciences, might on that account be
excused from not understanding the exact sci
ences ; but certainly not so easily pardoned
for the error into which be had fallen in re
gard to the natural instincts of blood-hounds,
as far as nigger-catching is involved. Blood
hounds know nothing of nigger-catching until
trained to it while this vocation seemed to
Im the instinct of Democrats. Dogs and Dem
ocrats were not nstorally on the same level,
and hence it was necessary to bring the latter
down to the position of the former, or vice
versa. It was evident that Monroe owed an a
pology to soracbody,either to the Dog of Dem
ocrat he didn't know which.
A Student in a neighboring college, bem;
recently rather 4ishort," sold his books, and
wrote to Lis father that he was subsisting on
literature.
"You don't pass here," as the counter s!d
to tin bad shilling.
SKETCHES IN CONGRESS.
' I don't know how it happens that the ladies'
galleries of the House of Representatives are
always so well filled! Either the fair ones
this winter congregated in Washington must
be-uauanally interested in the nationar debates,
or else they come here to show their new bon
nets, furs, and velvets, and to get a glance or
bow from the handsome young M C" below J
Mr George Washington Wyllys, who has
jnst been compelled to rise and give up his
seat to a pink silk bonnet, and any quantity of
flounces, says he believes firmly in the latter, I
of course adhere to the former ; jitstas though
we ladies hadn't intellect enough to compre
hend and appreciate the position held by Yan
kee land in the political world !
The noonday light comes pouring through
the vast sky light, softened by the crimson
and amber tints, in which are emblazoned the
armorial crests or the thirty-one States, illu
mining an immense chamber, which presents a
gay and lively scene. The furniture and ap
pointments arc regally magnificent, from the
exquisite white marble steps au l colonnades
of the Speaker's dais, and the luxurious car
pets that soften every footfall, to the oaken
chairs and desks, carved to represent the star
ry shield of American liberty, and the fres
coed walls, rich ia rare devices and emble
matic fancies.
Below, ail is life and animation. Some of
the members are talking together in little
knots, and some Lurrying out through the
aisles some bend above their desks, wrapped
in the contents ot ponderous documents, while
the others lounge from place to place, exchaa
ing a word or smile with all who pass.
There are many here whose causes are known
to fame, and, in whose personal the readers of
Life may feel interested. I will endeavor to
draw a slight sketch of one or two of the moat
noted not as they appear through the distor
ted glass of party or politicil prejudice, bat
as they are seen from the Ladies Gallery ot
the House Representatives.
Do you see that jovial-looking man, with
portly figure and ruddy countenance, who
leans so carelesslv against the wall? That is
Speaker Onr of South Carolina. The House
is in the Committee of the Whole, and he has
temporarily resigned his throne amid the crim
son velvet Cushion cf the chair. To judge
from his appearance, yon would scarcely sus
pect that an intellect glowed within that heavy
phviqe, and yet those who are accustomed to
feel the political pulse are well aware of his
untinnz enerzr and ability.
Mr. Bernhisel, the delegate from Utah, sits
at his desk, near the door. He is small and
slender, with a keen, frosty eye and a high,
bald brow, fringed on either side by a tail ot
silvery hair. He is cold and quiet, and gen
erally sits w ith downcast head seeming to take
no interest whatever in the social converse of
those around.
"Oh ! do point oat the Utah delegate to
me V exclaimed a lady sitting directly behind
me, to her attendant cavalier. "I went to
viit the Washington Monument yesterday,
and now I want to see that other marvel of the
metropolis !"
"Now isn't it strange," returned the gen
tleman, "that the two men ia Washington who
attract most feminine curiosity are Mr. Bu
chanan, who has ao wife, and Mr. BeruUissl,
who Las ha'f-a-dozen I"
. I could not help smiling at this little episode,
for I had already observed the truth of the
gentlennn's assertion. Indeed, I begin to
fear that we of the fair sex were making a very
grea: mistake ia bestowing so much of our
attention on the unfortunate old bachelor and
the Mormon disciple of "Brother Brigham!"
Sui'pose that were unconsciously encouraging
their horrid doctrine tor we dou't know which
is the worse delusion of the two ! Wouldn't
that Le dreadful. Ladies ?
Prominent among the members this session,
is James B. Clay, son ot "Harry of the West."
He is tall, slender, and narrow che-ted, with
auburn hair, high cheek-bones, and brow al
ready slightly furrowed. His profile, when ia
repose, bears a vivid and startling resemblance
to that of bis illustrious father the same tow
ering head, firm chia, and expressive l.ps are
there, while bis smile, winning and persuasive
reminds yoa irresistibly of the noble Ken
tuckian, now in his grave.
As a speaker he is distinct, nerrons, and
impressive, and possesses a clear, piercing
voice. Look at him now as he utters a few
brief, yet pertinent remarks ! See the quick,
flexible motion of the wrist, and the graceful
play of the hand and forefinger I That motion
wis peculiar to the gesture of Henry Clay,
and his son has unconsciously inherited it.
Here comes Parrott, the delegate frctn
"Bleeding Kansas t" a tail, slight man with a
pale face and a fine Eomaa profile. His hair
is of a glossy black, and bis eyes are dark and
restless, moving constantly from place to
place : How calmly he passes along, how
quiet and unobtrusive 5s his manner! yet we
do not believe that the thunders of the Inqui
sition itself could turn that man from the
path on which he had determined to tread !
The member whose ana is passed thro' his,
and who is talking to him in such a low, ear
nest voice, is the noted Eli Thayer, of Massa
chusetts. People say they look alike, and
truly one can trace a resemblance in the ex
pression of their f.tces-
Thayer is a noble-looking ma ; nature has
placed her unmistakable patent of royalty on
his brow. Observe that high, white forehead
and those brilliant deep set eyes, the uncon
scious rmjesty or nts port, ana tne qaiet aig
nity which pervades his every motion ! liis
wavy beard, which is very long, and of a jet
black, flows luxuriantly down over his breast,
presenting a strong contrast to the closely
shaven chins and trimly cnt whiskers cf many
of the honorable members.
That pale old gent'eisaa. with parchment
colored skin, and head nearly devoid of hair,
is Letcher, of Virginia, one of the ablest rep
resentatives ot the South. Wo betide the
unlucky Congressman who lays hinself open,
by unguarded assertion or illogical argument,
to the keen retort of Letcher. He sits lean
ing torward against his desk, slowly poistng
his fingers together, witn firmly compressed
lips and apparently no emotion relaxes the
austere erivity of b.'s immovab.e counte
nance. Yet that m n watches every sign , that
betokens in what direction the current of de
bate may turn, and net single word falls un
heeded on bis ear !
Eat it is growing late, and although there
are ruaay other celebrities present, we mr.st
defer commenting on them until next visit.
We descend incnmerable stairs and pass thro
talis, galleries, aird corridors, until at length
we reach the western steps of the Capitol,
where a magnificent bird's-eye view cf the ci
ty presents itself.while far beyond we can just
trace the domes of "Arlington," throned oa
the blue distant bills.
The Avenue is crowded with brilliant prom
enaders and coronetted carriages, as we wend
oa onr homeward war ; even Broadway itself
cannot display a finer spectacle. Yet from tha
reckless extravagance ana empty snow wnica
everywhere meet the eye, we are almost temp
ted to exclaim, in the words cf a testy Id
gentleman who just now nearly tumbled dowa
the capitoi steps, in consequence of treading
on a fashionable lady's train. "There ara
fools everywhere, and was one to come here t
Mis. George Washwctox Wtxiti.
DOMESTIC ECCNOJIF.
Ccrrntc Founsa roa Stock- That cutting
fodder for stock, especially the coarsest kinds,
is a subject worthy of more attention among
farmers, will, I UsIIeve, be admitted by all
who bave given it anything like a fair trial
Cut fodder, of every description, is of more
value to stock than uncut. I have known per
sons to be of opinion that a horse would thrive)
as well upon cut hsy, as be would without iu
beif g cnt, and a moderate allowance of oats
added. This may be claiming too much for
it, but yet there is a stronger argument in Its
favor. Horses, as well as other stock, appear
to relish the same todder better for its being
cat ; besides the advantage of eating it ia half
the time, allowing more rest. If has also a
tendency to obviate thedifilcnlty to which cat
tle and horses are snfject, m the winter, whea
they are kept upon dry fodder, such as wheal
and oat straw, corn fodder, poor hay, &c,
which will be much better eaten by being cut
than without. I have repeatedly seen fodder
offered to cattle and refns d, and the same fod
der passed through the cutter, retarned to
them apparently to their satisfaction, from the
disposition they made of it. Hay that is
musty, is much imptoved by cutting, as tha
dust becomes liberated by the operation.
There is one ether benefit to be derived,
which is in mixing straw, poor hay. Sec, with
that which is good, by which means all will
be eaten. Some, however, may object, that
straw and poor hay are in a manner worthless,
therefore nothing is gained. But we may
recollect that the time has not long since gone
by, when very many doubted there being any
advantage in grinding corn and cobs together
for provender, but experiments have establish
ed the fact that there is economy in it : and
from some experience in mixing fodder, I
think the advantage cobs with corn provender.
31 line Farmer.
Wuexe the C.st Bikes Come Fkov.
There is an association in Philadelphia, com
posed of about twenty Germans, who aim at
improving the breed of Canary birds; and
last month they published their 13th annual
report. From that it appears that the bird
sales of Philadelphia are confined to Germans
and amocnt to 40,000 annually, and three quar
ters of that are canaries. The common or
original canary is of the least value, and sell
at about $2 apiece ; the improved kinds bring
from $o to $10 apiece, and are from Central
Europe. The great majority of these birds
were obtained from Belgium, where they ara
bred in houses by the peasants, who raise them
as pastime. They are what are called "long"
and short breeds. Birds of the long breed
are obtained from Brn.-scla, Antwerp, and
Deitz, where they sometimes 'obtain extrava
gant prices. Their cost depends spot the
color ami shajie, the pure golden ytltow boing
the most esteemed. They are only used for
the purpose of breeding, and oftentimes sell
for thirty dollars a pair. The short breed is
raised by the people of the Hartz mountains.
Next to the Belgian the French bird ia most
prized.
Tobacco MajTrr ACTrai. There are Sfty-afx
rnannfacf nrers of the staple ia K ichmond.Va
whose united capital amounts to four or five)
millions of dollars. More tobicco ia raised
in Virginia than perhaps ia any other State ia
this country. It is here that the choicest spe
cimens of the weed assume the shape which
commends it to the regard of devoted chewera
everywhere. Tobacco Is pat up in as many
different wys almost as there are chewers.
There is as much diderence between the ideas
of the Yankee and the Southerner on this
question of taste as there is on any ether mat
ter. The former likes his "pigtail" plentiful
ly sweetened, and liqnoriced to a degree ; tha
latter, the less sweetening yoa put in, the bet
ter the tobacco. Buyers congregate here wh
purchase for all parts of t'je globe. Foreiga
governments are supplied by agents who re
side here for that purpose. With- taany citi
zens the road to wealth has been ria tobacco.
Richntoiui 5-a4-
The PnnosopnEa asd the Feibtxai.
A Philosopher stepped cs board a ferry boat
to cross a stream. On the passage he inquired
of the ferryman if he understood arithmetic
The man looked astonished.
"Arithmetic t no sir."
"I am very sorry for one quarter of yoar Ufa
is gone." '. . -
A few minutes afterward he asked, "Do yoa
understand mathematics 7
. The Ferrytaaa smiled and replied
. "No!"
" Well then," said the philosopher another
qnarter of yonr life is gor.e."
Jnst then the boat ran on a snag, and was
sinking when the ferryman jumped up ami
pulled off his coat, and asked the philosopher
ia much earnestness of mauler
"Sir, can rou swim ?
"No." " ..i
"Well then," said the ferryman, yoor
whole life is lost, for the boat is going to th
bottom."
A Yankee made a bet with a Dutchman that
be eould swallow him. Tw rintfiini.. .:.
dowa oa the table, aad the Yankee takinr his
oig iuc ju uis mourn, nippea otra severely. -"Oh,
you Ish bitinr m. dat no fair
out mynherr. .......
"Fair yoa old fool!" said the Yankee, dil
you suppose I was going to awallo w yoa whole!'
A Western editor thus tarns trp the peculi
arities of a eoteraporary : "He is too lazy to
earn a meal and. too mean to eat one. He sev
er was generous bat once, and that was wfcea
he gave the itch to aa apprentice bey. S
ranch for hU goodness of heart." Of hi in
dustry be aays, "The only time be ever work
ed wst when he took caster U fer honwy
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