Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1856-11-25

              f Ml VOL III. MOUNT. VEItNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 25, .18(50. NO. 2. 1 ONE BY ONK. BY CIIAUI.KS Dlt'KliSS. Ono by ono tho sands aro flowing, Duo by ono tho moments full; Somo uro coming, wino nro going, Do nut try to grusp them nil. Ono by ono thy dulics wnit thoo I.ct thy wholo strength go to cueh, I.ct no flituro ilmum chile thee, Iicnrn thou (list what these enn tench. One by ono (bright gifts from Heaven,) Joys nro sent theo hero below: Tuko then) readily when given, Keiuly, too, to lit them go. Ono by ono tho gricfn shall meet thee, Do not fear an urofal Wiul; Ono will fade as oHiem greet thee, Shadows passing through tbo laud. Do not laugh at life's long sorrow; Soo how small each moment's pain; Ood will help tho for to-morrow, Evory day begin ogniu. Every hour that fleets so slowly, Has its task to do or bear: I.uniiuous tho crown, and holy, I f. If. they set each gem with care. , Do not linger with regretting, Or for passion hours respond; Nor tho daily toil forgotting, Look too eagerly beyond. Hours ftre golden links, U nil's token, Reaching Heaven; but ono by ono Tako them, lest the chain be broken, Ero the pilgriinago bo done. l'U0M TUB M1S3SOVIU REPUBLICAN' TOE MISS10NAUYAiD BOBBER, BY 1IKV. J. il. PECK, OF ILLINOIS. In tho year of of our Lord 18, a Missionary from ono of tho eastern States, who had just completed his studies, and who had received a commission from a Missionary Socie ty in tho Stato , vas Crossing tho prai rics of Illinois in westerly direction, lie had seen an occasional comuiunicaliMi in one of the few religious periodicals of that day about tho f-a-h w-e-s-t, and, with the laudihle purpose of doing good to tho scattered and destitute pioneers of tho remote and scarcoly , known region, had traveled on horseback from his uativo village, preaching on Sabbaths, as : occasion ottered, on his long journey. Ohio was then " said to be a region of mor-' al desolation. Indiana was supposed to be many degrees lower in tho scale of civilization ; and now llic now Stato of Illinois was imagined to be very tho "jumping off place. " A vague and somewhat doubtful impression existed abroad as to tho locality and charac-' tor of Missouri, and Kentucky was known merely for its gouging propensities, the "hnlf-. horse, half-alligator, and touch of snupping-tnrtlo " propensities of its population. Amongst tho vague nnd rather indistinct impressions of character and habits of frontier adventurers, that floated through tho imagination of tho young Missionary, were thoso of .-robboryandtHrirders! During tho period of long and serious meditations of devoting Ins .-life as a missionary of tho cross in tho wilds lot tho west, tho idea of danger from robbers - and murderers occupied no minor place in his . mind. Still, with a commondablo resolution and a martyr spirit, ho resolved to hazard "even life, with tho sacriliee of every earthly .enjoyment, to preach tho gospol, and introduce "tho ameliorating influences of civilization amongst a people who belonged to tho same '.nation, and who might eventually control tho lostinicsof this Republic. It was on a cold, cloudy day, in Dceemlier, that our missionary friend was seen crossing n arm of tho grand prairie, cast of tho Okau, as foe Kaskaskia river by abbreviation nnd the French accent has been culled, lie had ridden " a long distanco that day, following a devious trail, or "bridle path," now through a skirt of timber then across an arm of tho prairie without seeing a log-cabin, or any othor sign of a human residence. Night was fast approaching. Tho occupant of tho cabin where ho had boon accommodated with "private entertainment" the preceding night, had directed him on a "blind trail," to a fording place across .tho Oknu, beyond which, and in tho ' same direction, was tho town of 0 , to "which ho was journeying. Both horso and , -rider were quite fatigued with long fasting and ' hard rklo, and the missionary could form no conjecture how far it might bo from tho settlement which ho had hoped to reach before -frightful". ' Anxious and somewhat bewildered, he look-. d in each direction for signs of a humanhab--' itatioff, hen an uncouth specimen of humanity made' his ppearanco on horseback, and (coming in a diagonal direction in a gallop down the point of the prairie towards the path of the -Missionary. llis head was Covered with the kin of the prairie wolf, with; t&6 tail banging Ijehiud. , llis outer garment was neither a " coat, frock, oxhlotut. In western parfaWo", it . was hunting shirt, made of a dressed deer3 skin, with the epo and side-strips curiously 'notched and fringed'; but to the missionary, it " had an alarming aspect. Over it hung a pow-. dcr-hofn. bullet-pouch, and around his body l '' was a Icathom belt, in which hung ft formida- - ble knifo. Across me mors miuumur,care-tcWy-'lay'the loaded rifle' !'or was his per-.7 sonal appearance in the least degree prepqsses-; siilgl' He sported a black beard of three weeks' ' growth, and dark elfish locks of hair could le . seen beneath the skin cap. His countcnanco Was swarthy from constant exposure to the weather, and rough, stalwart frame, seemed Ho the alarmed missionary as of gigantic pro- "'portions, that had braved tho storms of .more than forty winters. . The countenance of tho tnissionftry turned to ashy whltenoon the first perturbed imagination tho danger that hung over him. Tho first impulso was to urge his jailed horse into a flight. A second thought convinced him of tho hopelessness of tho attempt ; and, breathing a word of pi'iiyer to Heaven for protection, ho felt to submit to his fate, with a gleam of hope that tho desperado, who was now but a few yards from him, might, peradventure, spaio his lifo. The salutation that struck on his car convoyed no consolation to his mind, ami only served to incrcaso his alarm. "Halloo, stranger I What are you doing there ? 'Where aro you riding to ?" The reply was given in tho languago of the meekness of submission, and something was added with indistinct uttemnco alout giving up horso and equipments if his lifo might bo spared. Learning that his destination was across the river, to a settlement somo fifteen or twenty miles distant, the supposed robber replied in a voico by no means mild and attractive : " You can't get there to night besides, the old ford is washed away, and you cannot find tho new ono. Come, follow mo, I can fix gnu." Tho word "fix" had an omincHis import J but the exact degree of outrage implied in this new form of t peech was not very clear to the mind of tin1 missionary. But there was no alternative. He was alone nnd wholly unprotected; ho Vas small in stature, of slender make, had no weapons savo spiritual ones, and successful resistance was hopeless, Ho knew not tho way across the river ; and were he to attempt flight, the death-dealing rillo might stop him. lie tin ned as ho had been directed and followed his guide. As they rode in "Indian file " through the tall grass, nnd the points of timber and brush-wood for some two miles, the missionary drew a fancy picture on his imagination of a cavo and a gang of robbers who would soon "fix" him, or determine his lite. lie breathed more freely when he found a single cabin, a rough looking stablo for hor ses, and a cornfield of a few acres, with no signs of accomplices. " Light, stranger, and tako your saddle-bags I'll fix your We." Taking his saddle-bag.) on his arm, lie entered the cabin through a low door. Hero was a woman and three children, but their personal appcaranco and dress might, or might not, indicate danger to tho traveler. On her head was a covering of coarse cotton, that nearly hid her face from human ob servation, called in the languago of a past gen- oration a "sun bonnet." Beaching forward a stool, tho only salutation (riven was, "lake a scut by the fire, stranger." Recollecting what Ledyard nnd other travel ers have said of tho humanity of the female sex, tho missionary mused on tho probabilities of escaping with life fooling a degree of reconcil iation for the loss of his horse, his saddle-bags, and tho contents of his purse, which last con tained a few dollars for traveling exiicnsos. In his saddle-bags were divers articles of ap parel which might be spared; but there was the pocket bible, tho gift of a mother, now in Heaven, a hymnbook, and a small package of neatly written sermons, which had cost him several mouths, labor, and as ho fancied was admira bly adapted to disperse the clouds of ignorance that brooded over tho people, for whoso spiritual benefit ho had risked much, and now stood in most imminent peril. In the mcantinie'tho settler, hunter, or rob ber, in whatever avocation ho might Appear, had replenished tho fire with some logs of dry hickory, while tho houso-wifo was preparing tho evening meal. It consisted of fried veni son steak, corn "dodgers," and highly flavored coffee, with appurtenances of fresh cream and excellent butter. The missionary, who had eaten nothing since early dawn, was startled from his reverie with the invitation, "Sit by, stranger, and take a bite." If surprise and gratification were the first emotions, amazement followed, when the ap parent robber implored the blessing of God, in a sonorous voico, closing with an expressive and somewhat emphatic " AjieS." Bewildered and confused, he forgot to cat, until repeatedly reminded by his now hospita ble landlord, and tho kind-hearted wife, that he did not cat. " Perhaps he was not used to such fare;" "would ho take a sup of milk?" He did not scorn to regain his appetite uutil tho officious housewife brought on her platter of honey, gathered from tho hollow sycamore, and made divers apologies tlutt her larder con tained nothing he could eat. After supper, tho landlord commenced re ligious conversation, by tho inquiry, "Aro you a professing man, stranger!" Tho question was propounded in a novel form, and did not convey to tho mind of tho missionary exactly tho idea intended. "You looked mighty deer- e.l when I found you in tho prairio. I reckon you was sort o' lost." -Still the replies wero vaguo and confused, until the owner of the cabin struck up tho favorite lymh of Wesley ' j' .' " A Charge to keep I hare, A (It to glorify. A ncrer-iiylng son! to snvc, . And fit it for tho ky:" in which his wife jouied, that the missionary was relieved from his perturbation, and could convcrso calmly. 'Ihe hymn was lollowcu with a characteristic prayer, in .which the ''stranger" Was affectionately remembered at the trirono of uiorcy, to which the wifo rcs'pon-ed in sundry audible groans. Conversation fullowcd in wlilcrt'thc missionary disclosed hi profession, and recciv!Tdiie reproof forhis previous backwardness. iJnlhe had not the heart to tell his fears, and sufferings from the appro-tienKirm of robberr and murder froft a kind- hearted local Methodist Treacher, in H bak- . j hX on tho borders of tho Grand pinirio east of the Oknu. Next morning, the missionary led in prayer, and nfler an early breakfast, tho hospitable preacher saddled his own horse with that of the missionary, ulid piloted him to tho "new" fording place across tho river, several miles in tho directii'ii towaids 0- -. Wiving him tho parting hand witli severe but affectionate grasp, tho valedictory was, " Now stranger, you know where my cabin is don't puss this way without giving mo a call, and stay long enough to give the people a preach." Tho missionary found a field of labor ina new and growing village, among a population quite as intelligent, enterprising and virtuous as the people of his native Slate, and a promising Sabbath school and bible class was organized under his fostering care. Tho Methodist preacher, whom his brethren never suspected of having been taken for n robber, in duo time dolled his wolf-skin cap and leather hunting shirt, and Ix'coina clad in cotton garments spun and wove by his industrious wile, made a largo furm, prepared a spacious camping ground, for the annual convocations, nnd witnessed the conversion of many sinners under his own ministrations. The missionary acknowledged to the writer when he revealed in o somewhat confidential manner the story of his fright, that he was but half educated when he came to Illinois. Botli these men had their appropriate fields of labor, to which they were fitted by nature, habits, education and grace; and both, many years since, received tho plaudit, "well done good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of thy Lord." 05" When Deacon I', got into a bad position, he was very expert at crawling out of it. Through too quick tempered, he was one of the best deacons in the world. Ho would not, in a sober moment utter an oath, or anything like one ' his weight in cider. At the close of a rainy day, he was milking upon a knoll in his bain yard ; on one side of which was a dirty slough, and on the other was an old buck, that in consideration of hir usually quiet disposition, was allowed to run with the cows. The deacon was piously humming "Old Hundred," and had just finished the line ending with "exalted high," when tho ram obeying a a sudden impulso lobe aggressive, gave him a blow rjin behind tlnitsent him up a short distance, only to fall direc tly into tho slough, where the dirty water was deep enough to give him a thorough immersing.As ho crawled out, and before he rose fmin his hands and knees, ho looked over his shoulder at tho ram, and then vociferated "You devilish old cuss !" but on looking round and seeing one of his neighbors at tho bars looking at him, ho added in the sttne breath "If 1 nttiy be allowed the expression." HoHnrsi?, n Christian Privilege. Do not look upon holiness, (writes a mother to her child.) in tho light of conformity to n law, a more submission to certain restrictive precepts. Look upon holiness as happiness the only true happiness. To speak of it as the duty of a christian, is a low and inadequate viow ; it is the privilege of tho christian. The power to bo holy is one of tho greatest blessings that Christ has purchased for us, and bestows on us through the gift of tho Holy Spirit. Dear reader examine yourself by tho test. Is holiness regarded by you as a happiness or a hardship ? If you do not enjoy holiness and follow alter it, you could not enjoy heaven, for it is a slate of supremo happiness, because it is a stato of perfect holiness. Twenty-five Thousand Dollars to Cliari. ty. A few years ago a gentleman who had made a fortune at the South and retired to tho quiet of private life at Xyack, ono of our lovely Hudson river villages, had his sympathies enlisted by reading some of tho accounts of misery in" tho Five Points of Now York, and the labors of Mr. Tease as a missionary, camo to visit tho House of Industry established thcre,nnd was so well satisfied that ho left his check for $ 100. Subsequent he made a donation of 2,-000 to tho House, out of his abundanco ; and now wo are informed that, by his will, ho has left tho muuificieutsumof $20,000 to tho Institution, and $5,000 for tho personal benefit of Mr. nnd Mrs Pease. Printing Presses, Pulpits nr.d Tctti" conts. These are tho three great levers that govern tho world. Without thorn the bottom would fall out, and society would beconio a chaos again. The press makes people patriotic, the pulpit religious, but women sway all things. There would bo no going to cburcb if there wore no girls thore.neithcr would there bo any going' to war were tho soldictsto meet with no applause but from tho masculines. Without the sunshino shed by woman, tho rose of affection would novor grow, nor the flowers of eloquence germinate. In short, sho is- the cn-eino of life, valor, and civilization. In proof of this truth in all history speaks trumpot- tongucd. A DAJirKH. Somo years ago tho lato Em peror Nicholas was visiting Naples, when rung Bomba ordered a grand review or lus uttio army. After' this ceremony the King rubbed his hands, saying to tho Czar : "Well sir, is it not ft icrj fine troop ? Could I not march against I-'ramse with such an army ?" , "Yes, certainly," replied th CVsr "but tho I' rench Custom-house officers might nbt let you pass.1" A Habd Distisctiox. A small upocimoii of Humanity was dubbed "the little rascal." A tall friend onco volunteered to ask him why t,A van died "the little raucat 1" "To dis- T TO THE ItEI'UULICANS OI OHIO. Two years ago tho people of tho United States wero surprised ami astounded by the announcement that Congress had passed a law repealing tho time-honored Missouri Prohibition, by which slavery was forever excluded from all our territory north of 'M deg. 30 itiin. Ily the Kansas and Nebraska liill, tho most obnoxious of the pro-slavery views of John C. Calhoun were virtually recognized and incorporated Into a law of tho land. Tho oft repeated opinions of Jefferson, embodied in Ihe Ordinanco of 1787, and acted upon by him at various periods of his Administration, on the power of Congress ova1 tlic subject of slavery in tho territories wero ignored, and tho doc-trine was boldly announced that the Constitution denied to Congress tho power to' prbhit'it this institution in tho territories. Tho declared opinions of all our eminent public men; the uniform action of Congress in the exorcise of this right, and tho reicatocd decisions of the Supremo Court of tho I'nitcd States wore repudiated, and tho entire lino of policy forslavery-extension, as advocated by the Calhoun school was adopted, and proclaimed as the future policy of tho country. This change, on so vitally important a ques tion, astonished and alarmed the freemen of tho non-slaveholding States. Without regard to old party associations, the people assembled to con sult upon thecourso of action to be pursued to check and rebuke this arrogant and startling policy. Hitherto slavery had been regarded as sectional; as an institution dependent upon Statd Legislation for existence and continuance within Stale limits, and clearly subject to exclusion by Congress from national territories. Freedom had heretofore been regarded as national, to secure and perpetuate which tho Constitution had been formed and adopted by the American people. These fundamental principles, upon which our Government had been formed nnd administered; could not bo relinquished without a protest and a struggle. A long series of sluvcholding aggressions upon the rights and interests of Freemen mid Free States had already well-nigh exhausted popular forlienrancc, when this crowning wrong called tho llopublican party into existence. Patriotic, liberty-loving men, from all the existing political organizations, moved by a com mon impulse, united for tho defense of liberty, and tho overthrow of tho Slave Power. Their delegates met in National Convention at Philadelphia, on the 17th of Juno, 1800; and ad opted tho following great national principles as the platform of their political faith: lliwhetl, That the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in tho Federal Constitution, is essential to the preservation of our llopublican Institutions; and that tho Federal Constitution, the liightsof the Slates, and the union of the States, shall be preserved. J!cso!ceJ, That with our liepublicnn fathers we hold it to bo a self-evident truth that men are endowed with inalienable rights to life, liberty, and tho pursuit of happiness, and that the primary object and ulterior design of our Federal uovermnent wero to secure tliose rights to all persons within its exclusive jurisdiction; that as our llopublican fathers, when thev had abolished Slavery in all our Nation al Territory, onlained that no person should bo deprived of life, liberty, or property, without duo process of law, it becomes our duty to maintain this provision of the Constitution, against all attempts to violato it, for the purpose of establishing Slavery in any Territory of tho United States, by positive legislation prohibiting its existenco or extension therein; and we deuy tho authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislature, of any individual or any association of individuals, to givo legal existenco to Slavery in any Territory of tho United States, while tho present Constitution shall bo maintained. Jlesoh-el, That tho Constitution confers up on Congress sovereign power over tho Territories of the United States fur their Government, and that in tho exercise of this power it is both tho rielit and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories tliose twin relics of barbar ism Polygamy and Slavery. llesohr'il. That we invito tho nfliliation and co-ojicration of men of all parties, however differing from us in other repects, in support of tho principles herein declared, and believing that tho spirit of our institutions as well us tho constitution of our country, guarantees lilK'ttv of conscience, and equality of lights among citizens, wo oppose all legislation impairing their security. With the alwe sentiments inscrilKxi upon our banners, we entered upon tho Presidential campaign in support of National Candidates ilcdgcd to maintain them. Discarding all en tangling alliances, and relying upon tho jus- tico of our causo, we have appealed to tho peo- plo of Ohio for their support. W e have fought the political battlo of 183G, and victory has crowned our oflbrts. Ohio has again and for tho fourth timo proclaimed to tho pcoplo of tho Union hor stern devotion to tho great principle of freedom which Jefferson stamped up- .. .. - -et-a-r 1 I.U. Uo m..ln on tno orninanco oi hoi, mm iuniu our State what it is to-day, the prido and boast of freemen throughout the world. While wo exult and glory in this verdict of our people, "it is with profound regret wo an. hounco the defeat of our candidate for tho Presidency, and the election of Jamos Buchanan, a man wno nas procnuincu nuuu mo iujmu-sentativo and embodiment of tho slavery ex tension policy of the Calhoun school. We do-ploro tho divisions and dissensions among thoso in other States who claim to bo with us in our opposition to slavery-extension-, Who rcpudiato tho political philosophy of South Carolina, and w ho oppose, with as, tho outrages which have been heaped upon the free settlers in Kansas by the Bdrdof Kufllans of Missouri, sanctioned and sustained by tho Admin istration at Washington. Through these divisions have wo failed, and posterity will hold to a" strict and fearful accountability the men who, by fhmficU, have brought this calamity tinon tho country.- o roar in his senses doubts that avast majority of the people of ' tenets of our policy. It has been the cunning scheme of our opponents to foster and encourage our differences oi Minor points, and thus secure (ho triumph of their darling projects. Too successfully have they accomplished their purpose. But wo havo not for a moment lost faith in tho excellence of our principles, and we cannot doubt that in the end they will receive tho sanction oT tho American people. P.epublicans of Ohio, as your Central Committee, at the clow of this campaign, we desire to address a few words to you as to our future course. The ltepuhlic.ni party is now fully organized in every froo State and in several of tho slave. Stales of tho Union. Against the great shivehoMing Aristocracy, wielding at pleasure the entire political power of fifteen States; against its allies in the free States, misleading tho people to the propagandism of slavery in tho abused name of Democracy; against tho whole influence nnd patronage of a corrupt nuiibmil admini!tntti'n; against thecoiicentra-ted activities of tho Catholic Church, deceived into the belief that tho religion of its members w as in danger from llopublican ascendancy, or willingly lending itsolf'lo tho establishment of political despotism; against thess combined powers and influences never again to be combined this youthful but mighty party has just made a gallant fight, and if not success ful, has deserved success. It has carried the most intelligent, enterprising, and populous States of the Union. It has enrolled under its banner Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont Massachusetts, lihodo Island, Connecticut, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa. It litis in its ranks an army of freemen who know their rights and tho principles upon which our government is founded and who cannot be drawn from their advocacy and defense. It has a glorious future. It proscribes no man on account of birth, religion or former political associations. It welcomes to its ranks all who are willing to unite for tho maintenance of liight against Wrong, of Freedom against Slavery, of democratic Kepublicanisin against aristocratic Despotism. Tho slave power, now exalted into predominance by vio lence, deception; and fraud; will control the administration of Buchanan as it has controlled tho administration of Pierce. To what par ticular objects its activities will be directed it is not possible to foretell. hethcrit will demand the organization of new slave States in Kansas and other territories; or the enlarge ment of the area of slavery by the acquisition of additional slave territory; or the increase; and consolidation of its dominion in the existing States-through' tho decisions of slavehold-ing and pro-slavery Judges; or, seeking all these objects, at once, and exerting all its en ergies, will endeavor to establish its gloomy supremacy upon tho ruins of Stato Sovereign ty' and Popular flights, cannot now be hr4- seen. Ono thing however is certain. Kvery despotism is aggressive, and tho despotism of the Slavo Power is no exception to the univer sal rule. The price of Liberty is eternal vigilance. Kvery aggression of Slavery must be met at the threshold and sternly repelled. Nor must the Bepublicau party wait for new aggressions, it must redress tno out. it must insist upon the restoration of Freedom to Kansas, and upon the .exclusion of slavery from eyery territory. Slavery must be drivon back into tho Slave States. Against tho arrogant pretension that Slavery exists wherever not prohibited by Stato law, must lie opposed the truo doctrine of the Constitution, that Slavery cannot exist except where sanctioned by Stato law. Tho just influeuco of tho General Government must bo felt on the side of Freedom everywhere. Resisting resolutely the extension of (he area of Slavery, tho llopublican Party should seek, through all just and honorable means, the extension of the area of Freedom by tho enlargement of our liational boundaries and the introduction into tho Union of now Free States. In ono word, tlio' ltepubPcan Party should aim to accomplish a glorious and peaceful political revolution through tha sub stitution in the Administration of our Nation al Government of the will of the Pcoplo for the will of tho Slaveholders. ; Wo invoke tho aid of tho pcoplo of Ohio hi this great work of progress and reform. , Wo call upon our llopublican friends to stand firm iy their principles, to maintain their organiza tions, nnd to bo ever ready to act in concert with their Republican brethren in other States in defense of tho rights ami interests of the Freemen of the Nation. Our party has a po sition, a power, a moral force, a hold upon the conscience and judgment of intelligent and patriotic men, that renders it formidable to tyrants nnd tho propagandists of Slavery, and constitutes it tho grand bulwark of freedom, frco territory, free labor, and all tho blessings of frco institutions. TJhio has a ptoud preeminence as a llopublican State. Tho eyes of freemen everywhere', aro turned to her with hope and confidence. Lot there bo no falter ing, no wavering hi our ranks; let there bo uo comproiniso of principle, but a steady, reso lute determination to stand by Wnr cause un-til'thc nation shall bo redeemed. ' '',' W1I. DENNISON, Jr., . , Chairman Hep. St. Central Committee. Wr. T. Bascom, Herrclanj. "IIiqii Like Bklow 8TAin.j." A letter writer fioin San Francisco, California, says that $10 per month. are common wagc3 for female domostica there." lie writes! "It would astonish you to seo somo of our servant girls in full rig in Montgomery Street. A feia blue velvet drcs., a $20 brertneti gold ehains nd big cameos to match, are not al all tnficquent (7-The senior' editor of tho Pittsbiirgn Di2aUh lost liis bearJ, ft crop of five years' growth, on thd recent election 1 Verily betting must have grown to bo ft mania with us, when we bet tho very "hair of our heads." Thc'caUut hi qiieMion fell into tho hands of ft sharper ami was shaved. . .. . . WHAT CONSTITUTES IHCHES. Wo are indebted to a friend in Wushiiigton city for the following very forciblo illustration of "what constitutes riches." We need not add that the anocdoto is entirely authentic : "To bo rich," said Mr. Marry, our worthy Secretary of State, requires only satisfactory condition of the mind. One ina;! may l: rich with a hundred dollars, while arother, in possession of millions may think himself poor, and as the necessities of life nro enjoyed by each, it is cideut that tho man who is best .satisfied with his possessions is the richer." To illustrate this idea, Mr. Marry related tho following anecdote : " While I was governor of the Stale of Xew York, " said he, '" 1 was called upon one morning at my ollice by a rough specimen of a backwoodsman, who stalked in, and commenced conversation' by inquiring 'if this was Mr. Murcy ?' " I replied that was my name. "Bill Marry?" said he. I nodded assent. " Used to live in Southport didn't ye ?"' I answered in tho affirmative and began to feel a little curious to know who my visitor was, and what ho was driving at. "That's Klisit I told 'em," cried tho backwoodsman, bringing his hand down bu his thigh with tremendous force ; " I told 'cm you was the same old Bill Marry who used to live in Southport, but they wouldu't believe it, and I promised the next time I came to Albany to come and see you and find out sartin. Why, you know mo, don't you Bill ?" I didn't exactly like to ignore his acquaintance altogether, but for tho life of mo I could not recollect ever having seen him before : and so I replied that ho had a familiar countenance, but that I was not able to call him by nnmo. "My nanio is Jack Smith," answered tho backwoodsman, "and we used to go to school together thirty years ago, in the little red school house in old Southport. Well, times has changed since then, ami you have become a great man and grtt rich, I suppose ?" I shook my head, and was going to contradict that impression, when he broko in : "Oh yes you uro ; I know you are rich ! no use denying it You was Comptroller for a long time ; and the next we heard of you, you were Govenor. You must have made a heap of money, and I am glad to seo you getting along so smart. Y'ou was always a smart lad at school, and I knew you would come to something." I thanked him for his good wishes and opinion, but told him that political lifo did not pay so well as he imagined. "I suppose," said I, "fortune has smiled upon you since you left Southport?" "0, yes," said he; " I haint got nothing to conlpl liii of. I must say, I've got along right smart. Y'ou see, shortly after you left South-port, our ttholo family moved up into Vermont and put right into tho woods, and I rec- on our family cut down more trees and cleared more land than any other in the whole State." . "And so you have made a good thiiig out of it. How much do you consider yourself worth?" I asked, feeling a littlo curious to know what he considered a fortune, and a3 ho seemed so well satisfied with his. Well, " he replied, "I don't know exactly how much I am worth ; but I think (straight ening himself up) if all my debts wore paid, I should bo worth thivo hundred dollars clean cash ! " And ho win rich, for ho was satisfied. Knick. Magazine. . Lifo in tho West. Our Yankee traveler, who saw the live hoo- sier, has again written to his mother : . "Western jteoplc (says he) go their death on etiquette. You can't tell a man here that ho lies, as .ymi can down Fast, without fighting. few days ago, a man was telling two of his ncigliliors in my hearing a pretty largo story. Says I "stranger that's a whapper !" Says he, "lay there, stranger." And iii the twinkling of ancyo I found my self in the ditch, ihe worso for wear and tear. Upon another occasion says I to a man 1 ' , never saw lietore, as it woman passed : 'That isn't a Specimen of your w estern wo men I should think ? . - , Says he, "You arc afraid of frVer and ague, stranger, ain't you?" "Very much," snys I. "Weil," replied lie, "that lady is my wife, and if you don't apologize in two minutes, by tho honor of a gentleman, I swear that these two pistols (which ho held cocked in his hand) shall euro you of that disorder entirely so don't fear stranger?" So I knelt down and politely apologized. I admire this western country much ; hut curse me if I can stand so much etiquette ; it always lakes me so unawares. Chicago Democrat. A Rcmnrkitblo River. In the province of Andalusia, in Spain, there is a river called the Tin to, from the hues of its water, which aro as yellow as topaz. It pos sesses tho most cxliawlinsry and singular qualities. If a stone happen to Cdl in and rest upon another, they both become, in ohe year's tinic.'pcrfectly united and conglutinatod. All the plants on its bonk are withered by its waters whenever they overflow. 2(o kind or vcrduro will come up where iU waters roach, nor can any fish livo in its stream:.' fhe riv er rises in the Sierra Morena Mountains," and its singular properties continuo until other rivers run into it nnd alter its nature., A rocVr.R Distinction. A young lady explained to a printer, the other day, tho d'utinc-lion between printing and publishing, and, a7 the conclusion of her remarks, by way of illustration, she said "you may print a kis on . my chck, but you must not publish it.". ' ; SCENU IN A KENTUCKY COUllT,. , In tho goAd old times in Kentucky, whan "substantial justice" was administered in ft log cabin, nflcr a very frea and easy manner, a suit was brought to recover certain moneys of which it was alleg3d plaintiff had been defrauded by the inenioiu operation known as "thimble-rigging." In tho. course of th trial, plaintiff's counsel, who happoiud to b an "expert, ' undertook toenlighton tho court as to tho mi.ltti oprr.mli of tlu performance. Putting liiuUelf into position, he produced thj three cuptaiid tho "little jok'j.-, " and prov coedod, suiting tlie action to tho word. " Then, may it plraso tho court, defendant placing the cupi on his knee thw, began shift-. I ing them w, offering to bet that my client could not tell under which cup was tho "little joker" meaning thereby, may it please tho court, this. ball with tho intention of defraud-j ing n'y client of the sum thus wagered. For instance, when I raiso the cup no, your honor supposes that you seo tho ball. " . . . . " H.ijijtose I seo!" interrupted tho Judge, who had closely watched tho performance, and was sure that ho had detected tho bull as ono of tho cups was accidentally raised. "Why,1, any fool cau sej where it is and bet on it and bj sure to win. There uin't no defraudin' thur." " Po.ihaps yom honor would liko to go a V on it, " insiuuate l the counsel. . t; ."Go a V? Yes, and double it, too, and here's the rhino. It's under tho middle cup." ' "1'U go a V on that," said tho foreman of the jury. ... . ... , "And I, and I, joined in tho jurors ono uflor the other, until each one had invested his pilot ' Up !" said his honor. "Up," it was, but the "littlo joker" had mysteriously disappeared. . i Judge and jury were enlightened and found-no ditliculty in bringing in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff on the ground that it was tho "derndest kind o' defraudin'." His honor adjourned tho Court, and "stood for drinks all round, " in consideration of being " let off from his wager." Woman's Auxwer. . . j A w l iter, illustrating tho fact that soma or- - rors nro lifted into importance by efforts to i refute them when they need to bo treated with wholesome doses of contempt and ridicule, observes that all tho blows inllictcd by the. her-culeunclubof certain logicians aro not half so) effectual' as a box on the ear of a celebrated atheist by tho hand of beauty. After having in vain preached to a circle of ladies, ha attempted to revenge himself by saying : . . s "Pardon my error, Indies ; I did not imagine that in a house where wit vies with grace, I alone should havo tho honor of not believing in God. " " You arc not alone sir, " answered tho mistress of the house, " my horses, my dog, my cat share tho honor with you, only these poor brutes have tho good senso not to Iwast of it. " . ' An Infidel Jtebuked. . : Ati infidel, Insisting in a published letter that ho had raised two acres of "Sunday corn" which he intended to devote to tho purchase of intldel books, adds: "All the workdonoon it was done on Sunday, nnd it will yield somo seventy bushels to the acre; So th'iit 1 don't seo but that Nature or Providence has smiled upon my Sunday work, however the priests or the Bible may say that work done on that day never prospers. My corn tells another story." To this tho editor of Agricultural paper ro-, plies: "If the author of this shallow nonsense, had read tho Bible half as much as bo has the works of its opponents, he would have known that the Great Ruler of the Univorso docs not always square up his accounts with mankind in October." -l-K li m i A i Ancient Churches in Phllnifcf phin. The oldest church in Philadelphia is tho Gloria Dei, which was erected in 1700, on tho sumo site as its predecessor, which was built of logs, and served the double purpose of a place of worship and a defence against the Indians. Christ Church is where Washington orid' Franklin worshiped. It was also at first a log. milding, The present edinro was finished in 1753. Its chime of eight liells was brought by Capt. Hudden 'from Kngland frco of freight, and, in compliment to him, rang out a joyous peal on his arrival. The good " Queen Anpe'M. presented part of the communion servico in lit! . '.;. ' ." ''' 03" It has liwn recorded by Fombanti-con-nubiul Wag,' tli'at when two widowers were7 condoling together, on tho recent bereavement of their wives one of them exclaimed,, with, a sigh. ; U " Well may 1 bewail her loss, for I had w few diffcrem-os with tho dear deceased, that the last day of my marriage was as happy s' the first." . . r. ai oT "There I surpass ydd," said hi friend, "for the last day of hiino was happier. " , . . w a ' 'i - -. ' 03 Nino years ago John Breck duserte, I his wife in Germany, and elojicd with youn r widow F.nglulhoinc, and buying a house in' New York in her imno, livod with her till about nine weeks since, w hen idle eloped ftgairi' with a younger man, Lorenzo Mihlg, hAving; sold her doed of tho property, and taken tho' proceeds with her. Retribution had at length come round to John, and ho at onco ble w out his bruins. ; , , t. , A BealtikiiI Tuot-oilT. Some one has' said of those wlm die .young, that they ftre' liko the. lambs wliich the. Alpine shepherds' Uir i-1 their iruis to higher, greener pastures,' that the'fl lu may follow. ' -..', 03" Beware of confiding in distant pros1' pects of hiSppine lest they be suddenly in- terccptcrj by thciflbft trtvial present vexation.' A.tcaf in the foreground is large enough Kt conceal a forest in the far horizon;' 1 I 1