VOLUME 4. JPKOrE3SIoHAL CASJDS L. Z." MITCHELL, A. «*«»»-■»« =»* JG.rt.w*'- • Office N. E. Corner I. » AJ. PI'KVIIXCE, Atto«• n 112 y « 'it aw » Offlce. on 8- K. of Diamond and Mlin Boiler. P* C'liiirh'H .U'CainlU'HS, m !<«»■*■> aa. t office, onSou'h west comer of Diamond, Butler, Pa JOIIX U. THOJtWOS, LTOS THOMPSON & LYON, i»t &»mv on Masn .Street Butler. Pi *"£» OS© A. BLACK OEO - w rLfcKOIC BLACK & PLEEGER, V OIINKVB AT IA W, ,»KB PKNSrOS AND CLAIM AOKSTS. Office on Main ntreet, opposite Schtieideiran't Cl« thing store, Butler, Pa. l uW i < *- v# " wr«7 ■*. ■*s«i«n ATTORNEy AT LA.W, Will attend to all bt»*i none entrusted tolii«cnre prompt ly. .V/WCM/attentl"n jciren to t bu collection* of l"tn iinn*. Back l\tjf and HmnH't Will .il«o act w» ajfout for th"»e wlahlng to buy or •oil 1 estate. ,»m.« m rfouth -dde of DUm ••»n. Chiu. C Sullivan ) M»>l6. i.,-1>) ItUTI.r.II. IV*. WA LT SB L • Ba AU A iVI, Alio »• »« ynt L. aw , Hi ,I i » »<*•'.i le retu- »«*d fr mi »'illfirnii, hai •"«.'• -r.'•. * •*,.; "" < "" |j "■■ raii^.in-i ■« « 1 <• U "V oiUci In !? •d' i i »tnx- »•• ••*t •■ t Aa(>.»tl4ti. 1 •». "!•» •• A. M. iJF.YMAfI, M. D. Pliywlolitii a'ltl !")ui'ut't»n Olfl' ►t«inndi»tii.»oDP«H» Walker's buil(lm 9 » llntl-l. Dec. I*' 6. W. S. HUSELTON, M. D., (Ctrl' "/ the V. S. Army,) TSi*. <*7 Htrceti Orptct l!"f «s • ) Fr."" H to 10 A. V. AILKr.HF.yV ClTf ■■ ?i« i» •• i v| :-> *<■ :| SEWING-. MRS. T. J. L()WM \N, Wo»«ld rrfpertfullv inform thf citi/rns . 112 tl»i« place thit ulie i» prspar«Ml t«» do nil hindi of Rewitix, tiich 'i* liriHtH Mnkinjr Saqne*. U»ntV Shi' ti, and Cnildi'«n JS3. AI«fW.I *«. Nt r..r Wh.el.-r Sewing Machitioa. e '*- GEOBG-E ROSE House, Sign &. Ornamenta Painter. ,-jper Hining Don® on *he Shortest Not e®. BlT< «*.Ang. -S, IHH7—ly. WILL r. OB.VUAM .6wE!f S/RXE UKIIII.H A BVRSK, Fashionable Hatters, No s'l Si Clair Slrret (Hel*fen 1.1 til 1V !i IHi I'm" 112 tr •!!« St. Clai Hutel) I'iriiUL'lUiU, I'A Clips Si St rate Gimih of terry s/i//e mi>f ijii"lifi/, At ttic very I.owcst l»:-U*t*s. May 251. l.vr. ~JOtIX X. MEMOS, Confoctionsr and Cika Baker, So. 10U Federal Strrel, Allegheny city, ra. Ice Cre«ro, S»*l * W iter, Krtiln, JoUiM, I'lcklM, Ac., alwaya on hand. Piftlonlfr attention paid to order*. Mav fcl, I*"7. Iv r , FRANK H JOHNSTON, M. D., I! g PER K S r K S: Dr. Crawford, O.fp*r«lowi». Pa l»r. Sn.iwdtrii Franklin. Pa. Dr. Iln-ler. «! «l»iaiit n. Pa Di Kiiwlor. II »rrl«vil.e ( Pi. Dr« F.Mt. rJk lluffni»«*i. * , lnilouvU»«*. V.\. r Dr. C-mitT tVntrorille. Pa Dr. Living t >ii, ' jnlv... «.-l\ l»x;t> !• i.i;s i :.v STOII li. Wilson & Underwood. % Vi:«H,W\LI * BETtll 1» All R IN TEAS, »■ CHOI-S ,4; a m ilijdr r i) t c r i c s, No II o .tu Wi'H Dlnuiottdi Bsplsi*"* Hotol, AJ.LRGIIKNV Cl| |V. pA Ont "112 thr c>• tp '■! -il test W f r u!' 'in / elm Star*.* in Vi ■ 'it/i • ' Cat Ia fd trnnti'f. • • v ' nift 1-r.r m*. t*U H CIT HMD K« T ; wil.T" C M.O HSfIIOMBLE I&iLOBS. t llKini'lcr«liiiii'd liavtns an ih>Ul Ss&X' K.MI UVI DObl.\Uc Pr.ll Til t We eritt oonttim« to fij 7-« We until Augutit IGUi. 7, kM7.lt ISA E il TAI * CO. T"" '"T 'IJJS!*!!; :rr f^f n **^fT^^ r ' T—f ■-» own.' «- . M y <■ »nw e> •- -i 3pisCcllancous. "KAbICALISMTaSTIFIEDr"' The present situation is a striki n tr vin clicatiou ot the Htdical instinct of the country. It has always felt that the President wan false, and that the extreme remedy was ttie wises'. Uut the impeach -lent prujeet has never enlisted very gen eral sympathy ; and tor two ressons. The first was a want of confidence in the iui« peachnient leaders, and the second Wis a teelinir that Congress could bind thf Prist en' so us to make him harmless, ami -o, als >. as to spare the country the excitement 'he trial. Gem.ml B t'leran i Mr. Ashley in On gress, coiioeiiiiijr their ability an I what' ever t lr-e of patriotic service tiny bi fair ly claimed t»r them, are not men in who-e wtMiiom the sober, thoughtful, influential boi'y ol the people e inHde. '• Granting! that theii su-pieions of the I'rcsident are correct." said the «e icial s >o>l sense •• grautiug even that it might be a good thing to impeach, yet we tear the neces sary pr uuiiicnce of sueh m jti." We are not savinjf lh.it this feeling was jus . or this eXpiessiiU correct; but, of course. Genoial liutler and Mr. Ashley kniw ..» well as tbu rest of us that this was very generally said. .So. mi t'ie .Senile, Mr. Fes»ou'l«n mid Mr. Shei ntid Mr. E 1 un is and their ir end:- ng.in'el Air Milliner as a vision ary an un i -ie- tea'-le .'li-al-igue. who wa iliti.li- K Ins ie to Ihe Sou 11. anl wit • would iu■ ii It -•: utiiry up a tit oy All ill ' New Kog! hi I Senators, i. wa a-.r-eit.vl l>y s.iinu warm K i ln: iU. we e b ss'.l I'oi.s i..lives cxei'pl .Ml Sum. e N.iw the ID i it y. with tlie h '. v nst id— inll"itio.i of Mr iSuniotar'spiiarerxojid hi Utcpe-t gratitud.t I.r his se viui'i, u i dmitit 'dlv scared tin- opinio t llei i it him the e,i e gt » we h.'e in *till uied and sbit ik It in a j• • i.<-y which Mr Sninnet ni -'h d• r tie ■ I'll.: President.* raid li e .-co .o-iit <|ii> s I ill, ■ It i-> .I, iioiineed Mr Ml.infer, ail Mr >S nitn lias tiew uuce I llie I're- d nr.. The So a tir in>!s s upon i npeaehiit -nt bofo.e t'i" c >iintry is convinced, lief ire if is ictiy. lie u g s il through thiek and lliiu, an i he will p unj;o us all into c iiil'u.-ion " So when the proposal to adj mrn condi J tii n illy Was brought forwiid. the Con servative sentiment of waich we speak wa' oppose I to it upon Iho ground that the President ejuld he held within hounds, while the conditional ad ouni nient would merely keep the country un settled. It was with soino difficulty, lliiifcfote. that the plan waj finally atopic ed. Its wisdom was soon Miown. Con gress assembled in July; but despite the lesson, despite the apparently una voidable warning, thinking, as it thought before, that it had securely bound the Executive. C mgtess adjourned until the 21st of November, n>r is there any au thority but the Executive which can as* semble it sootier. I Tlio event has justified the Tladicil view of the situation. The Presideut, as the Cadicals said, could not be trusted ; and ('on.ross, as Mr Sumner claimed, ought to have held itself in a prgitinn to watch him. Those members wh > said that public opinion did Dos apprrve the Radical \ioflr .-h mid have reuienibefed mat Coii'_'re»s, under the makes public opiriion. If Mr. Ft*Ssen deu. and Mr Ivlmuinls. anl Mr. Sher inni, and tin * tnen Is hud reflected upon the whole earetr and character of the President, it tiicy had recalled the ex perience • mi tins and similar situ ati, uis it iti-io y. u id if they lia I ,c-m— --sidored "ill! general principle, and had agreed with tiie Knlical distru tof the Executive, dfSpite the btrs and bolts ot prevcniioti they had provided, then pub- In: opinion wmtld not have been united and the I r'-ident would not have had the chance wh eh he is ti iw us ug to the U* most. *j In: general principle of which wh speak is t i*. that yon mu-t fir- With fire. Ever siooo the 2id of Feb iu ny. I C i. ai ily t- 1 Hup-acli until the neenav tv wis i.nvn.u- nil ovi-rwhi lining, t.n I'.-r I'ongi' .-- to it virtually in perm t ncoee I !■< p.i ni O: ■ lul lith.'illly wa ttle Emeu ivi* denial "I ill ■ ail hoi v > Cmijrress. Tlk» praci ta! unswer was the i-i,!i-.alit cnc else ol that tmthniiiy \u lie un uieut iiiij oiclimont c ui- l th neCe stry It enuUi lipve l« • it . rr e . will., in the ■ n<' p id ii* ok I'he uit'.-r-r i >i •» ii-i. ot .V w K*ii -I.int. *h.- - 'lll I, r •em: If in I t . hai- I wed 'i idii ois 112 pi;ii . ,oi iti nee m I w, me -oluti uol ti*ilt* 1 c tiaii ' u i III;: gcuciul e a certain a'g t e incapacitate its scditu S n.t rs lix.mi a "ivid et uceptii.n ot the actual sii- Uiition. They have liut been.brought luce to fi:Ce with re e's. Tiny Intvc not fought for years the tyranny of slavery immedttttely threatening property aud life. They have not le trued the ineradicable hostility of the spirit known as •' the Sou li" to the L'uion and the Govtrn lueut. 'J hey have forgotten how surely ihe Stuart aud the Uourhou tftrdjr some form return, liut the men of the border aud of the West understand mere truly that a liourbon never learns ; and it in upon tho border aud iu the West that l{a ticalism prevails. We do not say that therrfore the tech nicul lta lieal policy of any moment should be pursued, but we do say that is spirit shouM tup re ibege. eral policy of the party. Oaiy a man who believes that tho spirit of the Frosideut god of "Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do our c"uty as we understand it"—A. 1/t.ncot,;} BUTLER, BUTLEII COUNTY, PENN'A. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. tmt progressive civiliz ition an I develnpment in this country are radically hostile, and that the President must be etpectei to act after h s kind, i< a statesman win e.unprehends tho crijis.— Harper's IVtri I>J- m , AN EDITOEIIL martyr. We are proud to learn that out profes sioi has at last produced a confessor who is ready to die for his principles We are equally sorry that he lives so far away from us that we cannot irrasp hU honest baud before he thrusis it (so to speak) into the consuming flames. Nashville is his abiding pltce—the happy town in which he prints and professes. lie an uounces that here»!ter, "coins WJII or wo." he 1 will not hu,* his bntsot a !lnl ijal shoemaker," an I wo see hitu wan ler. iu j with naked an I blistered soles. More over, he wi I not "ride in a Htdical ha k ' (whatever species of vehicle that may be,) aud, therefore, all hornless and shoeless, he must do his ineiinderng on fot t Thirdly, he w.ll "'not buy a cent's worth of '* g iods of a Radical merchant." lie will, therefore, ito n ike I.and with that vacuni iu his abdomen which nature very properly abhors, lie will not'•employ a Ka.iicil icacher," an I so his children musi suffer *ith their impracticable sire, lie w II not "join a Itidical church," and so he is"t|uiie ready togo, the reader knows w iere, rather tb .n he , r iye■ I int i Para dise by a parson !»Iiom: political orihoib.xv is not the doxy of h- d 'voie Ie 1 tor We say tins Ixcau-e w.r btdiove tat ibe ijay is hot •-1 .11 when even lit Tenoe ,-iv, all who lav. iit.ythiim t sell, am. 1h 1 tig I . 1.-ticlt • 1 v 11111 •_> worth nie ell- will ii imp a 1 cahly ' Kali c I mil - , ly In-, own icsoluti. 11, this unrom jo in O'titor may be cuitiittr huinelt 11 irout soli I ut ccssar es. I'roiii fluid en • ill ions, Ir lilt all t: ill 11 1 Ir I'll 111 et.'hei. Wh'-;b*r. no le such ci e .111 s me -s. ite/W 1 I it tbi j l-t'fi : t ill » • it.in., titvi .r h'< v.v as tot uy a bit ol i:-it,;> ot a llntieil r..petit ker. nml run he 1 kot 1 .mi Wi ted upon at the last a it t I il Hi 1m .k *r. we le tve 'li casni-t- todit rotitte. \Ve hope however, n tithe g io.l iu in will 11 t he | ei initted ogi sa far If discoveied in an alarm* log state of inanition; we w mid to the benevolent peopled! Nashville tlvv duly of g ving him a ;;ood dose of It 1 1- ctl beet tea, injected by aid of a Rili eal stomach-pntnp. woiked by t'ie hands cel of a radical doctor. Lest he lo tve a moaruiug world too soon, l y the pro cess ol the string, let all citizens 21 with sharp knives in the'r pockets,alwiys pre pared to cut him down. T.et diu'.'oi-ts :eny him arsenic and ha-keepers Hour bll ! l,vt a life s> beautiful and so val uable be lackeyed by a thousand liv.eriod angols! In in iking thesa suggestions, we think that wa give the best possible proof of the reverence with which wc regard ev ery individual human existence. To be sure, our privote opinion is that the world ir. general and Tennessee in particu at* could manage to struggle on in spits of the demise of ostr Nashville friend The planets would continue in.their courses, and his departure would haze no percept ible effect upou the winds and the title', tho wea lier and the crops. Riilway trains would continue to run, and Cong ress wo ill meet upon the appointed day. The ♦ I.ty of Nashville wu d retain its munici ml existence, w til the advantage of narhoriug one mischief-maker the less. Still, when we think of this poor editor t 1 ead with nobody to bury him. with n - holv to "rty over him. and with no' olv to shed far iiitn a s u^ls tear, we ire w ill -10 have hint live under suitable te straiuts It wnu'd he t letter, perhaps, to take away his typ:, an Ito cut off his ink pens, and paper ; but even upon this point we should in t be inexorable. II" mieht continue to print, if. with hi? pe culiar views of tra le. he could fi ,d any oody to parch tso. Whether shopkeep ers, while under his trcmnidoils ban, wou d Cari '0 advertise iu b.s columns, we cannot undertake to d' termino* One Word of Southern new-papers in .•eneral We arc, as we have always been, i t favor of the liberty ot unlicensed p intiiig. an I we have always looked with nstt u-t upon any otfi *i tl lutei 'ei en :e with n'Wsptp"r». Nmer Ite '-ss, w i canu it ail re/'t-t the pi.b ie tti.ot tt y.iriout points • I the Siut'l of seev :d jouruils, llie 1 11- fluetice o which >p 11 hU die opinion ittusi be mi II n: In' s.il .tary. I'll s,- e is aie in laid It nil ; t't.-n is k o 1 ol virulent si p-slop; tlie.i aim s ms 10 be to fan the sutolderiti • p is 00s of the in-urr. cti ui ; tl.ey exhi'tii 1 ■i eal .leal ..f vellum 11 •>• w *!i vo.* lit:!" w - It, n ; anl 112 tel. u_' tli- tru ll rliey -ectti to be C nt, ■ tclv incapaiile. VVltde 1 eye to lueto be ;'i 1 !• 1 d. the picsuut| • iu 1 1- that jh.'s "iu-' be ptiit.ihi* to a c lain . '"S mail, perl aps but still 1 _• ei u h make t r'tle. Fir va . lout 1 a- MI-, wi; I" not 00 urt tin the idea I their sup] lession. which would be a v 10. at ton of out tiost cherished prtuci , lev ; bu we ate dejighted to believe 1 hut n.s the daylejht get* brotder and l.roadcr in these boriightcd regions, these screech owls of typography will bu So estimated by thecoitiliniuily at their true value, 'lint 1 hey will wiu/ their way to less civilized parts, or, at leu-t, be moral ly silenced at home. II sre they w u d n w be innoeuous; thtTe, in tine, they will proba'aly neoome so.— AllO Yu.-k Tribuiif —lll February last, eleven citizens ol North Carolina, headed by a Justice of the Peaee, flogged and abu cd in the most horrible manner a fraedwouvin for daring to defend herself against the attacks of a daughter of ooe of the brute*. Thj puqisbmjut inflicted up m tho oflTmders is ridiculoisly light, hi; Gll :.al J tny will see that it is scrupuiously euforoad PARrYUNITr- We Impo that tho result i>r the elec tion in California, a State in which the Union iiiaj jrity is very will serve tu slio.v tlie absolute necessity of party haiiuniy. The liberal party can nut fight wi viiin its uivn ranks as well (is with tue common enemy and yet win the vic tory. Ami so we say to our friends in Massachusetts. You have no right t> disorganize the prity upon the i-sue of prohibition ; and you do disorganize it iliriugliout the country in dividing upon a foreign issue when the great e mum >ti dinger is immediately before us." 'l'ha imperative duly of the great liberal UUIIIII pirty of the country is to hold it self united and linn until after the r'res ifieutial election Th'jre i3 ifci episodical question which can properly divert our chief interest for a moment. The puin question is national reconstruction, and until that is virtually settled by the election of a wholly h inn mious admin istration, it is of the uiture of treason to imperil by internal dissensions there su t war. « Hut these results can be secured only by strict party organizition and aetion. Nothing is finally effected in a popular -ysteui exeept by party ag-ncy. l'ublie opinion is the real power. but it acts ihn.u. h |tartios. l'lrty is the glass which •5 >lll presses the rays t i the burning point in I wliievor in thii couu.ry sneers a' parties ,-h >w- his perilous ifiinauce of ill-; necessary nielli iK of political action under our G ivc'tim .'lit. N r mis th.ir.! ever a tinn when this ru h w.i • m ire rtvttJ.int. I lie full dis V?t« r ui Mr I.i■ i.• iln's murder begin* iiw 10 ippaai fae No York Wurl'l lately l.ibnod to prove that Mr. .Johnson w s uitluily I Mowing the Course of Mr. ijinciti Hut. to say- u itliin r more, the s ik lu • 11fl"-reiic ! between them is ihu, •Ir. Linco u always deferred to the will • 112 'lie people in Con.-re»s, while Mr. .Jiihusou defies it. Had Mr. Lincoln ivu-l he would have cooperated witl? Congress, and recuis'ruetiou w Mild have been already far advanced. Hit under •be chaotic administration of Mr. J ihn soi we are not sure still, after more than wo years, to decide whether the wir wa< foii<4lit in va'n. If the Ifepu >1 can puty re-iaius in unqtiestione I pow.-r,the Union .w 11 be restored upon principles approved by all loyal man. If the iKui cratie party c mid succeed, the rebel States would ie uin upon terms dictated by rebels. Nor do wc, therefore, accuse individual Democrats. We do njf charge, mid never have chargod, all those who vote with the Democratic party with sympathy for rebels and rebellion. Hut wo do charge the Djuiocf.it io party, as a party, with tho •esfiotisibility of being to-diy. as it wis six years ago, and du ring the war, the hope of all who are disaffected to the Union and the Gov ei nm:ut. 'ill! welfire of the country and the pea etui development 'of our liberties und progress depend, therefore, upon tho de feat of tli't party Hut that can be achieved ouly by tho Republican orgiu ization; and to deprecate party action "t this time is either ignorantly or wanton ly to trilte with the perm itience of the Government. which is the hope of civil •zation.—Harpers Weekly. WHY FOLKS HEAD LOCALS.—An old 1 local," who ought to know all about things pertaining to his department, says ilte p tuple read items of local interest tor re is ai< a- opp' ste as man mid wile. A reals nbnit a fight because he wis ttietc, ilid saw it ;H, because lie wasn't there and didn't ; D, lecuuso he hadn't ; while those who had a h md in it, want to know li 'W much of truth concerning iheni the editor bus deemed compatible in its ut terance with a cout uuatiou of his own ear;lily career, 'i he consciousness, too, that hundreds of others are simultane ously perusing tbc same article, au j lb it it is therefore a subject of common tbo't and conversation, doubtless adds to the zest with which ordinary readers eagerly devour articles that otherwise wouli have oft; a dull perusal or no perusal at all. A T AVfcLKH crossing ilio Green .mountains in Ve moot, in the ironth of August, tliscovere I a bear haded and bin: 112 oied u chin, With a aige tin bm-k --of by his side, digging into a deep suo«v di ilt, an 1 very inn ic.-iitly put the i|iics 'ion. ".My od hid, what d > you intend o do with that snow!'' "Why, sir, mother wii.t liiw it to get water to wish with." "'i ll -ii why uot take it from lire top nl too drilt. instead of dig ng si deep ?" "Why, sir, that "•!! top 11iii good forunvtbug—the warm weath er h i< dried ad nie water out of it." Tin W.ir l I! ot ie •«, wio won tio boat r ice at Sprifigfiild la-t w'eek, Wont through a severe training for 'hit c >ntc?t. F-rsev eml wcks they <>nt lean mjton aftl beef, CDrefi.l to always avoid In'; had no pepper, spiers or any CO "d lueiit* in eierv 112 .mi. Hrm.k little water lit ihei mea'sor nt nnv other lime, and no Str»i geliqnori. ex ept ecus o ally a linlc Sei cu aleor < 1 ir>*t • look cxc ci-enysteinnticaljr, wiili un cspe eialri-feri-r.ee to mcc i-in/ their mu-nnlnr power Hfid improving th-ir "*"ind; M and al -er every oxer i-e were pirsisteiiljj 4i r«lilied down," us o well attendel horse would lie. This discipline) h d atttained such complete results t iat th i lirother* were ahle io low six miles w ith scarcely a qutckoniug of the pulse- WE understand thnt (ieneral Grant 1 makes no were! of h s opinion that \n- I drew Johnson's last aui'iesty-to tho trait | ors was a clew and wautua litCauce cf I Uv.—Phiia. Press. Aloao, Yat Not Alono. "T have got to die alone," sail Tin eirt> Christian, in t'"o prayer mjctinj the other evening 110 wis spa iking of per sonal acco i lability to GoJ, with au al ius! >a to Iris own experience. "I thought" said he, "if iny companions would only go with me, I would seek Christ. Hut el'ter waiting an I waitiuu, willl in peace to my soul, the the thought struck me— I muse die aljne; [ must appear before God alone. It makes no difference, whether or not my companions become Christians. I alone must account to God for my sics, I ahnc must seek forgive ness." The remark was true. Jesus 'l9 the 0:1 1y intercessor—sa'h individual must stand ur fill by himself The sinner may hove Christian p irent-", friends who labor earnestly for the salvation of his soul, he uny ho -urroutide 1 by good in fluences—tluy cannot save him, he musl die alone, lie 111 ty have wealth, influ enci, position, honor, everything to make life happy an I desirable, but all these cannot sa'« him ;he must die alone.— The portal of the grive is narrow—he can cir v n itftihg o it. Alms his dis embodied spirit must appear before Gal Io be ju Iged. We must die alone—tho Christian, ns well as the sinner. No strength of love an I early symnthy cm detain us—no kindred or lYien I. h w vor dear, can no coaipaoy us through the di k valley.— l'l'ts bright woild IH Ist. all lie left l/feliin I iloue iloue we must trca I tiie verje of oter iiitv. Yet. to the ChVisliau there is another and a b igliter vit ! II >w 111. •--e lan I eoqtfortiti' th; thought! "Al no. yet not alone " Christ is with hin in Ins dying hour -Jesus and his bol/ iin;els bear him to them insious prepared for those who love him If Christ bj with us wc are uuver alone. INSURANCK is a great business in the Unite ) States, and is still grnwing greater. Ofpol.c'cs of'till kiiid=—life, aocident and cas'ialty—lliey are nearly hall a million. The HOP unt insured is over a tlijuxahd uiillioa of dollars. There weie. on th t first of last January, liftv five life Companies, b.sfdtf five hrniclias of foreign companies, neirly all ol which are located in ilie Ewteni and Middle States. Iho accident an 1 casualty companies number ten, the per. sous insuring in all numbering 81.011-. I lie number of in-ur;s in the totil sixty life companies is 35i.HJl,atid the whole sum infured is ®;17ti,40 1,5 Jd,l I. The foreign companies issued 2,BJ'J policies. These statistics, with others that have been officially made public in respeet to this brunch of business, ate of inueli in iciest. The business, as we remarked, is growing lap'dly, and there appears to be next to an cxhaustless field lor it lu comparison with the entire number of persons who iuiy himself. I lie diguiiy and taste which marked tho retirement of Dex er might well bo emulated by oth er p ( ub!ic characters, lie did not humbug the people by a series of positively lare wcll benefit*, fo lowed by as many reeon -idcrati uis. He made no affecting speech No boiju ts strewed the t irck, aud ho procured no silver mounted harness to be presented tu him. Having > btained the topmost point of equine ambition, lie re tires quietly and unostentatiously, while his laurels are yet green, Io grace a pri— v lc stable with the conspieu uis vittues and extraordin ry ability which have adorucd bis profesgional career. RUSSIA TAKING OUR IRON CLADS In eoiinoctjnn with the warlike ptepara tioas of the Greek Goveruiuent aud the extraordinary attitude ol Hussiu, it is announced that part of tlie payment which Amcrie 1 gives for Itus-ian Amer ic4 con-ists of six iron clads. I' is stiri Ill.it these iron clulii have pissed th- 1 Struts al Gibra t;r, an lon their reaching the I'ira) is, will be handed to the llos siati Admiral, ar.d mtiU'ied with Russian, crew- who have aiready arrived from the I'lack Sea. In regard to rcpoit the E/i •/ i" if Paris says the number of iron Had- i six. which are to be de'herod ai G b ■! tar. "when ill the space of teu nays they nil sail fiir the I'iison." Ihe Sierlr iliinks that "tin se fact-, this evident ac cord hetweou. A nicrca fn I Russia, con stiiu'e a i.ubject well worthy of consider ation. Assuredly. France and Kngland can, by continuing to hesitate about ta kinLr |>art in the iff 1 iris of Ciindia, prepare grave cu:burrassin oils for ilie future." A BAHIIFUL young man cscor ted tn e<|Uilly bashful young laly. As they approach :d the dwelling of the -be saiil, entrcatingly, " Jill •1, don't tell any body you heaued m« borne " "Sary," said he. emphatically, "don't you mind , I'm as nfuch ashamed of it as you are" A WAG of a boirJer cimplai is 1 to tho nrstrcss that the sun must have gone unuer a cloud, when tho shadow of the c-bicken foil iuto the pot where her broth was made. A GOOD ootiscicncO is the loi.king glass of heave 1 ; in which the soul ma y see God's though sand purposes concert), ing it, reflected is so niauy stars * WISJ3N3IN M7310- " The Wisconsin Republican (JO:!VBD<. tiou reoantly mat (9 nominate Stato at' liu-crs, and passed resolutions which, ftj reported bjr telegraph, are au adin rjb!e epiiotnj «jl the principles of the great clouiiuant pirty iu this country ; " I'hey re iljiriii the cardinal tenets n( the po.iiicul tiith of the llepnblictu pir ty ; the inalienable right of all men to life, liberty an.l tile purs» t .if In ipitie-s anil IIU discrimination :it tin bi'lotbix on aoemmt of binh pluee, eroed, or i 1 ir the liberty of speech and the press : free sconls ; a prompt aequiesceuue with the decisions ot the people at the ballot-box; the maintenance of then itlori il faith as pledged tu its creditors; thee ji> iliz 11ion of taxes go that they shall fill equitably on all classes. It was resolved Unit as the chief purpose of the K publican Union Party during the wir wis to con* quer the enemies ol the Union and assert the supremacy ol the Const!tu:ion ind the lawj, so now in chief object is to se cure the 'runs of the victory won, and restore the reign of civil liw and uneon *ti utional order throughout the laud, looking mainly to the representatives of the people i'i Co.ureis, which is clothed with the p iwer t«nuke aIP laws neei s sary for carrying them into execution in the Government of the United States ur any department 'hereof; ami we hetrtily indor-e the system and measures adopted by (Jougress lor KeConstruetVMi,!' (lllE\T Ilitll'AlV AND THE UNITED STATES' I lie summary thai Inn b en pol l shed of t ie c ri« pon le it ofthtf Alabama claims,ref -rt' i i) to.i I*ter of August, IS jO. from Ur, •Sew i r I to .Mr. A lanu. iuwhiidi tli'-qusstion win re .pined. I'nis civejg a summary of the claim) of our eit'zens against tlie Bi-itiih U ivernmen'. Afer expl.ining tlie reus ins for a *uspofl*cd tli it harmony between iliem is indespensa* ble to tlie welfare nf each. Tha' harmony has been unnaeess irily br ikon through li e fault of Great Brit'ain : cor iloe* there ex ist the least prfilmb'l'tv ilmt ii fan i t 'nt • i gu I ■ for tlw <*OTl III'." "fc S ar»'s to I Ii»-ir mutu • I •nt"M*o i se, whic'i will ovcry bo c » • o intoin pea:*. h moony mid I nil. »»ir,y »ir »bo» «nt « rf rv 11'. W II. MAM• II Seward ri-li •< Idipr one": waifc I o • hn c 'in • sn in-I ruling (Ti •♦•r wit'i wlint f»o tc me ' n 1 pry r i U8 rnmplji ».f ! " An-fh'*r »n »n " 'if «uiil, uphrniilei him innrr'cd to Irs own wi(#». wh<*m ucci-ftil of n«» let er il-an sbo •»!« ml I ' o n"?vsr»i #M] to n»ont'Oo to bin lio ior." "Well, mv fellow." tlie milonel. IMVO V U 'iny proof? "hnve tliehrst pr«»»f in the wnrM," li* repliel. HIT- h* t »<«k "ff hi« hut, or ra'her fip-iind pshibifed n IIPJICI fliivimr/ "D es yur honor th»nk I'd he nfrpr inking »lmt fame abuse ftgni any bo'ly but a wife ? M —'l he order »112 G"»ier;il Grant to Oenpml Thoin is to a pint • 112 wa'nr add 30 drAns (a'» »nt half n »p:i«p »onfuiy of liquor 112 V lori lof lime. Wash in this two and a Imf pounds of riinuid butter* When lartirlo «-f ilv butter bus coitifl in contnet w th w:i»eT. let it nn hwir or »wo; rbrn wa-h the butte'* w»*ll in pure wafer.— The is then loft without f.dor, an I ha l * thesweefnoM i.ffrrsh bnt'nr. The«o. prep oraMons of limo have nothing injurious in them. VFRMONT oatf< and wheat very auneri' r this renr. Ctirn, is reinarftab y fine,and po* tatoeii promise an abundant yield. One eharue in a bill against a client ws. "fur w.ikinir up in the nijbt and thinking of your busi nesa, five dollar*}." A S.KFK PL Aclfc—As the himb is snfest rbat is closest to tV* shephor l. so the child is safest that is closest to the loving Saviour. WriAT is the difference between a bar her and a mother ? One has razors to shave, and the other h »«* shavers to raise IF a ma * wa'r* patiently whrle U wo man i< ••ptittinjr l er things on," tor l% shcp ping," lie Will rtuk»i a gow4 i»u»baude A MAN boating iu a company of la dips that.ha hid a very Inximant of hatr a la ?y that it was OWIOS to tbo mcllcicnws of tha sail. NUMBER 40 _W.IT AJTD WXSDOM. ULBBI.E AND SQUEAK. —A tlr^wn :u? pi-. 1 The nun who is without an idea. i?ouor.itly has tho greatest idea of him self. V mm who marries a frrvolons flirt ' K'.vos t» airy nothing a local habitation and a iiatnj.'' I'uiicH says it is dreadful to hear of a b tby unly one uiojth old taking to the bottle. ' The mom is so old. that' if it is mile ol fjrecn cheese, it is uuqud3tion u bly iobabn*d. A small town is a plsee where thero are many tongue tj talk aud but few heads to think. —Fame is like a river—narrowest where its birthplace is, and broadest afar off. —Tho rhymer who wrote tho line, "Dear td me is the surf-toased beach," probably had in his mind the recollection of his bill at some sea side hotel. Why is a kiss liko the creation of the world !—Because it i:j mado of noth ing, and is all very go)d. —Wit sometimes becomes practical; the Greek sa;;e in a company of very bad aieheri who were trying their skill, plac ed himtelf close to the targe', saying, "It ii the only safe spot." —Fame is an undertaker that payy but little atteiuiin to tho living, but beJ iidns tho dead, furnishes out their funer als, and follows them to the grato. —Whon we read the almost iatermiua bly sentences of some writers, we cannot help thinking that their readers are iu danger of being sentenced to death. —A c trrespoudent writes to ask if the brow of a hill ever becomes wrinkled ? Tho only information we can give hint on that point is, that we have often soeu it furrowed. —An honest damo in the town of Roma, standing beside the corpse of her deceased husband, bewailing in piteous tones his untimely departure, observed, •■lt's a pity he's dead, for his teeth ara as good as they ever were." —"Well, farmer, you told us your place was a good place for hunting; now we have tramped it for three hours, and fjund no game. ' ' Just so," said tho farmer, "as a gen eral thing the less gatne there is the niuro hunting you have " —I say Sambo, can you answer this conutK eriium J Supjosin' I gib you a bottle ol w In-key chirked shut wiih 11 cork ; how would you get the whiskey ut wi■ ou' pullin' d.i cnik or breaking de butt e'! '1 aibs dat up." "Why puA jdeco kin Vahf, hah !" \ Scotchman put n crown pieco in* to ■tlie pi ite" in an Edinbu.-g church n a la'c .Sunday, morning instead of a penny, a.id asked tu hato it back, but was refu-ed. 'ln ono«, in forever." | Aweel" grunted he, ' I'll credit for it in heaven. —"Na, 'na" said tho door kecpr, "ye'll gfit ete'lit dnly for the pen ny you meant to si'." \ School Boy being a-tked to defln« the word "admifsion," said it meant t.voutyftve cents. "Twenty five cents och led the sell xjlmaster, "what s irt of a ilefinilino d.» ynu call that?" "I don't kii '#." sn.k ly replied the boy, "but I'm sure it siys nil llio advertisement dowu there at tlie show." "Yes" said another boy, "and children half price." A .Minister who had been reproving one of his elders for over indulgence Ob served a cotr-go down to a stream, tako a Hi ink, and,£hen turn away—"There," said he to an offending elder, "is an ex» ample for you ; the cow has quenched its thirst, and has retired." "Yes," re plied the elder, "that is \fery true. Hut supposo another cow had come to tho ot he'-side of tho stream, and had said, Here's to you,' there's no saying how long they ujight liavo gono on." —An Irish priest wishing to explain the nature of a miracle to a skeptical parishioner gave the wretch a tremen | dous kick. "Hit it hurt yo ?" atked tho reveiand lather. "Hurt!" exclaimed the victim, ten derly solacing the aggrioved region with his hand." "Well, then," said tho cleryman complacently, "it would have been a miraclo-if it hadn't hurt ye —"'Uncle Enoch, what made the cats yr owe to one nigh tlast week ? I couldn't sleep, I was afraid." "Ahem! Ah! i'es. Tho meat butcher, sent us yesterd»y, you know, was to bad «ve couldn't eat it, so we threw it to tho cats and dogs, and I 'sped it gave tho cats cholera." "Well, why didn't it give the dog» th« cl.o'eia too?" "True, but don't yon remember tha dogs wi.uldu't cat it.'' Jr. was called upon one day to visit a young man not far from this ciiy who had been iu a "plug muss" and from all indications was likely to have a blaelf eje as a consequence. An inquisitive iniiivilual had learned thero was some thi'g wrnnj about theyouag man's optic, and st i| ping tho doctor on his roturo, inqu re I what the trouble was. Tha lea: ii'd man informed him that ho "foui.d the patient suffering fron a se* ■•ere cr;Dtus!oa of the integument-, under tho left i rbit, with a great extravasitia bl od and e.-chymosis in the surround'nß tellui rt. »e t, which wag in a t.tmiflaij s ate. Tt>re was also a considers! '# aofaainn oi t m sutiole." Tho feil-K sfra che l bis head, looked puzzled, and, after isligfitly recovering, aaid : "Y-e-a-s Jcctor, i understand all that: bat wh»l j. ;u« matter With his eje ?"