Erie i.f2irthlp Q)bstrber.
Cl RoiENFWErn'q RLECE, (re srArgs,)
Orri s i convti: STATE ST. AND PARE.
,d,,p.mptec, paid sriztcrtx In advance.....s2 00
ifet paid In advance 2 50
iitt,'..Subscribers,served by carriers, Fifty Cents
des to the
one
person ...... 00
• 0 1.0).
Fl‘e c opies sent to,one address, 10 RI
'll (I)
Ten coptes,
cu bqrates apply only to those who pay In
s ` ll l l n „'n e i;scrlpt lon accounts Must be set tled'an
n.,,nv. No paper will he sent to any person
ts 4,',„ e r esponsibility is not known, unless the
paid In advance.
•
ADVERTISING RATES.
Tbe following are our advertg rates., which
be strictly . adhered to. In reckoning the
, ent th of a dvertisements, an inch is considered
Anything less thad an Inch is rated
a full square:
,i n .rrtiow.l , 4.;sa.) :l sq. 4 s 9;1 1.1
e. 114 e. 1 14 e.; 1 e.
, 1.00 1.751 2.25 2.70) .3.0fr . T.0W 1000
2.50! 3.25, 4.(0, 7.00 MOO M.OO
„,.,•ks, ;2.00 I.ra 4. 00, 11. 0)
M n7ls M
2.512 3. 3
0 1 0.00 IMO IR.OO
„ mantle , 1 . 7, 33 0 1 7.00 it.. 50 15A12.5.00A.100
Thr month.; 5.01 mon 12.41'3).n0 no.no
, x alt. h. s.ii) 12.00 15.00 '3).011).311AI 50,01 g-,0 0
12.41 w.n):).on 35.0050.00 x 90.00130.00
F•x ,, e ptors' and Administrators' Notices 53
and kstrav Notices S 2 each:
...et in Leaded Nottpariel t and
before Marriages and Deaths, 2, per
in addition to regular rates; Local Notices,
m ithed by the parties,ls etc. per linen( Eight
for tirst in•ert ion, 12 cents per line for Ree
, ten cent.. for each stihscrinent ine.cr
n" Narita} Soticen retttg per line; Mar.
t or , 'heaths t'. - 1 cents each. Adver
• r..,'',..;;flen!, in,erted every other week, two-thirds
, too'. Pewons handing In adv..rtlSernelltS
..t,tte• the period they wish them pub
,t etlierliase they will be continued until
; .„1 i. 11. nt the expense of the advertisers.
- PRINTING.
•,• tr,v . one Ihe heel h thhing Gib es in the
aro pretrawl in fin fins* kind of
.?r .011111 orders, lit as reasonable
in as toot style as any establishment
.h. , 11' 1 addressed to
WTITT3t )',
Editor and Proprietor.
ti115111f55 .110tif
-F. ‘f PTIArSE.S,
~f I , :kylar Hatt Iltill,ittuf
oefriit-t
ITENRY M. IMILET,
v,on,,v r r T.nw, P,heli street. alic.. rnlnn
Erie. Pe. _ - ' 1107.67...
(.1 , ;(111G1.1 11. CrTT.F:II,
at Nur, t,irnrd, 'Erit - 1 - County, pa.
hiviint“ig titti - nriert to with
ati.l4ll`Parvii•
- ,
:41?Trilfr;k: m.. k ityrs.
\i„r, in..\t i orneys Crran..74 , llarg
I ?lie* Paraz,nn Tilnelr. I war North Weßt
: 7 4 Publ a. Square, Erie. Pa.
E-ki;LF. 11 0 iF.I„
Itobprt Pronrivtrbr.
„ 11.11 , 1 attenttnn
alt..qtli. ti ta,rtri.
pitAWLEY_A, BALL,
Pine, Whitowood, Cherry: ARIL
I (ink Lumber. inth and i;.'hirzle.:.
North or R. R. Depot. Erie,
141'2-tr.
wiTILLDIN & DARLINn,
and Surgenn4. °Mee, Ana Peach
-.., , .. , 41thwe5t corner or Rixth. °Mee npon
r. nI nicht. Dr. ‘ l ,'hilidin's realdenee 914
Jr-tle , :ttert„between Ninth and Tenth streets.
earNT:SrigON.
.11:1 , nt IA IV, and Justlee of the Pence,
al anti clatrn teent, ronvoynneer and
i Mrs In Ringiertlechr , isloctr;,6uth
,nrr of Fifth and Stnt« part.elq, Erie, Pn.
E. M. COLS: & SO.
i”rS and Mani: Rnnk Manilfqrtiirers,
Kov.tnne National Bank. JyIITT-tf.
1,.
Co. "yr: St :1 t, St ro.•t, onn•t 110 BrOWII'R
r.riP, Pa. (Mk , ' hAttra from V A. \f. to
tram I- to P. m. 0c1n•137-tf.
SALTS3I4I%; S (*Q., '
and itPtail OPalers yh Anthracite,
• monons and Iflark-nlltll °Mr, corner
h vtrepts, Erie, Pa. 1 ,
P r e:3l-1.r.1 It. T. HAl.l".3,tAti.
A lir NO,
Nt C. 7 lirt.n or n n.I 1)1 , 11,•r In }long, IlariPV
16 f.Pzet, •Proftrietnr of kb , and
3verte, and 7.3fdlt Wairliree.ec, F.rie,
• 13
W. E. MAGILL,
011. e in lire-ennrolei -Mark, nnrtli
clip Park, Erie, Pa. -
11. y. pic:KEßrio. 1).
•
(Oleo, Frew. t, .roona .461. y
near the corn , : of the Reed
art IS.
tip O .KINgON, WILLI.IIN CO.
to rienrae..T. lfortnn,
pint ICl.olvugr p,:klers in raid.
rota for V. V. & F.. all , l People. Line of Steam
. 1:.:/-1 MIMI,. Doelc, Ertr,
Pit\VK NVINCITELL (1)..
11101'0 , 1 and Cntittpk.lon MPrelmnt , i, and IVO
~t.! Stale ,1 mot irnrner Nintll, 4
Pa. .i.lvant•r. "n eoasktntrientv.
I . oll.lfie, of tended to fa any part of
vountv.
Vitt. WrirllEl I,
=
I ‘14.1. Cl‘.:trter. I , ntcm Block.
Dr. 13,•nrwtt.'9 mitre. Clothe.: rmt.te,
.o).1 n-otre‘l on short itotice. Tvrtm. rott
nthlt• :I, silly. n 17•22.
r, - , ervrtift. 3iOtitlit3t
sl-CF.ll‘f.kti,
iiinrnnrs nt Imsr, Franklin, N. In
Lillertv vt rent. Pit kit - NIP 1•Itv,
Tinlnvii+n .troPt.
promptly made in nil pnriN . n( the
zinn,
NO111:1'.,
0. -11 e ,I,llors In lutrct and soft vont, F.r1, , ,
'll In_ despond of our ant* prooortv in
firfn,w, tio.oosshrilv mtlre frnrn
royamtnendine nnr saccessnrs as
a,rths Of Ow rantlrlenoo and patran
i , otr atpl tho
, 7-.! st %Yrr. rt.k xxiN .t CO,
=
Tatior,Firth atreet,hotwrim
Erie, Pa. runtom Work, Itimqtrf
' • Ittlnit attetutorl to prompts•. Apl9'66-tt:
riV,F.ItY AN!) TIOARDIN(4 i4TABT.F.,
-I , r of French. and Reventh streets, F.ri
•s- Johr+ori proprietors. Good heirq.
',itrriees itlways on hand at mssiervi
J:412-tf.
11'. M. ARMSTRONG CO..
• to 'Walker k Armstrona, Whol.
Retall Dealer, In .1n thraeite and R
ty.esl, Iron Ore,(Wire
ruElith and :%fyrtle streets. Po
lkrc At, Erie. Pa.
- • tßy•Tlt..ti.i. 'deltl-1 f.' .T. FOLLANSB
411ItRETT
, liner Ms. I Ifth`t , Vo. In Soh ,
'''ll ,, ,,nen Itv amt n Wit. Dr. ltarrett
Vl,,t sth St. mylich7-Iy.
rt.- tirore.t. Tatin
.nntrnodlt3,ns and nind
znyir67-tf,
SIM
(1: Iit:NNI:Tr, :NI: I)
tltjee, Ewa Park SI
's hurt',--Norrlg at the re
drfor mouth of the 3
` 4 .e.safrax ',tree!. ()Mee how
11, m.nnhl3 p. in. mt-10'60,-tf.
It. V. eI.AIII-I, . -
t in , tll k ! 4,14 of I.'amllv Gmeeriem at,
',', - ' l, '. "'lmo , W:i re, he„nwl wholesale den
" " ,11 ". 1 .1 , 11.rn,i.i..vira, Tnharco. &e,„ No.
Flftli stn , -t, r,,,-.. p,, len't77-(f.
j
P. I l'it.‘SF,lt; M. D.,
1 , ' , l 11,....1,1an And 1. 411V : 01 1 . Oa
' ~,` ..!, l'oaell St., opposite the Pm
0 31. h our, m our, fro Ii t.: 12 a. m..." to 5
'I: ,-, ~.. r.
)1 IN 3i. 3411.1. AR,
ser and Surveyor. Residence el
•':eet anet Flint Avelino, Ennt Erlo.
NF:W STt tt:F
he new brick stn
" """r".
""
att%hrtme
ty.ts on hand a la
Provisions. Woad and Will ,
• Liquors, Segal.. eke., to which
calls the attention of the pub)
can otlt.r as g.ood tantains
wly {girt 02 Erie ~,,nnt.F.
RIE CITY IRON WORK
1:111[1.3.
)11 :I'F.‘( - 117REILS OF
le Bradley Engine
N,•ve r %,rirpotsll4l-or
botiblv Cylitsder Eugi
INEM
Twtci
k 1, Warranted to ttivt
I) To oNE HUNDRED FER CEN
~9k Ft
than Single C. Under Engl
,Ing the tattle IIMOUI nt ,{team.
ENGINES AND BOILERS
fir A .1. sTYLEs
sTt ILIA AND TANKS!
Dewriptions.
SiAOAVIKILL
/I EAU BLOCKS,
-V
141
VOL. 38,
Ototecits, tirciburt, "rug, 0i•.7.
The Old Grocery Stand !
CRAW i!‘ MARSHALL,
At the Well !mown htand;
N0.124We . st IP2II
Groceries, Provisions,
PAINTS, OILS, d:C.
POWDER, COTTON' FUSE,
Gun Capes, Arc.
Having thoroughlydvlitted the above .dore and
stocked it with one of the
FINEST LOT OF GOODS
Ever brought to Erie, we are now prepared to
supply all the wants of the public
Defy Competition!
Tezu4,
Coffe(44,
CANNED-FRUITS, &C.,
A GENERAL .LSSORTMENT
Of all the artleleg tpAti r lly kept la a fitst-elass
Grocery—:,ll . fre.ll, and at the
Lowest Market Price !
IMISIMES
e intend to keep an establkhment at which
our customeni can nlw•ayw rely upon procuring
N 1 hat t Nv a n and Will warrant our rLurgchi
to be as moderate as:any store in the city
(live us a trial, and se* for youraelven
CHEAP GOODS!
GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE,
F. SCHL.A.UDECKER.
s ueeewulrin F. t M.Schlstildecker, fa now re
celving a splendid assortment of
I MOCERI ES, PROVISIONS, WINES
Liquors. Willow, Wooden and Stone Wars
Fruits, Nuts. &c. A large stock of
TOBACCO AND CIGARS,
Gr'roeery I-lencitiiiarteroi.
American Block, State St., Erie, Pa.
ms967—t f.
Wholesale and Retail Grocery Store.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS,
North -Filet Corner Park and French St..
Woul,l rem pertrull y eall th e at tentlou or the coin
triunity to their large stock of
Groeerien; and I'rwrimiona,
Which thry Are de.iroux to xell at
TRU VERY LoNVEST POKSIBLE
Sugars. Coffees, Teas, Syrups,
TODACMS, FISH, SC.,
Ie not surpassed In the city, as they are prepared
to prove to all who give them a call.
They also keep on Mimi a superior lot of
PURE LIQUORS,
for the wholesale trade, to which they direct
the attention of the public.
Their motto is, "Quick sales, small profits and
a full equivalent for the money." apll'6l-tf.
PRO]UCE MARKET.
M. V. WCOREIIBN AD CO.,
Would regpeetfully annotate.. that they have
°petted a store at
No. 4: 7 . 8 French St., between 4th and sth,
EIUE, PA.,
For the purchase awl sale or
ALL KINDS OF COUNTRY PRODUCE,
CAlutier s Poultry. Milk, Ar..c.,
Orders from :Throwd will receive prompt at
ent fon at the lowest market Prices,
•
KO - The highest price in Cash paid for Pro
' aulds3ll-tf.
•
HAVING sold our entire stock of Furniture
to .1. \V. Ayres, we hereby thank the com
munity for their liberal patronage to us, hoping
they will,extvnd the same to him. We will de
vote our time hereafter to the
UNDERTAKING BUSINESS!
With the consent of 3. W. Ayres we still hold
our office In the same old place, 715 State street,
where will be found at all times ready to attend
to the wants of the community in our line o.
trade.
Ready Mtide Cofßnt4 :
Trimmed to order. and
and Iron Burial
cm,es, of all styles and sizes, on hand ; also,
Shroud and Collin Trimmings. ' Undertaken;
will rind It to their advantage to buy them of
us, as we cannot be undersold west of gew York.
MOOB.E t RIBLET.
gOI3 PRINTING of -every kind, In huge or
el small quantitie', plain or colored, done In
the best style, and at moderate prices, at the
Obeerver office.
TOR PRINTING or every kind, In large or
0 small quantities, plain or colored, done In
the beat style, and at moderate prleeß, nt thp
9b wryer office,
Deftlvnt in
Agents for the sale of
at pricen that
017 It sT cigx - OF ,
sugart4,
Syraipm,
1 , 1111,Utp11.44P1tt
J
Wh"le,ale and Netntl
WINES AND LIQUORS
Call and see us, at the
F. S,CIILA.F'DECKER
P. A. BECKER Lt• CO.,
Their a*sortinent or
NOTIc`II.
Dry Cfoob.g.
W I 0 T,I , ISS A. 11,1;'
DRY GOODS STORE,
el STATE STREET, ERIE,
Southard & McCord,
JpBBEIIS IN
11, - `l7 .øøl)4!
NOTIONS, HOSIERY, G14,0VE5,
Our stork to the largefit ever brought to the city,
conslßt fug of
PRINTS, - DELAINES, SILKS, CLOTHS,
CASSIMERES,
BLEACHED Sc BROWN SHEETINGS,
A complete tw,ortment nt Dre4.s Goods, every
kind of article in the Notion Line, and, in short,
Cogeneml assortlers , ment of everything needed by
untry dea
TO BE SOLD AT
IVEW 'YORK PRICES
Country Dealers are invited to gitie us a call.
We do a strictly wholesale trade, and propose
selling at such prices as willmake It to the ad-
vantage of merchants in this Section to deal In
Eric, Instead of Rending FANS for their goods.
S. SOLTTEIARD. . ACCORD.
my2i-tf.
THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED
Carpet & Dry Goods House
IN N. W. PENNWIXANIA
A complete' HMO , : of liheelings, Pri n Ls, LI net's,
Cloths,s Sacklno, Flannels. Irish and French
Poplins, Mohairs, Alpacas, 'Moines, Sc. Also, •
WHITE GOODS, lIOsITRT,
GLOVES AM) NOTIONS,
CaMand get prices before purchasing
'WARNER BROS.,
apr3'67-Iy. No: 500, Marble Fro - ut, State St
isl 2 I.4.r.A,Frv. twrirtv.i.rr.
Dry Goods !
Dry Goods !
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL !
—_t
The lamest and best htoek of
BROWN AND BLEACHED SHEETINGS,
PELVTS. , FLANNELS, LINEN:,
Cloths, Cloakings, DeLaincs, Alpacas, Lewis,
Mohair-., Sulks. Black and Colored, Thlblt,
' Cashmere, lirocha and Paisley
Shawls, White Goods, Hosiery,
Notions, , ete., &.e. •
GOO,l s marked down to meet the market.trouble to 'how gootbt, Cgll and examine.
mr2T67-Iy. 110.!- , ENZIVEIG k BRO.
White . Men Must Rule America:
MRS FOR ISGS—VIXIIS FOR ISGS:
The Best New York Weekly Published.
NEW YORK. DAY BOOK
FOR isos
The New York Da3 - -Rook Is a straightforward
Radical, Democratic paper, with a larger eircu-
Winn than any other Dernoeratic Journal ever
published on this continent, and it enters on
the threshold of 15114 more pritspemus and tare
hopeful of tht*great cause It upholds than ever
before. Standing on the Declaration of Inde
pendence, that "all (white) men are equal," and
therefore entitled to equal rights, it is opposed
to all forms and degrees of special legislation
that conflict with this grand central truth of
Democracy, and over all and above all, does it
combat that monsfrons . treason to American
liberty, which, thrusting the negro element in
to oim political system must of necessity wreck
the whole mighty fabric left us by our fathers.
God has created white men superior and ne
groes inferior, and • therefore all the efforts of
the past six years to abolish Ills work and
equalize with negroes—every law violated, eve
ry State Constitution overthrown. every life
sncrificed. and every dollar expended, are ne
fs•ssarily Just's° many steps towards national
suicide; and the simple and awful pro lem now
upon us is just this—shall we recover our rea
son and retrace our steps, or march on to Mon
erelism, Roelof anarchy, and the total ruin of .1
our country.
The Day Rorilf, therefore, demands,the resto- I
rfttion of the 'Ehion as it was"—n Union of co.
equal States upon the white basis,. as the only
hope, and the only means posthte under heaven
for saving the grand l•leas of 1770, and the fund
amental priciples of American liberty, and if
the real freemen: and the earnest believers In
that sacred and glorious cause- in which the
men of the Revolution offered uir their lives,
-will now labor to expose the lamoranee,deluston l
and treason of the Mongrel' parts-, it will sue
(Ted, and file white Republic of Washington
be restored again in all Its original influence
and grandeur.
The Day Book will, however, hereafter be
More than ever devoted to all the varied purpo
ses of a news paper, ConsCious that it reach
es thonsands of families who take no other
Journal, beyond perhaps their heal paper; it
will continue and improve its "News of the
Week" Summary, so as to present a transcript
of the World's events In each issue. Its "Fam
ily Department" will embrace the best original
and selected stories, Its "Agricultural Depart
ment" will be fully sustained, and being the
only paper of its class made up expressly for
country circulation, It is confident it Is worth
double the price of a weekly hurriedly reprint-,
ed front a daily. It gives full and complete re
ports of the New York find Alhany•Caftle Mar
kets; Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets,
and a Weekly review of Financial matters, to
gether with the markets, lay telegraph, from
New Orleans, Cairo, Charleston , Philadelphia,
&e., up to time of gbing to press. •
Terms—Casibrin Advance.
One copy one year *0 co
Three copies one year - 5 SO
Five copies one year, and one to-the getter
up of - the club TO 00
Ten copies ona year, and one to the getter
up of the dub d 7 SO
Additional copies '1 75
Twenty copies one year, and one to the get
ter up of the club 10 00
Specimen copies sent free. ' Send for a
ropy. Address, giving post office. counts' and
State In full; VAN F.VRI E. HORTON & CO.,
deele. No lae Nassau St., New York.
For the Holidays!
. "
WATCHES, t
DIAMONDS,
JEWELRY,
Silver & Plated Ware !
The largest ac sortznel4 In town, at prices that
DEFY COMPETITION 2
Do not fall to call on
MANN Jic FISHER, •
No. 2 Reed Block.
!Two tloora East 41 main entrance.
Dimmlution.
CO-1 AItTNERSIIIP heretofore existing
' between the undersigned. In the Planing
7.11111, Door, Sash and Blind bIIRIIIIP9A, under the
firm name of Jacob Bootz & Co., was dissolved
by mutual consent on the 21st day of June, 1867.
The business will be continued by Jacob Boot;
who is authorized to settle all the accounts of
the late firm. JACOB BOOTZ -
ANTONY STRITZINGER,
The undersigned, intending to continue the
above business, at the old stand, west side of
Peach, between 12th and 13th streets, desires to
call thenttention of the public to his facilities
for supplying them with anything in his line.
Lumber planed•to order, and scroll sawing of
all kinds done. Sash, Doors and Blinds lurn-
Islied to order. All kinds of Lumber on hand,
together with Shingles and Lath.ln fact, eve
rything that,ls usually dealt In or ,
done at first
class establishments .or the kind. Thankful for
past kind favors, I respectfully solicit a con
tinuance of the same.
ocr-em• ; JACOB ROOTZ.
Auditor's Notice.
E. Cooper," 1 In the Court of :ComMon
vs. ; - Fleas of Erie Co. No. 172 Nov.
'Sarni Mahan, Jr. term, 1367. Venditioni Ex.
And now, -Dee. -, 1867, on motion G. W. Gun
nison. Ego.. appointed auditor.
PER 'CURIAN.
Notice is hereby given to all parties Interest
ed that I will attend to the duties of my ap
pointment on Friday, January 3d, at 2 p. tn., at'
my office In Erie,No. an 13tate street.
decl2-3w, GLO. W. GUNNISON, Auditor.
HORSE TALANIVETS
S,elltng at Reduced Rates, by
cleclS-tf. J. C. BELDEN
BLANKS! BLANKS !—A complete, assort
went of every kind Of Blanks needed by
Attorneys, Justices, Con tables and Baldness
Men. fnr sale at the Observer
ERIE, PA.. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 23, 1868,
g:prtral potato.
Addren To the Nervons and Debilitated
whose sufferings have been protracted from
hidden causes and whose easel( require prompt
treatment to render existence desirable..lf you
are stifrering or have so:tiered from involuntary
discharges, what effect dries it produce • upon
your general health? IN( 3-6 feel weak, deblll
titted,easily [lnd! Does a little exertion pro
duce palpitation of the heart? Does your liver
or urinary organs, or your: kidneys, frequently
get out of order? Is your urine iomethnes
flocks-, or is ft ropyon settling? Or does
a thick scum rise to the top? Or Is a sediment
at the bottom after 11 has stood awhile? Do you
have spells_ of short breathing or dyspepsia?
Are your bowels constipated? Do you have
spells of faint lug or ruslusi of blood to the head?
Is your memory impaired? Is your mind con
stantly dwelling upon this subject? Doyou feel
(lull, listless, moping, tired of company, of life?
Do yin' wish to be left alorfe, to get away from
everybody?, Doei any little thing make you
start nrj o top? Is your sleep broken (ir leaden?
Is the lustre of your eye as brilliant? The bloom
on your cheek as bright? Do, you enjoy yourself
in society as well? Do you pursue your business
with the same energy? Do you feel as much
confidence in, yourself? Are your spirits dull
and flagging, given to ills of melancholy! Itso,
do not lay it to your liver Or dyspepsia. Have
you restless nights? Year back 'weak, your
knees weak, and .have hut little appetite, and
you •attribute this to dyspepsia or liver com
plaints?
sow, reilder,sch-abuse, venereal diseases bad
ly cured, and sexual exeesies, are all capable of
producing a weakness of t he generative organs.
of generation, when in perfect health, make the
man. Did you ever think that those bold, defi
ant, energetic, persevering, successful business
men are always those whose generative organs
are in perfect health? TO never hear such
men complain of being melancholy, of nervous
ness, of palpitation of the heart, They are nev
er Wrath they cannot succeed ln business; they
don't become sad and discouraged; they are al
ways polite and tleasant in the company of la
dles, and look you and then right In the face—
none of your downcast looks or any other mean
ness about them. Ido not paean those who keep
the organs inflamed by running to excess. These
will not only'ruin their constitutions, but also
those they do hostiles with or for.,
How many men from hinny cured diseases,
from the effects of self-abuse andexcesaps, have
brought about that state of weakness in those
organs that has reduced the general system so
much as to induce tilmOst every other disease—
lunacy: paralysis, spinal affections, sui
cide, and almost every Other form of disease
which humanity Isbell' to; and the real cantio of
the trouble scarcely ever 'suspected, and have_
doctored for all but the right one. .
Diseases of these organs'reouire the use of a
diuretic. lIELJIBOLD'S' FLUID EXTRACT
RUCH!: is the great Dlum;tlc, and lit a certain
cure for diseases of the Bladder, Kidneys, Grav
el, Dropsy, Organic Weakness, Female Com
plaints-, General Debility and all diseases of the
Urinary Organs, whether existing in male or
female, from whatever cause originating, and
no matter of how long standing.
If no treatment is submitted to Consump
tion or Insanity may ensue. Our Flesh and
nitkxl are supported from these +waives, and
the' health and happiness, and that of posterity,
depends upon promptuse Of a reliable remedy.
Ileimbold's Extract linehn,- established up
wards of 10 years, prepared by
11. T. lIELMBOLD, Druggist,
sea Broadway, New York; and 101 South 10th
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THE ALL-IMPORTANT DUTY of EVERY
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A. few months more and the Prt.-L4idential
campaign will open in all its vigor, with can
didates in the field representing the distinct
ive, issues of each political organization, and
committed plainly and unequivocally to their
interests.;
On both sides active preparations are be
ing mdde for the struggle, and-it will. un
doubtedly be one 'of the most fiercely con
lested in the history of the, nation. Every
indication of the times points to the most
stubborn and unscrupulous resistance on the
part'oC the Radicals against the efforts of the
people to wrest from them the lawless power
which they have seized to uphold' their base
purposes.
The Deinocratic party heginCthe campaign
under the most auspicious circumstances,
with a confidence in success, an enthusiasm
for the cause, and a vigorous self reliance
that has noebecu experienced hi many years.
The late elections show conclusively that a
vast majorityof" the nation are ready to es
pouse our standard if we only prove faithful
to our creed, and continue to stand firmly by
the interests of the country.
But to. make victory certain something
more is necessary than mere dependence up
on the truth of our principles. In the flush
of self-confidence, we are apt to forget what
a vigilant enemy we have to overcome, and
what desperate measures he is apt to resort to
to attain his elids. Political battles, like those
of a more bbiody nature, depend for their re
sults more on the skill,cotimge, determination
and energy of thepon testing foes than upon the
sacredneks of their cause, or the convictions of
the participats. The Democracy of America
have Always stood fortil as devotedly attached
to the Union, the Constitution and the wel%
fare of the country as -they do to-day, yet
for seven years they have been divested of
power, and if is only when the people are .
aroused from their delusion by the imperilled
condition of the public interests, that they
page again - returned to us that 'confidence
wi i ich it would have been 'well if they had
nerer parted with.
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tivoitx !! WORK!!!
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matter, as indeed he does, for there is no one
so htimble, but he is in some waymore or les;
concerned in .the issues at stake. All the
districts must be canvassed, so that we may
know where it will be most advantageous to
employ our energies, The young men must
be encouraged to lend a helping hand. Those
who hare beeri led estray must be brought
'back to the fold, and Democratic arguments
placed in their reach, that they may know
the distinctive questions which divide par
ties, and no longer be misled by the wiles and
falsehoods of the Opposition.
What we have said before we now reiter
ate, and intend reiterating until we have
waked the Democracy up to a fill conscious
ness of Its truth, that the most effective
weapbn towards success is the oide distritat
tion,of prim., and straightforward twat ;tries.
papeix.
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culated in any locality for six months will
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en costly mass meetings.
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that zeal in supporting its presi that it nbed
ed, and to that cause, as much, as anything
else, may be attributed its misfortunes during
the last ten
,years. > In all -sections of the
countiv--even in the midst of the strongest
Democratic localities—the Radical press is
More I liberally , sustained than ours, and in
many,places the contrast is so great as al
most io amount to a disgrace.
The time has come for these things to be
changed, and for the Democratic party to
enter upon a new method of warfare. Our
papers ought to be spread broadcast over the
laud; and take the place of those which. are
now defiling the minds of the young and
_filling them with wrong ideas of Republican
liberty. Our public men should avail them
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attention of the masses. Our local leaders
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have time to read, and reflect over the facts
presented to them. Ler it not be delayed
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an abundance of ready helpers for every part
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test.what it-may, no-one shall have the op
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more reading matter; and it shall be our
constant aim to present such material as will
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have a right to expect, and if the Democra
cy of the North-West are impelled by one
half our zeal and confidence, we promise
such a verdict in this section as will gladden
the hearts of our 'friends _throughout the
State. fale-tf,
A FALSE STEP.
BY ELIZABETH BARRETT SHOW:SING
Sweet, thou bast trod on a heart,
' Nes! there's a world full of Alen,
And women as fair as thou art'
3fdat do such a thing now and then
Thou only bast stepped unaware,
Malice not one can impute;
And why should a heart - have been there
In the way of a fair woman's foot?
!twos not a stone'that could trip,
Nor was it a thorn that could rend•;
Put up thy proud under Up!
'Tway merely the heart of a friend.'
And yet, peradventure, one day,
When sitting alone at the glass,
Remarking the bloom gone away, -
-Where The smile in its dimplement vita
And seeking around thee in rain,
From hundreds who flattered' befote ;
Such a word as "Oh, not in the Main
Do I hold thee less precious, but more !"
'l'hou'lt sigh, very like, on thy part;
"Of all - I hai . e known or can know,
I wish I had only' that heart
I trod upon ages ago !". • .
A GREAT SPEECH.
Remarks or Judge Made. of Penna., at
the Nth of January Celebration ha
Washington City.
In response to the first and second toasts
of -the evening, viz ; "The Bth of January,
180 : An era in our national life worthy of
perpetual commemoration,"-and "The mem
ory of Andrew Jackson, a great general, a
greater statesman and magistrate," Judge
Black arose and said: .
MIL CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEUEIi:-My
modesty is a good deal shocked at being
called upon to speak on this occasion before
any else, except our greatly respected friend
and excellent chairman. I suppose, how
ever, that I am expected to say only the few
ivortis that are necessary to- start the bast
ne.ss of the evening. That is all I intend to
do.
There is no day in the year, except the 4th
of July, that ought to he kept so sacredly as
the Bth of January. [Applause.] And, except
the Father of his Country, there is no name
known among men that is entitled to a high
er teverepee than that of Andrew Jackson.
[Applause.] I put Washington first because
the place he occupied in history, as the fore
most man of all this world, has never been
disputed. [Applause.] It was always ad ,
mined that he stood alone, without a peer
among mortals. Competition gave way be
fore the acknowledged greatness of his char
acter, and rivalry itself conceded the palm of
pre-eminent virtue. I know not what it
may be with others,tut his is a name which
I never was able to pronounce without' emo
flows of reapect and reverence which I have
no form of words to express.
But the reputation of Jackson has not been
so fortunate. His life was one long battle
with the enemies of constitutional freedom.
[Apphiuse.] They assailed him with every
species of slander, and even at this day the
foul birds that screamed around hint in his
lifetime, and others hatched in the same' bad
nest, light whenever they can upon his tomb
stone, to defile his gravel with their obscene
droppings. [Applause.t One of the most
injunous of these aspersions is that by which
theiladical party have attempted to make
him - authority for their own attempts to tram
ple upon liberty and law. [Great applause.]
If that be true; if fie is authority fur them;
if he has Set the exaniple for their miscon
duct; if they are traveling upon a path,
which has one impress of his footstep, 'then
he is wholly and. utterly -unworthy of the
honor which the American people all through
the country are bestowing upon him at this
moment. [Applause.] Then I give him up.
He is their man ; he is not ours. If General
Jackson ever did anything whirl an justify
the murder, kidnapping. and robbery of in
nocent men, women and children ; if he ever
naed military force for. the purpose of en
slaving any State, North or South, [ap
plause] ; if he ever expended one atom of his
powerful influence for the purpose of subju
gating his fellow citizens, or any portion of
them, to the dominion of a negro govern
ment, [cries of "good" and applause] ; if
there be one single act of his whole life
that can ,be cited as an example for the
coarse, cruel and corrupt despotism which
the Fbulicals.have • organized wherever- and
whenever they could, then be don't belong
to our communion. [Applause.] In that
case he is only tit to be set up in that heath
en Pagoda where such generals as Holt and
Baker [loud applause,] - and others of that
class are the divinities. where the worship
pers lay it down as part of their creed that
the Constitution is an agreement with hell
and a covenant with death : there the high
priests that minister at the altar have quali
fied themselves for holy orders by being hired
delators and perjured 'witnesses, where the
offerings consistof false affidavits against the
honor-and rights of innocent people.
_lSt this point a loud demand was made
that Judge - all. shohld come 'nearer to the
centre, of the room where all would be able
to hear him. This being complied with, be
said :
Gentlemen, Sir Walter Raleigh once said
that the greatest temptation , to which a man
could be subjected was the inclination to
speak when the people listened ; but it is nut
a very greaS temptation when they don't lis
ten. [Applause, and cries of "On, on."]
Well, I will proceed. lam not here to pro
nounce any eulogy or to make any defence
of General Jackson, but I will refer to one
passage in his life upon 'which the slander to
which I have referred is based, if it be based
upon anything. ' When General Jackson un
dertook the defence of the city of New Or
leans in the full of 1814, be assumed a respon
sibility such as had rarely been taken by
anybody in . the world, and such as very few
'Zen except Mr:ISW would have taken under
such circumstances. The British army 'vas
44,000 strong; composed of veterans, y ably
commanded, thoroughly trained, and fresh
from the victorious battle fields of the Span
ish Peninsula. They had never known what
it was to be defeated. No hostile army of
equal strength had ever before landed in one
body upon the American shores. To meet
them General Jackson had half the number
of raw levies, hastily collected from the
plough and the work-shop, not organized
all of them imperfectly equipped, anti some
of them—a considerable number of them—
not armed at all. With these fearful, odds
against him, he was required to bold phsses
sion of an unwalled - and unfortitied town,
situated upon an open plain,accessible upon
every side, and with absolutely no defences,
natural or artificial, except what were to be
created upon the spur of the occasion, and
he fiat' not the assistance of one experienced
officer or engineer to aid him in putting up
his field works or mounting his guns. This
desperate game was to be played for a stake
of the most .stupendous magnitude. The
possession of the whole Nano' of the MissisL
stppi depended upon it: and if the city had'
been taken by assault, we shudder, even at
this distance of' time, to think what must
have' been its fate. The very troops that
were then marched to the attack had com
mitted the most atrocious cruelties only a few
months before, at Badajos and St. Sebastian;
and here again they were to be rewarded with
booty and beauty. The defence seemed like
a forlorn hope. No one had a particle of
confidence in its success except what wasiu
spired by the courage, genius and energy of
their great commander. But he was a host
in himself. They wisely determined that
they would throw the whole , responsibili
ty upon him ; that they would put their fate
entirely in his hands, and they did so.
Members of the Legislature, .officers of the
city Corporation - and judges of the Court
came and laid their powers at his feet, and
vol.unUtrily agreed that they would -suspend
their Okla! functions until- the danger was,
over. The Whole population, with one voice,'
besought trim that he would make the city a
part of his - camp, and take the ab4olute com
mand upon himself of every human, being
within its limits: this at the univer
sal request.. Ile had a nght to do it. 'twits
proper that he should do it, for this simple
and plain reason, that the city was in a state
'of actual siege. It was no fiction. Ilk uct
bore no kind of resemblance to the wanton
outrage of declaring martial law, which is no
law at all, for the mere purpose of trampling
down the law of the land at a place where
,there are no military operations going on.
(Great applaus'e.l- Jackson executed the au
thority thus bestowed upon him, not only
moderately, but benignly. He gathered the
people, around him and protected their rights
to the whole eitent that he was able to do•so
consistently with the proper defence of the
Place, as tenderly as a father would care for
his children. But he didn't allow himself to
be trifled with. A. gentleman named Lonal
tier, who had been a member of 'the Legisla
ture, became, in the course of time, discon
tented. Re was one of Gen. Jackson's sol-
dierg—that is, he had put himself under his
command as much as any volunteer in his
army. But he became restive, and, after a
while. he published an address, and printed
and circulated it over the city, In which he
counselled disobedience to the General's or
ders. That was simply mutiny, and the pun
ishment of mutinrwas death. But Jackson
only confined him, declaring at the time his
intention to release him' the very moment he
could do so with safety. Then came Judge
Hall, another of his voluntary subordinates.
He undertook to interfere with the discipline
-of Gen. Jackson's camp, by issuing a habeas
corpus for the body of the mutineer. The
General, in order to save all trouble, sent the
Judge four miles up the river, with directions
to remain outside of his picket lines until it
should be known that the enemy had retired
froth the coast.
When the great battle had been won, when
the invader had been driven away, when the
city was saved with all its beauty and booty,
then Judge Hall returned ; and as soon as he
got back he commenced a prosecution against
Gen. Jackson for—what do you think? Con
tempt of Court? The General thought this
very-absurd. Nevertheless, although he had
a victorious army at his back; although he
was surrounded by a population that adored
him as their great deliverer, he bowed his
head to the lawful authorities of the country
as lowly as the humblest man in the nation.
(Great applause.) He not only submitted to
the legal processwhich was issued against
hint, but he gave to the judges the assurance
that the saute arm which had defended the
city against a foreign invader would stand
between him and the danger of a popular
outbreak. (Applause.) He appeared before
the court and made a defence which was
worthy of his character as a lawyer, and per
fectly consistent with his high renown as a
statesman and a patriot He pleaded that he
was not and could not be guilty of any con
tempt of court, because that court had of its
own accord relinquished its authority during
the siege, and had notified him of the fact.
He said that even if his act had been illegal,
be had committed, not a contempt of court,
but a personal trespass against the judge, and
to this he was Willing to respond in a person
al action, before a court of competent juris
diction and an impartial jury. But he insist
ed that his adversary had no right to sit in
Inclement upon his own case. This defence
was overruled by the Judge, and it wasover
ruled in such manifest defiance of reason and
justice that the judge would have been tore
into pieces if Gen. Jackson had not redeem
ed his promise to protect him. But he - did.
When the judge faltered for fear of the in
dignation of. the crowd with which he was
surrounded, the General rose in the court and
said, "Go on and perform what you think
your duty." (Applause.) "I hare fought for
the liberties of this nation, and I will not
permit the .civil institutions of the country
to be dishonored." (Applause.) The judge
fined him a thousand dollars, and then his
friends crowded around him to pay the fine
for 'him; but he declined all such offers.
"No," said lir, "1 will not evade the decision
of the lawful tribunal. (Applause.) I willpav
this tine myself. It becomes me to suffer
whatever has been inflicted, rightfully or
wrongfully." He put himself perfectly
square with the law, even as Judge Hall had
expounded it.
Now, if Gen. Jackson had systematized
robbery and murder by means of military
commissions, (applause, and cries of "Good,)
instead of using his army tofight the com
mon enemy; he had scattered his soldiers
over the country, hundreds of miles away
from his post, to kidnap his political oppo
snents for expressing their honest convictions;
if he had ordered an upright and conscien
tions judge to he draeged from the bench by
ruffians, beaten upon the head with the butt'
ends of their pistols, and carried away to
prison, because he had administered justice
saccording to law ; and if, finally, he had es- )
tablished a military despotism upon the ruins
of free government, then I admit he would
have been fair authority for the Radicals,and
they might have quoted him as an example
of their misdeeds. But in truth and in fact,
Gen. Jackson was one of the ablest and best
defenders of the Constitution* and the laws.
There never lived a man who would go fur
ther-to sustain them, or more cheerfully shed
his blood to save them front violation. (Ap
plause.)
There are some persons here, I think, who
not only know the character of Gen. Jackson,
but who were intimately acquainted with
him when he was President. I ask them
what they suppose Gen. Jackson would have
said to our "Bureau of Military Justice," if
such is bloody machine had been set up in his
time. (Great applause and laughter.) I do
not know ; I can only conjecture ; but I think
be would have shattered it into a thousand
atoms with one blow of his ponderous hand,
(applause ;) and the first impulse of his noble
and generous nature would have been to take
that lawless crew by the throat and pitch
them into the Potomac. (Applause.) I do not
. say he would hare done it any more than his
successor, our present honored Chief Magis
trate. (Tremendous applause—Three cheers
for the President.) Let me tell you the rea
son why I think lie would not have done it.
ile was a pet:folly lair abiding Malt. He would
have waited his time. He would have curbed
his fiery temper; he would have chastened
down (as he always did) in a proper way,
his impetuous passions. But sooner or later
he-would have done what will be done yet.
(Great. applause.) He would have made
those miscreants feel the majesty of legal jus-
The Spaniards have a proverb, that the
mill of God gnnds slowlv,hut it grinds dread
fully fine. (Laughter.) And now, don't you
think the people of this country are about to
let on - the water? (Great laughter.)
I said that I had no eulogy or defence to
make of Gen. Jackson ; but I do say now, in
conclusion, that if the people of this country
will appreciate his character truly, and re
member well the lessons that his acts and his
precepts have taught them, they will have
such a Government as that which hedescribed
in his protest to the Senate—not a despotism
surrounded by the pride, pomp and circum
stances of military power; but a quiet Gov
ernment, which will protect their liberties
and their rights—a Government distributing
its blessing like the dews of Heaven, unseen
and unfelt, save in the beauty and freshness
they codtribute to produce. As long as we
I keep our eyes upon his history, as The pole
star by which we are guided, we will be
wise; and whenever we disregard it and
turn away we will be-- - o - therzeise. (Great ap
plause.)
ANFXDOTF OF DEAN SWIFT.—The ercen
trie Dean Swill was walking in the Plicynix
road, Dublin, when a thunder shower came
on, and he took shelter under a tree, where
a party were sheltering also, two young wo
men and two young men. One of, the girls
looked very sad, till, as the rain fell,lier tears
fell. The Dean inquired the cause, and
learned that it was their wedding day; they
were 'on their way to church, and now her
white clothes were wet and she - couldn't go.
"Never mind, I'll marry you, said the Dean ;
and took out his prayer-hook and then and
there married them, their witnesses being
present; and, to make the thing complete,
he tore a leaf from his pocket-book, and with
his pencil wrote and signed a certificate,
which he handed to the bride. It was as
follows:
Linder a tree, in storms- weather,
I married this man and woman together,
Let none but him who rules the thunder,
Sever this man and woman asunder.
JONATHAN SWIFT,
Dean of St. Patrick's.
A QUAI4:II AROWSIENT.—" All," said 6 skep
tical collegian to nu old Quaker, "I suppose
you are one of those fanatics who believe in
the Bible?". "I do believe in the Bible. Post
thee believe in it?" said the old man. "No:
I can have no proof of its- truth." "Then,"
inquired the, old !man, "does thee believe in
France•?" "Yes; for although I have not
seen it, I have seen others who have. Be
sides, there is plenty ot. corroborative proof
that such a country does exist." "Then thee
will not believe anything thee.or others have
not seen ?" "No." "Did thee ever see thy
own brains ?" "No." "Did thee ever .cs a
man who did see them?" "No." "Does
thee believe thee has any ?" This last ques
tion was an end to the discussion. •
CAN ANY ON£ TELL—Cati any one tell
why turn who cannot pay small bills, can
always find money to buy liquor, and treat
when happening among their friends? Can
any one tell how young men who dodge their
washer Woman and are always behind with
their landlord, can pray billiards night and
day, and are always for a game of poker or
seven-up ? Can any one tell how 'men live
and support their families who have no in
come and do not work, while others who
are industrious and constantly employed,
half starve? Can any one tell how it is that
a man who is too poor to take a newspaper,
is able to pay a dollar or two a day fur to
bacco; whisky or cigars ?
- TIMM in pournir.
I once bad money and a Mend ;
011 both I set great store ;
I lent my money to my Mend,
And took his word therefor:
I asked my money at my friend,
And naught but words I got;
I lost my money and my friend;
• For sue him I. would not.
NO. .35
111 had Money and a friend,
As once I had before,
I'd keep my money , and my friend,
And play the fool no more.
OF what trade is a clergyman at a wedding?
A. join•her.
MAN and wife, like a verb and nominative,
should always agree,
11i who takes a chil I by the hand takes
the mother by the hea
TEE young lady who - i herself away,
loses her selfpossession.
Woman never truly command till they
have,given their promise to obey. -
War is a pretty young girl like corn. in a
thin scarcity `? Because she ought to be
husbanded. •
AN old maid, speaking of marriage, says
it's like any other disease—while there's life
there's hope.,
Wiry are women like a . house ? Because
the longer they remain "to let," the mom
dilapidated and less desirable they become.
WE ascertain the qualities of a bell by ring
lag it. A young man had better ascertain
the qualities of a belle before ringing her.
TISEIIY:i3 a suspicion that the failure of the
opera in New York was caused by the rival
ry of the fashionable churches.
A Gillet= thief at Steubenville, Ohio, the
other night took twelie hens, and lett a wal
let with.lNO in the coop.
"Wuxi. would you du when first employed
to bring en uu action'?" asked an examiner of
a veiung candidate for the legal profession.
"Ask for money on accotint;,;was the prompt
reply. lie passed.
• TnE entire assets of a recent bankrupt
were nine children. The creditors acted
magnanimously, :tut' let him keep them.
A arAvisvict.ks estimates that every mar
ried couple may - ,calculate upon 4,194,304 de
scendants in about.3oo years.
A AtAN who had filed a petition for divorce
was Informed by his counsel that his wife
had filed a "cross-petition," 09 the lawyers
called it. '"A cross-petition r exclaimed
the husband, ."that's just like her. She nev
er did a good•natured thing in her life." ,
Miss. RKsks, ti farmer's within Connecticut,
says: A. believe I've got the tenderest-heart
ed boys in the world. I can't tell one of 'em
to fetch a pail of water but what .he'll burst
out a cryin'."
"WELL, neighbor, what is the Christian
new a•this morning ?" said a gentleman to his
friend. "I have just bought a barrel of flour
for a - poor woman." - "Just like you. Who is .
it that you have made happy byyonr charity
this time ?" . "My wife."
DURING the late bathing season, a pompous
individual walked up to the office of a sea
side hotel, and with a considerable flourish,
signed the book, and in a Mud voice exclaim
ed: "I'm Lieutenant Governor of
"That doesn't make any difference," said the
landlord, "you'll be treated just as well as the
others."
A unix girl _seeking celestial information
asked her mother, "Wave . angels wings ?"
The unsuspecting mamma, full 'of memories
of pictures and traditions, answered: "Cer
tainly they ha 4." . Straightway Toting In
quisitive sprung her trap 'Then what did
they want a ladder for to get doWn to Jacob?"
Mamma's answer is not reworded, but the
chances are shortly after, discovery was made
of the filet that Young Inquisitive's bed-time
was at hand.
AnilHurs WARD says in "Ills Bonk :" "A
female women is one of the greatest institoo
tions of which the land can boast. It's on
possible to get along without her. She is
good in sickness—good in wellness.—good all
the time. 0, woman, woman 1 You are an
angel, when you behave yourself; but when
you take off your proper appairal, and.hnet
tibrically speaking) get into pantaloons, and
undertake to play the man, you play the dent
and are on emfatie noosance."
A. ^r.tu, keen-eyed countryman walked
into the court room during the progress of a
trial. Stepping up tonne of the "ring;' he
requested that the prisoners might be point
ed out to him. The lawyer he accosted be
ing somewhat of a wag, pointed to the jury.
The stranger surveyed them critically, when
turning to his informer he remarked "Well,
they are a hard looking set, ain't they? I
know by their looks they ought to go to State's
Prison,. every one of tkem:
Tim following remark applies to so many
persons in evei7 community that we have no
doubt it will stick to some folks in our own
town. Hence we publish it tor-their benefit
as well as for the general good. It is one of
the sayings of that quaint genius, Josh Bill
ings. Here it is :
"Success in life iz very apt tew make us
forget the time When we wasn't much. It iz
just so with the frog on the jump: lie kan't
remember when be was a tadpole—but other
talks can."
STORM SIGNS.--ICS a sign of a storm,
,to
tread on anybody's toe that has corns. It's a
sign of a norm, it' you waken the baby on
wash tlayY It's a sign of a storm, to call a
baby ugly in prcsence.of its mother.' It's a
sign of a storm, to start a yarn about your
neighbor at an ale;house,when some one runs
and tells. It's a sign of a storm, to spit on
the parlor carpet and'your wife secs - it It's
a sign of a storm f to speak ill of your wife's
relations. It's a sign of a storm, to tell your
wife she looks horrid in that last new bon
net.
svony is told of a . New England city
clergyman, who, one Monday last summer,
visited the market early in the morning.
While there his attention was called lasome
very tine strawberries. fie wished very much
to purchase some r but it being very• early in
the morning it occurred to him that they
must have been picked on Sunday, and of,,
course he could not purchase or use anything
which had been procured under such circum-'
stances. He inquired of the farmer, "Mr.
Smith,were these berries picked on Sunday?"
Mr. Smith, with a sly twinkle in his eye, re
plied : "No - , doctor, they were picked this
morning, but they grew on Stin(ty:""
Law - vans are sometimes very particular.
The other day one of these learned and ami
able gentlemen was waited on by a young
man who wished his advice,. and began by
saying : "3lv father died and made a will
"Is it possible? I never heard of such
a thing," answered the lawyer. "I thought
it happened every day," said the young man ;
"but if there is'to be any difficulty about it,
I had better give you a fee to attend to the
business." The fee was given, and then the
lawyer observed : "Oh, I think I-know what
you mean. You meant your father made a
will and died." "Yes, yes ; that must be it."
NOTWITIISTANG the old proverb, a writer
steps forward to defend whistling girls in this
independent Fashion : Show me the girl who
has the hardihood to whistle in these days,
when everything natural; even to the very
hair of youi head, is at a discount, "and I'll
show you a girl that can be depended upon,
one who will not fail you in time of need,
and will give you the true, hearty grasp,
the cordial hand-shake, the warm, genuine
welcome; no tip of the kid - glove and a cold
"how do you do?" who can brave danger,
look. toil m the face without shrinking, laugh
with those that laugh and weep with those
that weep, as well as whistle with those that
whistle ; who can, in short, take the world as
she finds it, rough and rugged, and not go
through life as though she were walking on.
eggs and afraid of cracking a shell ; who
deals in substance, not shadow.
SoLOSION'S Sono.—A. gentleman in fair
and regular standing in one of our .fashion
able city churches, entered one of our leading
music shops sonic time since, and stated his
wishes hi this wise: "Hare you Solomon's
Song? I want to get a copy." "No—no,"
said the salesman, not being able to remetn
her any lithographed sheet with, that title ;
"no, I ant afraid not." !" said the :ma—
tem% drawing on his kids; "perhaps it isn't
out yet. Our rector spoke of it last Sunday
as a production of great genius and beauty,
anti I want my daughter to learn it." The
sbopman, with what gravity• he could corn
' mand, regretted that they had no copies in
' yet, and the. customer left just in season not
to hear the loud laugh at tlit desk behind the
green curtain,
A Goon Jrnott.—The tbllmring is said •to
Lave occurred at the Union Sumainie Court.
A colOred zentleman on the jury is objected
to on the ground of incompetency. The fol
lowing •questiona arc propounded by the
counsel to thc,jurort "Sam, are you a free
,holder r - 1 es. sar.'"•lia re you any land?'
."No, sar." "What ti you mean b 3 saying
you area CreehoWer r meam Wu free
and habit' on, and so on." "What: is a %Tr-,
diet, Sam r "I dun know, say." What is ti r l
p hil u tir ; " "Dun know, sar?" "What is al
defendant' •"I dun know, sar, I'se green
i 'bout dese tbm." Here .Gen. Caulo order
was read, from which it appeard that he was
competent; so the man 1/11(1 brother w. 14 duly
"cus•ol" in,. anti took his seat.—Cl.artatoa
(R. C) Nees.
ITEMS.iIF ALL SORTS.