VOLUME 4. PROFESSIONAL CAB3DS. la. Z. MITCHELL, AttovnejK ■ .*» mm', 49*QfRca N. K Corner Of Diamond. Iki tier, Pa. j. A J. I*l' It Attorneys at Law, Office, on 8. B of Diamond and Main at. Batlrr. Pa ('baric* M'Ciindless, A « «.»a-»a«-> n«. W, jm mm- . office, on South w«t comer of Diamond, Batter. JOHN M. TH0MP509,.... SDWIR LTOS TIIOMPSOlT& LYON, |E7-crtn:«», on Main Street. Butler. Pa Attorney at Lav. JnoXVI. Greer, Esq, Office South of Court House. (Over office of Char'u McCandU*s Esq.) Sop. 2i-ih iMJirly Attorney at Law, A. > I) PENSION AND CLAIM AGENT Office, N. K. Cor. Diamond on Main Si. BUTLER PA. GEO. A. 8LACK...... OLO. W. FLIEQI'R. BLACK &~FLEEGER, ATTOItKEVH AT I.AW, AND PENSION AND CLAIM AUKNTS. IK$- Office "on Main street, opp-»«ilo Bctirteideiran'* Ckttiing Store, Butler, Pa. |uo 20, Iv. - ■». m . ATTORNEY" AT LA.W, Will attend to al I bnnlneft*entrimted t«»bin r«re prompt ly. Social attention gl*en to tho collections or /fen giotti•. Huck fitiy and BntttoHet. wHI also act us agent for those withlng to bny or veil real efflnte Office on South side of Diamond. In Bran's buiUhnß. DnHer Pa A. M. M'CAUDLESS, JK., Attorney at I.aw, Office, South-west Corner of Diamond (That formerly occupleu by Hon. Cbna. C Sullivan.) Maylfi.'iO —ly) lUJTL.KII. PA. fTniu, giumm, Attorney at Litw, HAVING recen ly from California, ban resumed the pcactlceo! Law In Butler, particular attention given to buniae-M, in th« Stnte of California, e*p oiitl'.v collecii'tn* : bavin* made ar ranK«-iiieuS with rupontibltparti** In tbat ttate. Ofhce in Boyd's Building, M.iin Street. August 14tb . 1807—« IUOS. "W. J. YOUNG, Attorney at Law. J. W. YOUNG, Surveyor. XtAltfD AG-EKTTS ? BENZONIA, MICHIGAN. ydril 24,.-Btt7—ly . A. M. NF.YMAN, M. D ~ Physlnlan and Surifeon Office immediaivii oopa.ile Walk.r'a buildmgt, llull.-r. Pec. 5, isilO. . W7~B. huselton, M.ID 7, (Lull oft .> u. S. Armj/,) No, Federal Hlrcot, Office llouns: ) Jrom 8 to 10 A. M. " 310 6 I'. M. AT.LF.GHF.SY CITY « Ito # " J May 29. 'O7. 3-fnos j>kn r i^ffrii in . Drw. Loixhorr A' Davh, HAVK r«rmanertiy loeatod >htiM-«*lve« In CENTRE VILLB, llnilei noimty. I'n , where they can be found at all limes, |irf>pnr**d to |»eifori*i all operation in «dthrr Surgical or mechanical Dentistry. Sept. al, 18(17—ly. J. M. (iILKFiI, DENTIST, Office On M.iin St., South of PostOffi e IlC'l'LEn, T- A. June 2«, !®S7. lyr. Drs Dieffenbircher & Lefevre. A KEpropared tnlhser k . Jm. -y~ -\ ifVitrtirtolHl d en». JV* \ ~lont fr,nn 1 12" «" on ■ ''reset onVulcanite.Coml Inipiovenierits in dentla- VfT : V ' ,r> - nrf *ipit&L••xomlne thrit iihw Mtvlee of Vul.anii.-tn.l ('..lalit, worl<. Killing, cleaning, extracting and a4Juat|ng the teeth done with the b»*t materials antl in the beat nutnnor. Particular attentio». /mi.ll<» ohiltlren'a teeth. An mechanics, they duty con. pel it ion; as operutoi > thej rank among the Chat Advice free of chaige. Office— In Boyd toilding defterson .street. Sutler I'a. I>ec » ln»t3 :::»I S"ew I 2ST URB. T J M AN, Wc'ld rrspectfullv inform the citizens of this p'are that ahe i» prepared to d<> a!l !.inda of setviiur. such as Dress Making, SaqtMe. Shirts, nnd Children's ao parel. Alao, Agent for Wheeler and Wilson's Sewing Machines. Feb 20. ÜB7. tf. GEORGE EOSE, House, Sign & Ornamenta Painter. r*apor Mining Done on *he Shortest Notice. UuTcea.Aug. 28, IB»T7—ly. FRANK H7jOHNSTON,I/i. D~ fbjjisifiatt k UABBISTILLE, lluUcr County, Pa, Will promptly attend to all business entrusted tu his care. R E FERENCES: Dr. Crawford, Cooperatown, Pa. Dr. Snowden. Kranklm. Pa. Dr. liiutsicr. Cochraiiion, Pa. Dr. Fowler. Harri«villc, Pa. Drs. Foster A (lunman, Clintouville, Pa. Dr. Coulter Cesilievilie, Pa. Dr. Living.:"". « " (jalyS 'o7—ly PXIOPJLISe'I BA STORK. Wilson & Underwood, WHOLES .ill * RKTAIL DEAL&BS IM TEA.S, ... CHOICE; <^amilg#roctrttS' -V o 13 oush 4V ee i Diamond * Adjoining Bopler's Hotel, ALtBtiHENT CITY, pA . One of the chtapf.it and l>tst Wholesale and Retai «&»•«* »i» Uidwo cilitix QtU examine our Stock atid iMav JV, 'aUK*. AMERICAN CITIZEN. THE TWO PARTIES, Id com meriting upon the late elections the New York World says, after euu meriting certain acts of the Democratic party in former days ; '-In complaisanca to its Southern wrong it made mistakes on ihe slavery questiou, and lost the ad vantage of leadership. In its attempts to pre\etit opinion advancing too fast it feil behind, and there could not be a more fatal blunder at present than on at tempt to carry tne public opinion of Ihe Country back to the point where it stood when, to save the traiu from destruction in moving down a declivity, the Demo critic party went from ihe eugine to the brakes." Jt is simply toa late. Tho debaches of sixty, shaking wuh ruined nerves, aud tortured with '-the horrors," lo.iks baik to his youth, and sighs that i! he eouid only be ud ot h« nerves, aud purg ed ot bis deuriuru, and 11 his veins were onee more tilled with healthy yruug bjoud, he ui g'.it be a Well uian. The World loigets that the best men of its p.riy lei'i it when it lell behind and be cjiue the tool ol the slavery interest; that Iroui ihut m. uieut the Democratic party has existed hist as a pan ler to slavery, utiii oeeoud as a paralysis ot the loyal wiir. The earnest, vigdous youth ol the Country, inspired by the great idea ol iibeiry, have justly leai ueuto associate the tiauie ol me Deuioeratic party with all that is reactionary autl aiti-American They saw thai no liiau cou d opeuly and heart.ly denounce human slavery and remain a Democrat. \\ hen the war eauie ihuy saw that no man could wholly support tt as a hopslul movement for hn<- man liberty as wml as the Union without being discarded by tne Democratic par •y. i hey lead iu the War Id apologies tor trcasou unci traitors rebelling Ct> save slavery, and incessaot sneers at the Pres ident and the Government, wbieh, to save the Union, sacrificed slavery. 'J hey saw the Democratic opposition to the draft, to taxation, to all vigorous efforts tor National salety They saw the Dem ocruiO paity in the Kast nominating I hoiiias aud Horatio Seyuunft- and in the West Yalaudigliain ; and hnally heard it shout with exu tation at Chicago that the war had failed. This was the Detn- ! ocratie party before and dunug the war, deserted by the oldqr men, who had giv en it conscience atitf a true popular aym pathy, and despised by the younger, whose political lile began with the cam paign of 1860. And what do we now *ee ? The Chair man ot the Democratic National (inn imltee is August Deluiont—one of the most notorious of Copperheads during the war ; the man who rebuked a young Union offi cr for his natural wrath w th an English noblemau who wore a rebel badge iu iM. Keiuiout's house—the facts of which were made public at tho time, iu the State ol Ohio tt>.» political cam paign just ended was conducted lor the liemocrais by Valandighain «nnd I'eu dleton, and Judge Tliuruiao the Demo \lratic candidate for Governor was a Copperhead of the same school The Chicago Timet, a rebel sheet through ihe war, and of unchangeable maligni ty, is the chief Democratic organ iu ihe Noithwcst. In New York Horatio Sey mour, who preltnod to sacnfice the Lnion rather than slavery, is the great Dl'inoeiutio leader—aud the city t New Vork illustrates the purity of Democrat le [politics. .Meanwhile the Democratic iiauoual policy, as revealed in Demo cratic speeches, resolu ions, and editori als, is lo retain just as much of the spirit ol slavery as possible ; to ta>k of the ne cessity of conci laiing the Southern brother, if he be a white ex-rebel, and tu nuicule and despise him it he be a eolbied lo} al man : while virtual repu'di atioii ot the national debt 1= o teiny ad vocated by tiie representative Democrat ia leaders ol tne U est. iSuw lot tne luiure political derelop ineut of this Couniry there are but just two fully oij.auited parties Every nan inum uci with one or theoiher of ihem Uno is tile Democratic paity, so officered aud Willi sui.h a policy. It is instinct ivcly supported liy the disloyal, ignorant and vicious element of the population everywhere. Tne other is the Republi can paity. ol wuieb many if the best Democrats ol the days belol'O the total seiviniy ol the party to slaveiy were among the touuders aud are now leaders. 1 nis party is with etjuai instinctivtness supported by ihe young, * gtuerous. tbuughtlul, progressive, intulligent, and truly American elemeut of the popuia tiou. Its history is the record of the triumph of the Uuion and of emancipa tlou. its purpo.-e is equal rights and lan play tor every man. ihe noble im pubea of human nature, the course of civilization, fhe sympathies ol good men aud ol tho truest liberal party in every land, are with it. li has made mistakes, 'ike all parties. It hag been used by wed meaning and ill meaning adherents. 13ut it is still lull ol energy and youth Its great purpose is still unachieved. And why shuuld any man to whom that purpose is precious leave a party of such a history and of such an impulse to ally himself with the other? If the Demo cratic party would reorganizs itseli in the hope«of future suocess, it can ooly "be upon the principles upon which the" lie publican party is already organized aud has ulways stood. When it throws "Copperheadistu" overboard, and abaudons a stagnant Conservatism, and cuts loose troin its pro slavery affinities it throws away what strength it has, and n becoming wisely progressive, and in seeking ji'gtdcc and equal rights "Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us t to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand lt"--A. Lincoli*. BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, FENN A, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 186 J." ceases to be the Democratic party. A lew men may see that its ooly chance as au organization lies in becoming more Kepuhlican than the Republicans. Hut the sinner is already past sikty. His nerves are hopelessly shattered. lie sees snakes, and he can only weep and sigh for the youth which returns no more.— Harper'* Weekly. REBELEQnALITY. The principle, which now serves as the foundation stone to all Democratic platfoiiu-i, is, that a rebel to this Gov erumebt has all the right* uuder it that appertain to a loyal citizen. In other words, the fact o r rebellion is to be to tally ignored, and"the Government of our fathers" resumes its functions, un changed and O' livious of ''the late un fortunate difficulty "between the States. Nor are Diinoamts alone in this the .ry, •Mr. Heecbev, being more Christian than Christ, has lent all his great influence in favor of pardon without repentance. Oilier prominent Radicals have combin ed in ilced-i of supererogation not quite so difficult to 'lie iuuividual but as dangerous to the nation, i.e. forgiving crime.- 1 agaiusi other people, and the injuries in fli'ted upon their neighbors. There is a •iOOinwud In a book which used to 'be the stand rd ot morals viz : The Bible which lequirts every man to forgive his own eui-lines, to the exitnt of returning good for evi , atid his offending brother, who turn* and says,"l repent;" but this is superceded by new standard, which forgives injuries by which you are not injured, and brothers who say ' I do not repent " To our mind there is a vast ufferenco between forgiv'ng injuries from your brother and to him. The rebels sinued ugainst the brave men who lost their lives iu suppressing the He be'ljon, and against their bereaved rel atives and thoso dependent upon them for support. Especially did they sin against those who died by the lingering tortures of cold and hunger. This nation sinned agaiui-t ihctn iu uot defending her defenders. We all sinued against them in not straining eveiy nerve to release jnd protect them from the barbarity of theii captors. It may bo very magnan imous for the nation, and her leading philanthropists to forgive their own transgressions, to say "peace be still" to that voice of a brother's blood crying ou! against them from tile ground, but we tail to see it in that light. The martyrs of the war may each have forgiven the taking away of his life, and all other wrongs done to him. God may forgive i heir murderers, but He will not, with out repentance, and has given us no war rant lor being more merciful than lie Himself. As extremes trieet, and all things are prone to work in circles, many ltadicals have come to join hands with the North ern sympathizers with treason, who have uever dropped llie clasp of traitors palms from the hist hour of the taking up of arum against the Government. Amnes ty for treason and the equality of rebel* atid loyal men, have been so preached and acted upon that the mass of loyal people are disgusted and disheartened, and their disgust has manifested itdclf in the popular vote on negro suffrage in Ohio. Negro suffrage in the rebill.'ous States was a part of the reward of loyally an ot the punishment and cure of rebelion Congress decreed that negroes should vote in these States, because they had been always loyal, and then jority of the while* had been disloyal, and the white loyalists desired their enfranchise nit lit as the only mode of restoring the States and making ilu-in loyal couituuni ties. The logic of this was so natural and apparent that democratic people and presses hailed the measure as one which must commend it-elf to the masses. The Chicago Time * said iu 1566 : "The people will cercaiuly go for im partial sufimge ; we can't help it ; and it we uo uot get on that platform we shiill he run over aud ciushed." liut Republicans, in Congres and nominating conventions, forgett : ug th; distinction between rebellion and lojal ty, enquired. "How can we enforce ne gro sutfrage iu the South aud deny it iu the North ?" I he question has. on its face, the ad mission iliat treason has ceased to be re garded as a crime, that it is not to be rnaue odious ; that traitors are not to be punished, and that the status of loyal Ohio difiers so little from that of disloyal Sjuth Carolina us 'o require fine poiuts of discrimination to make the proper dis tinction. It is this general admission of rebel equality which has fallen as so ex tinguisher upuu the enthusiasm with which the people carrried the Republican party through the war. In the recoil which lollowed their disappointment at ifio escape of all the Southern criminals whom they had captuied at so great a cost, at seeing rebels elevated to placeii of power and loyal men repudiated, aud at finding themselves always compelled to drive their leaders instead of following them, the people have fallen back into the old, worn rut of prejudice and pas sion, out of which the war for a time lifted them. \\ e have ever advocated, aud shall ever advocate, manhood guff rage, but to press the question in the loyal States now, on the giound that we cannot.consistently,enforce it in the South and rtluse to do so in the North, is to ignore the distinction between treason and loyalty; is to assume the Democrat ic ground of Rebel Kquality. The true policy of the Republican party is to re construct the governments of the South ern States, The Northern States have a clear constitutional right to regulate their owu affairs. The Negrtes in them are amply protected in their persons and property. The loyal men in them can carry on the governments without their rssistance ; and as theif ultimate fate is bound up in that of their raoe, they and their best friends should desire to see the experiment fairly tried of lifting mjllions of them from slavery to eitisen ship, unembariasscd by the invocation of State pride and personal prejudice. The Negroes of the North have been depress* ed by the degradation of those of the South, and niust.be lifted by their ele vation. The work of emancipating them elevating them to all the rights of citi izens, and reconstructing the govern ments of all the rebel States, would ap pear to be enough for a generation ol ini tcllectual giants. Let this be completed betore revolutionizing the loyal States Let the tteyubliean party, at least, keep up a marked distinction between treason and loyalty ; and leave llehel Equality to the fare of the Democracy. MINDING. A SKETCII FOR THE CHILDREN. "Charlie, oome in, I want you," said n sweet womanly voice to a little boy who was playing marl leu on the sidewalk in front ot a nice briek house. Now Char lie wis very busy and in the midst of a delightiul game. He was as happy as a child could be. To quit his play then wasli.e quitting the table wlieu hull through dinner Would he obey ? \Vu looked with inrcrest to see what he woU'd do. What would you have done ? Char lie fcplied : "Yes, mother," and picking up his marbles started off with a sun ling lace and a bounding Step up the side yard, and in at the end door ol the house. A fine boy thjit, I thought, as I looked atler him. I win der who he Is ? VVlut a beautilul tiling it in list be to have a little boy or girl who will mind at ouee and with a happy loving heart! 1 wondered what would become of that boy, and wished to see more of him and learn his liietory. 1 used to walk past that house every week, aud always thought ot that blue eyed, light haired boy. The thought of hiui made me happy. I saw a great tunny naughty children. Once I speut two or three days in trying to find a naughty boy who ran away from his home and overwhelmed his parents with grief; and when I found him toine one had stolen his coat and hat and bundle of clothes and all the money he had. Onee I chas ed alter a truant boy and girl for sever al hours ; and at last, late at night,found them in the woods wet through with rain and chilled with cold, and tright encJ almost to death. They had dis obeyed their mother and gone to play instead of going to school, and bot'i of tiiese were sick for several weeks in con of their fully and exposure.— A boy that minds—lie is a jewel. 1 bad been iu business a year or two, and in that time had several boys ; but it was next to impossible to find one that would mind. At last 1 was quite out of patience, aud determined that I would have no ouo'who could not bring tho best recommendation, and stand the closest test. Several applied for tho place, but no one suited us. At last cam- a blue eyed, flaxen-haired youth of twelve years with a bright honest face. There was something engaging iu his aspect. Had I soeu nim before ? What is your name ? '•Charley Warren, sir. I live in Frank lort street. My lather it a carpenter, but is lame now aud ciiunot work, and 1 got mother's eonscnt togo into a store if I can find a place." It was the very Charley I had seen playing at marbles. 1 remembered the circumstance and kn ioN.—ln terri ble agony, a soldier lay dying in the hosi pital. A visitor asked him, "What church are you of?" "Of the church oft hrist," be replied, "I mean, of what puiEuasion are you ?" then inquired the visitor. ''l'ursuasion !" said the dyiog man bis eys looked heavenward, beam ing with love to the Savior, "I am per tuaded ttat neither death nor life, nor angles nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present or things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be ab'e toscporate me from the love of God which is in Christ J«sus." O.ne charge in a lawyer's bill against a c'ient was, for waking up in the night and thiukisg of your business, five dol£ kn." RAIDS UPON OUR BONDS. Twice within a fortnight the money market has been unsettled by vicious at tseks upon the Government securities.— { The excitement respecting the Five- Twenties had scarcely subsided, and the bonds had barely time to rally from their 'emporary depression, before it was dis covered that thts Seven-Thirties had been tampered with. Attention was first drawn to the fact at the Treasury Depart ment, where duplicate numbers were re ceived of those bonds that had been sent infer redemption. These notes were so well executed to baffle critical examination ; indeed, experts among the heavy dealers in "Governments" were the chief sufferers by the imposition.— It was scarcely possible to' determine the precise nature of the fraud, whether a counterfeit or an over-issue, whether an exquisitely correct imitation of the orig inal, or a transfer from the genuine plate purposely a little defaced. Those who attempted to penetrate the mystery be came yet more mystified, and tne opin ion soon obtained currency that the ro> guery had its birth place iu the Treasury L>ei ar went itself; otherwise, execution of woik requiring such exquisite skill would uot have been possible in the coun try. Employes iu the I'epnrttnent who uuturally wished to remove suspicion from themselves, maintained that the fact that no engravers in this country outside of Guvfciuiuent employ could produce such a job was proof that the plate had been prepared in Europo, and a conclusive argument iu favor of the integrity of the Department. Investi gation has not yet succeeded iu posi lively locating the crime; nor is it ascer tained what amount of spurious note* has been issued, though it is believed to be but a few hundred thousands. Less than tsvo hundred thousand have been detected so far. Although the excitement iu financial circles which attended the discovery of this fraud was veiy considerable for a time, causing a material depree-ion in ti c class of securities tarn pered with, it has now nearly passed away, and tho temporary decline has beeu reenverod, — No difference iB made in the price of the 2d series of Seven Thirties and any oth er series What better proof need wo of the people • confidence in the nation al credit th in this astounding elasticity of its securities under the nlost crash iog blows ? This is not the first timo that the Aot en-Thirties havesuffered Irum fraudulent Some months ago an ovcr-ia* sue was detected, but the pnbiic excite ment, was quieted as quickly then as now Tne Compound Interest Notes have also been counterfeited heretofore. These circumstances, in themselves, need oc casiou no alarm ; United States bonds are not less exempt from the attempts of counterfeiters than other notes and honds of this or other countries. Hut that which most naturally excites apprehen sion is the simultancousness with whish these attacks upon the public credit have been made of late. Coupled wifll the assaults upon the National Banks and other schemes well calculated to derange our finances and impair publie confi dence it looks as though some cot>spiras cy was afoot to undermine the national credit. >» hen we see tho joy with which the slightest indication that the United States will break down under its debt is hailed in England, and the efforts there made to prejudice the public tuiud against our securities both within and without. Possibly ten centuries of poace-nuking and hand shaking would not eradicate the innate jealousy which England and Kuropean nations have of the American growth an j prospeiity. This feeling of jealously is but natural. It may not manifest itself so long as the national sky is unclouded, but so soon as signs of' tumult or storm appear it gleams for'.h iu uum.stakible intensity. We have not forgotten how Europeau capitalists pre dicted, when the wor broke out, that tte should presently be on our knees to them for aid; itnu how they gave us to under stand iu advance thai application would be useless; how they chuckled over the prospect of our beiug weakened through disintegration,and the benefits they wore to receive therefrom; nor how tho castles they had built dissolved into mist when the magnitude of our resources was de veloped ; uor how very humble they be came when the uatioual flag waved in triumph over Jthe crushed rebellion ana cemented Union. We have heard their cries of woudet at the easo with wmch we carry and reduce our debt, aud wv have seen the facility with which our bonds are disposed of in for eigu markets: and wc now see as plaiuiy how prompt aud they are to throw up their cap over the possibility that we may still fail aud goto the dogs of re pudiation. Due we shall disappoint tho expecta tions of all enemies at home aud abroad. There is no possibility of so base a con summation. Ihe fact is, the couutry has already passed the «everest test which the uatioual debt is likely to subject itt finan cial machinery; the people do not wish to escape the payment of the debt ; in genious projects of repudiation will win no favor except among the base aud un scrupulous who alwavs fatten upon pub lic disorders; our boodg are not to be tic predated, nor will it be permitted that the national credit shall be jeopardized to answer any party political end. It has been urged as a wise policy upon the part of Congress to set the Five-Twenty ques tion at rest by a short supplementary act, declaring that the paytntot ot tho inter est on these bonds in a specie obligation. This would give reucwad confidence to investors abroad. As to the Seven-Thir "<•* and all *4h»r classes of icouritiea, there will bo legs pecuniarv risk to hold ers and purchasers the soonor the consol- : idation of the public debt 5s compleVd. Whatever expedients are adopted to in- 1 fure greater security, one thing is C er, tain, the integrity of the nation is as un assailable thraunb its bonds as it was ' through traitorous politioal counsels Harper't Weekly. THE WHITS MAN'S PART* —ln the address of Wm. A. Walace, Chairman of the Democratic State Centeral Committee congratulating his fellow pratisans u po n their success in ( the late eleotion, he pledges himself and the party be repre sents to the "preservation of the supre macy of our own race." Hud a Mississippi or South Car ouna rebels said this, and called upon his party to take suoh a stand, there would be some seuso in it; but for a leader of a party in Pennesylvania—where the other race constitute only about one for tieth part of the population, and where they still labor uuder politial, social and industrial disabilities, are generally poor, and sUugling, in their weakness, to better tbeif condition by which all good men must and do approve—fyr bim to proclaim from his high position of place and power, that Henceforth it shall be the great work of the party over which h* presides to crush down and keep down this weak anil humble class of their fel« low beings, is about as humiliating an ex hibitation of depravity, cowardic* and meauness as could well be made. We re the supremacy and dignity of "our race" to depend upon such men as Walace, We might at once find or proper places in a siale immeasurably below the nogries. The wbito wan who fears the negro in the race for supremacy is already too de gardod U» bo fii tor American citismship »ud utterly devoid of the generous im v pulse of * frcodinan. DOMKSTIC FAULTS. — Homes are more often darken«d by the continnal recur rence of small faults, than by the actual presence of any decided vice. The East* ern traveler can combine his foroe and bunt down the ti/or that prowls upon his path ; but he can scarcely escape the niosketoos that infest the air he breathea or the fl us that swarm the earth he treads. Ihe drunkard has been known to renounce his darling vice; tho slave to dress and enrav.igance, her besetting sin ; but the waspish temper" the irrita" i l ' n ß tone, rude, dogmatic manners, and *t»n hundred nameless negligence that spoil the beauty of association, have rarely done other than proceed till the •ctionj of disguat. »n I gradual tilen ation has turned all the currents of af lection from their course, leaving nothing but a barren Hack, over which the mere skeleton of companionship «ulks along —The Nashville Banner tries to make an impression upon the colored pcopie by the following reasoning : Question.—To what do you owe vour freedom ? A oswer.—The war. Q—W ho got up tho war ? A.—The rebels. Q. Then the rebels made you free / A.— Yes, Sir. The l'rrn snd Timet hopes for the interests of christianitythat th« Banner will turn its attention toe religions cat» celiism. For example : Question. —To what do you owe your salvation ? * Answer.—To the crucifixion of Christ. Q —Who crucified him ? A- llertd, Judas and Pilate. Q —Then Herod, Judas and Pilate are the authors ot your salvation ? A.—Yes, sir. LIVE FOR OTHERS.— Ood has written upon the flowor that sweetens the air, upon the breeze that rocks the flower upon its stem, upon the rain drops that swell the mighty river, upon the dew drop that refreshes the smallest sprig of moss that rears its head in the desort, upon the ocean thet rocks every swimmer in its chauuul, npon every pencilled she! 1 that sleeps jn the caverns of the deep,as well as upon the miglity snn which warms and cheets the million* of creatures that live in its light—-pon ail his lie written, ">ione of us liveth to himself." —To a-k advice merely to cast about for sanctions to a firmly made up opin ion, with a determination to accept none but what agrees with it, is iittle less than an insult. It shows both a recklessness of giving trouble; and a want of decent respect for aoother's judgment The in sincere inquirer not only g lyc s trouble unnecessarily; but also repays it moat ungratefully with neglect and contempt. THE proprietor of a cotton factory put this notice <»n his gate • ''No cigars or go >d looking young men admitted." In exp anation he said : "The one will seta flame a going among my cotton, and the other among ray girls. I won't admit such dangerous things into my establish* meut. The risk is too great." BRKATIIKB there a man with soul so dead—who nevei to-iniuself has said I will my local take—bo'h for my own and family's sake ?—lf such there be, let him recent— and have tho paper to him sent—-and if he'd pass a happy winter—fye in advaßee should pay tho printer. —IJe kind to the little ones; they will often be fretful and wayward. Be patient with them A whole family of I little ones may be restored to good hu- I mor by suggesting a new play, or tellicg I them a ple&sa-1 story. NUMBER 45 WIT AND WIBDGM. , — Wh ? >s » tired man like an umbrel la ? Because he is used up. Be pure, but not stern ; have mo~*al excellences, fcut.don't biiatls with them. —When is a wagoner like the moon I '' W hen he talon the wfcjp. •; 1 ,, —Those who have the excellent fao- s ulty ul using aU .they know dak never ' know too much. . If tho Doge of Venice was to lose his sight what useful article would he he converted to ? A Venetian blind. " "J have passed through great hard ships," as the schooner said after sailing through a fleet of iron-clads. p —Why might carpenters really be lieve there is no such thing as stone? Because tlfey never saw it. —"A Nine Days' Wttndijr"—That of the kitten, which wonders when it's <»o --ing to see. —A thundering lie is now fendered-r a fulminating enlargement of elongated veracity. He is a choice friend who conceals my faults from others,and discovers them to myself, 112 VAIN SHOW.—A HA* of wind mar l*. . mistaken for a sack of ootn till it is "lift, ted or openej. The best oure for the lioad acbo is to take another suffering with preeisaly the same Complaint Two positives mako a negative Precocious girl that, who took as tie theme of her graduating essay at a fa*, ionable seminary, "The education of ritir boys." , • — l "Capital weathor, Mr. Jones, Mpi* tal weather. My wife's got auch • had cold she can't speak. I like suoh wsatlu er." "I Jo n»t say that man will stoal," said a witness on a trial, "but if I was a chicken I'd roost high when ke was around " —Chicago is an Indian word moaning "mneh wind.". The aboriginal linguists says an exchange, deserve to rank among the prophets. —1 he siio of the head doesn't indi cate the quality of the brain any more than does the stove pipe tile which be strides it. —For drunkenness drink cold water; for health, rise early ; to be happy, bo honest; to please all, mind your OWQ business. —There was a great deal of nature in the remark of a lady, who, holding a glass of water in her hand, said, "Oh, if it were only wicked to driult this, how nice it would be I" —Miss Smith, 1 wish to speak to you in private. Permit me take you apart for a few moments." Minn Smith (wh6 wasn t at all frightened)—4'Certainly,air, if you II promise to put me together again." —"My dear," said a smiling spouse to her other half, "I'm going a shopping fa-day ami want a little change." "Pooh!" responded the savage, "that would bo no change at all ; you go a shopping overy day." _ |, —"What's that ar picture on V asked a oountryman in a print store the other d«y of the proprietor, who was ''turning some engravings. "That, sir, is Joshua commanding the sun to stand still/'— "Du tell ! Which is Josh and which is his son ?" —"Sarah,"said a young man the oth er day, "why don't you wear ear rings t" "Because I haven't had my ears piet ccd." "J will boro them for you." "Thank you, -you have done that enough." —"You can do anything if you only have patience to wait," said an old fo£y to his son : "Water may be carried ia a seivc if you can wait." "How long ?" inquired the son, an inr. pudent young Amerioa, who could hard!? wait for the father's obituary. "Till it freezes " —A good lady who had two children sick with the measles, wrote to a friend for the best lemody. Tho friend bad just received a note from a nothor lady, inquiring tho way to mako pir:ktes. In the confusion, the lady who bad in quired about the pickles received tlia remedy for the measles,-aud the pnzicus mother of tho sick children read ;?itli horrorthe following : "Soald thetii tiireo or four times in verry hot vinegar, and sprinkle them with salt, and in a ft w days they will be cured." »" Tur LAWVER FLOORED. —A wag of ; the incorrigible school—a regular cL-n in fact—was sitting in a company of gentle men, one of whonic was a lawyer of no mean reputation. The wag talking- to ; another individul, but for the ear of the liwyer ovorsaid.Jstated that he desired the services of a good lawyer; that he had ' an important case, out of which, if suc cessful, as he could not fail to be, if f.ho i case be properly managed agood fee made 1 to the lawyer. At this point the legal gentleman ?u . question putin : .'What's that you say—in need of » lawyer, good case—paying fee ?JTbe law i is ID£ profession— state yaur caee." ) ag—"My case is undoubtedly an exoellent one, and I am willing to pay • J most liberal contingent fee—l can't afford a feo oertain.—l will give one half of the amount if you succeed—which is five hundred dollar*. Do yon under take ?" ' liwy>.—"l do ; state your case." ' Wag—"l want you to borrow five hundred dollars for ae—and we will di vide it." > Exit wag, with a ponderous boat ia dangerous proxim&J to hi* eoat (ail.