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BAKER & ROOT,
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Far lite Southern intelligencer.
SuttKK'"' «I>yi he wkh treated aLmuelully tlu-
other night at tin; party, and to relieve hiu pent
up "feelmkg." he ' borrowed the loan of the
Mushecn," and worked tip the following:
The "ditya oi miracle* are paat"
'Tin thought by every one.
But as the sailors any, '"avast"
In thinking thus that you're too lint.
I'll prove before I *e done—
Now you who studied "chemistry"
And other leurtied tomes,
Will laugh no doubt to think I,
In this ' enlightened century,"
fSlitiulil still have faith in "witchery'
Hobgoblins, sprites and gnomes
Vet spite of ridicule and scorn.
1 boldly do assert,
No witch or wizzard ere was born
'•Since crows began to pull tip corn"
Like au accomplished Flirt.
r.'en her of Kudor. it is snid,
(More laiued than all the rest)
Ere she had power to raise the dead,
Or bliglits upon the harvest shed,
Or eff a "deed unblcst"
Was forced to leave her soft warm bed.
At inidnight'a dreary hour,
And thro' the country scour.
To cull with "incantations dread"
Some herb, or root, or flower!
Jiut modern witches - flirts. I mean.
All foreign aid despise—
They cull no flowers from wood or green.
And ne'er on broomstick nags are seen
Careering through the skies.
A smile, a frown, to them full well
In lieu of "spells" suffice—
With frowns they'll cast us into IT
But ere the brimstone we can smell.
A ¿mile, transports us (strange to tell)
I'lump ¡uto Paradise!
They II flirt at every rout and ball,
And waltz and promenade,
With Tom. and liick, ftnd Jim and Paul.
Until our hearts are tilled with gall,
And 'love" is gone beyond recall!
When lo! one imile atones for all
The inischicf they have made!
With haughty uii u and airs so grand!
They II treat us with disdain I
But when we vow we II quit the land
To wander b'er some foreign strand —
One gentle pressure of the hand
And we are slaves hJjhIu!
Tariff.—Many aro not aware of the
origin of this word which in nurd s >
commonly by politicians, and in fact by
everybody also.
It is of Moorish origin. On the south
ern coast of Spam, a promontory juis
out into the straits of Gibraltar, com-
manding the entrance into the M editora
nea sea. The «ame of the promontory
is "Tarifa." It was the custom of the
Moon to lay a tax on vessels passing
that way, which tax was culled tariff.
The word is now commonly applied
to all taxes.
Young kite student.—" Bill, can
you tell me what sort of sickness this
Winter Fuver is?"
Young mediral student', (pulling up Ins
shirt collar,) " Why of course, it is
nothing in the world but—but ordinary
" congosto turbidoso " or what you law-
I era would term "an adjourned case of
illious fever."—lets larger 1"
SST The succession of Goveruoi-Gen-
eral of British india has been as fol-
lows :
Col. Olive, 1159.
Mr. H 1 well, 1760.
" Vansittart, 1761.
" Spencc, 1765.
Lord Olive, 1766.
Mr. Vcrelnt, 1767.
" Cartier, 1708.
" Warren Hasting, 1772.
Sir J. McFherson, 178*.
Earl CoruwalliH, 1786.
Sir John Shore, 1793.
Marquis Wellesly, 1798.
Marquis Cornwall is, 1805. '
Sir J. Boclerc, 180ft.
Earl of M into, . 1807.
" of Moira, v ' 1813.
" of Amherst, 1823.
Lord Bentweek, 1828.
" Auckland, 1835.
"Ellenboro, ^ 1849.
Sir Henry Harding. 1846.
Marquis Dalhousié, 184T.
Viscount Canning, WW.
SCIENTIFIC FACTS
CONDENSED FOR THE INTELLIGENCER.
No S-Water.
We are not attempting in tht#e es-
says to put forward views of our own,
or to iudulge in speculations. It is sim-
ply our aim to explain iu the most cnu-
cise manner possible, some of the com-
mon pheuoincna and tacts in nature,
so far as science has made , them intel-
ligible.
Water is more geuerully diffused, and ex-
erts a more important influence in the end-
less operations of the universe, than any
other substance. Originally, and for a
long time considered an element, chem-
ists have proved it to consist of two
gasses—hydrogen and oxygen,combined
in definite proportions, aud can at pleas-
ure make it or resolve it into its ele-
ments.
It is everywhere iu the animal, \ege-
table and mineral world, it exists in the
body of a man, the fibre of a plaut, aud
the composition of a rock. It sparkles
in the eye, it gives vitality to the leaf,
and brightness to the gem.
The immense agency which water ex-
erts upon the geological structure ofthi
earth can scarcely bo appreciated. Fall
ing upon the summit oi mountains, it
wears tlietu off, little by little, aud carry-
ing the finely pulverised particles down,
it deposits them in the river, where they
are borne onward to the ocean, until
after the lapse of years, islands and con-
tinents are formed. The action of the
air helps this process. Heat acts upon
ilie rocks,and makes them more penetra-
ble to wnter—water enters them—cold
freezes the water contained in the rocks
and breaks them iu pieces. The carbon-
ic acid which exists in. the air, acts with
energy upon the lime rocks which are
*o generally distributed on the surface
of the earth, and make them easily pul-
ver zablej the oxygen in the air acts up-
on the iron and other metals which are
so commonly distributed in nature;
these and other causes favoring de-
composition are continually at work,
and make way for water, the great
ngent, which continually conveys the
discntegrated rocks and metals from one
place to another. Hence the immense
changes iu the surface of the earth
which one generation cannot see, but
which a reference ¿o the history of form-
er years proves to have taken place, and
to be constantly taking place, by the
agency of water.
To follow the circulation ot this won-
derful snbstuiK'c in a lew of its endless
mutations, will instruct us well as en-
tertain us. The grand reservoir and in-
exhaustible source is the ocean. From
this itumeiice distillery the air is always
charged with vapor, which the winds
carry in every direction. Descending
upon tin- dry ground in the form of rain
we see it disappear as if by magic.
Where has it gone? Part of it has
gone buck again into the air ; part has
gone deep into the ground, and part
has entered'into aud become a constiu-
cut of the forest tree and the prairie
grass. Follow it still in its circulations.
\ portion of that which dries up and
goes back again into the nir, may be
seen the next morning glittering in
pearly dew drops on the rose leaf, and
a portion of it is borne far away by a
cHrrcutdf wind to tall in ruin on other
lauds. .Soni'i of that which sinks into
the earth runs in underground channels
into the creeks, thence to the river, aud
♦Hence to to the ocean ; ready again to
go lito same interminable round.
Some of it finds an outlet at a less el-
evation thau where it entered the earth,
and re-appears in gurgling spring*,
and some of it sinking far below the
surface, collect in uatural basins, where
it is found by the untiring skill aud inge-
nuity of man, and leaps upward in the
sparkling Artesiau fountain..
That which is absorbed by the veget-
able world is given off agaiu througl
their leaves ; or becomes a constituent
of them. Thcu it istakeu into the bod
its of animals for their nourishment, and
becomes a part of th'.m. Then it is giv-
en off from the lungs of animals and
the surface of their bodies, and passes
into the air to go over and over agaiu
as thousand mutations.
MP* The HuntsviHe Recorder of the
8tb speaks of lots of rain, and complains
ot muddy streets. We are getting
plenty in Austin, The rains appear to
have been distributed pretty generally
The tame paper expresses itself in
furor of leasing the State Penitentiary
to curtail expenso*. * ►
■O. The following froih "Reynold"
Newspaper" of Sept. 1st, pubjyshcd in
Loudon, is significant. It shows that
although the sympathies of the English
people must of course be strongly en-
listed for their countrymen, and their jea-
lousy for their puwi ! ¡ jot fuels cannot
be disguised; truth, however unpalatable
must be told. The truth is, England ii*
now u monarchy only in name. Demo-
cracy is last gaining ground there, • and
freedom of speech and of the press has
long been recognized as u right.
"The latest intelligence confirms our
prediction of the entire revolt of the
Ondean army. Every man is iu open
rebellion; nor can it be wondered at,
when we reflect upon the felonious man-
uur Hi which we obtained possession of
their country, and the diabolical cruelty
practiced by the late Sir II. Lawrence i^J¿hall
his endeavors to keep possession of it. He
has met a just fate, a fate that should
teach a military martinet, that human
beings be they black or white, inussul-
nians or christians, are not to be hang-
ed, beheaded, or blown from the canon's
mouth with impunity. The.severity of
Sir H. Lawrence was not justified by
circumstances. The OudeauH hat^oin-
iii i I ted no outrages on our women,
children, lio such atrocities as those per-
petrated at Delhi were enacted at Luck-
now; therefore the bloodthirsty meas
ures of Lawrence were most unjustifi-
able. They obtained for hiin the eulo-
gies of the "Times" but cost him his life.
"And now while India is slipping
from our grasp, our cotemporaries are
attributing the outbreak to any but the
true causes. The "Times" thinks that
the 'greased cartridges' and the sermoniz-
ing of Col. Wheler are at the bottom of
all. The Editor of the aMoruing Adver-
tiser" gravely tells us the,Pope is the
chief mover iu the business.
"Ask Prince Albert what is the mat-
ter, und that obese German gravely in-
forms us that the Representative institu-
tions of England are the cause of the re-
volt.
"Mr. Uquhnrt says that Lord Paliner-
stou having received a certain number
>f lacs of roupoes is in confederacy with
the mutineers. Not a newspaper but
our own, not a statesman except D'lsra-
eli, lias had the independence to declare
the true cause of the revolt.
"Blink the truth as they may, neither
newspapers nor Statesmen can conceal
from the people the fact that India is
fighting for her independence, and to
freo herself from British domination.
"She is making an effort to achieve
that which every nation is justified in
striving to attain. She is in ai'ius to
avenge herself on her tyrants."
created
Cumberland lluiverslty, Lebanon TcuncKser.
This is the most flourishing institu-
tion now in the South-west. The cata-
logue for the academic year of 1856-7,
which closed in July last, shows the
following members.
College Students, 148
Preparatory " 114
Dismissed " 11
Theological " . 5
Law " 167
Total 445
The year for 1857-8 hiw just opened,
and the Herald says that there were
present over one huuored law students,
and from the great increase over last
year it is supposed the catalogue for
this year will show near six hundred
students.
This school was opened in 1843 and
has* Inid lio other patronage than that
which was given to it by_ the learning
and superior abilities of its Professors,
and the energy of its Trustees. Now
however, it is one of the first institu-
tions in the United States, in point of
numbers, and, so far as the law depart-
ment. is concerned, it is probably first.
The rapid growth.of ties school has
been favored by many circumstances.
It is situated in a pleasant country,
aud in a land flowing in aiiundafcce, so
that boarding is cheap, say from 10 to
12 dollars per month.
Besides this, the best citizens i f the
place feel interested in its promotion,
und are willing to receive the students
in their houses as boarders. This is
encouraged by the faculty, us they pre-
fer that the students sliull be scattered
among the private families and have
the restraints of the social circle thrown
around thein. By this means mainly
they have so far escaped the disorders
usually attendaut on so large a Congre-
gation oi students.
The course is thorough and tho mor-
al conduct of the pupil is looked into
with eealotiR care.
We are glad to see such institutions
in the South growing up amongst us ;
and we hope that southern men will no
longer think it necessary, to send their
children to the North.
We chronicle the succaas of this in-
stitution with the more confidence, be
causo it shows the power of private
enterprise,. "
i 9 c e 11 q n e o t| 9
Prom the Civilian.
United Statei Senator --Who are Eligible.
The Houston Telegraph, which does
not happen to be in favor of electing to
the United States Senate oithor of the
gentleman spoken of who is a member
elect of the Slate Legislature, (having
some time since declared its perferouce
for two other gentleman,) says:
Among tlié names mentioned for Uni-
ted States Senators are two or three
who liar# l$fn«)ectcd to the Legislature
of thi.<mH^|HÉte|)||pi|ielegibility to
the office may be some
*: 11 1 1 iÉTiA" 24, of Article 3 of
follows :
presenta-
, which he
any civil
which
eme'11*
mentsof which may have been incrensd
during such term ; and jjo member of
either House 0r the Legislature shall,
the term for which lie is elected,
ible to auy office" or place, the
ent to which rn^y be made in
or in part by either branch ol
or shall the members
' voting for a mem-
fur any office
Sin such cases as
i President for
a, and Speak-
lepresentutivfte,
elected from their respective
iter
what"
are
the
er of
shall be
bodies.
The question therefore arises, by what
authority is tho office of U. States Sen-
ator created and what qualifications
does the creating authority require?
The Constitution of the United States
answers, iu the 3d Section of the 1st
Article. It says :
" The Senate of the United States
"shall be composed of two Senators
"from euch State, chosen by the Legis-
" IuLure thereof. ******
" No person shall be a Senator who shall
not have attained tho age of thirty
years, and been nine years a citizen of
the United States, and who shall not,
when elected, be an inhabitant of that
State for which be is chosen."
These are the qualifications fixed by
the federal constitution, the creative
power. Can a State, through its consti-
tution or by legislativo enactment im-
pose additional restrictions? Let us
see.
A number of the State Constitutions
have long been similar to ours on the
subject. Over twenty years ago the
constitution of New York contained a
positive inhibition against a member of
its legislating being elected U. S. Sen-
ator ; yet Nathaniel P. Tallmuge, a
member of the State Senate after full dis-
cussion was elected to the Senate of the
United States. Similar points have been
repeatedly settled in the same way.
But a very recent and striking case
was so settled in a most over whelming
and conclusive manner, in reference to
Senator Trumbull of Illinois. The me-
morial contesting his seat says:
They further represent that the Con-
stitution of tho Stato of Illinois contains
the following provision in the tenth sec-
tion of the fourth article therof.
" The judges of the supreme and cir-
cuit courts shall not be eligible to any
other office or public trust, of profit iu
this State or iu tho United States, du-
ring tho term for which they were elec-
ted, nor for one year thereafter. All
voles for either of them for any elective
office, except that of judge of the su-
preme or circuit courts given by the Gen-
eral Assembly skull bo void."
They further represent, that said Ly-
man Trumbull was, on the 7th day of
June, 1852, elected judge of the supreme
court oi the State of Illinois, and was du-
ly eonnnisionejl as such for tlie term of
nine years from the 24th day of Juno,
1852 ; that he took upon himself
the oath of suid offipc, and entered
upon the dischnrgt- of the duties of the
same ; that his said term of office, for
which he was elected, is unexpired, and
will not expire until the 27th day of June,
1861; aud that in and by virtue of ih • said
provision of tho constitution oT tho said
State of Illinois, the votos cast by the
members of the General Assembly for
said Trumbull for Senator of sai i State
as aforesaid, «re nttll and void ; and
said T-rumfMill is nor legally elected to
the Senate of the United States, and is
not entitled to a scat in said Senate; and
against said pretended election, the uu-
d'.rsigned in behalf of themselves and
their constituents, da hereby protest."
When this question finally came op
for consideration in the Senate of the
United States, which Was largely Dem-
ocratic, while Mr. Trumbull was a rabid
Abolitionist, it was ably diecMssed by tin
master spirits of that body, and we find
Messrs. Butlor and Evans of South Oar
oliim, Mason and Hnnter of Virginia,
lirowu and Adams of Mississippi, Y idee
and Al ml lory of Florida, Crittenden of
Kentucky, Toueey of Connecticut, Rusk
of Texas, and nearly every one of tin
Southern Strict Construction Senators
agreeing in the opinion that a State
conld impose no additional qualification
than those required by the constitution
of tho United States. The debates are
too long to publieh here, and we shall
only give the points settled iu the lan-
guage of Judge Butler, of S. C., chair-
man of the Judiciary committee.
Mb. Btm.m, of8onth Carolina, srttd:
Members of the Stato Legislature oc-
cupy a double relation. They become
in some respecta, constituents, of the
Federal Government, so far as their
agency may be employed in electing
Senators to the Congress of tho United
States under the Federal Constitution.
They occupy a different relation alto-
gether to their own constituents, the peo-
ple who elected theiu. When they
leave their homes, under the primary
election of tho people, they occupy and
are invested with very different author-
ity from that which devolves upon them
after they go into the Legislature and
take the oath of office. • Perhaps I may
resort somewhat to my profesional mode
of solving this question, by bringing up
tlx; pleadings on the subject. 1 will state
the parties thus : Mr. Anderson from
Washington county, wo will suppose, is
elected a member of the Legislature of
Illinois, and ho goes into the Legisla
ture. The first thing that is done to-
wards an organization of the Illinois Leg-
islature is to swear Mr, Anderson-into
office. What is his oath of office? It is
substantially this : "I solemnly swear
that I will support the'Coiistitution of Il-
linois and tho Constitution of the United
States." Well, sir, having been sworn
into office, he has had duties devolved
upon him which wero not devolved upon
him before ; and he occupies a double
relation of being the representative of his
own constituents, so far as their home
interests are concerned, and also of be-
ing one of the agents contemplated by
the Constitution of tho United States
to mako a Senator of the United
States.
Now, lot us suppose that a message
is Bent from the House of Representa-
tives to the Senate of Illinois, or from
tho Senate to the House of Representa-
tives, to go into tho election of a Sena-
tor of the United States on tho succeed-
ing Monday. Who are the candidates?
Mr. Trumbull is one. Mr A uderson, rep-
resenting Washington county iu the
Legislature, is told, " Here is au inhibi-
tion in your constitution, which you
liavo sworn to support, against Mr Trum-
bull being eligible to an election to the
Senate of the United States." " Very
well," replies Mr. Anderson; "that looks
like an inhibition which might control
me, but what are the. functions which
have been devolved upou me by the po-
sition which I occupy now in relation to
that election ?" He institutes the inqui-
y, and he finds that lie is not to look
alone to the constitution of Illinois for
his instructions or for information as to
his duty on that subject, but is to take
the constitution of tho United States,
and is to look to that, and see how far
he is to be controlled by its paramount
authority in the duty which he is about
to discharge. Suppose, then, that he
conies to tho conclusion—I confess it is
tho conclusion at which I have arrived
—that tho Constitution of the United
States prescribes tho qualifications of a
Senator of the United States—qualifica-
tions which cannot be controlled or moll-
ified by the constitution of a Stato. The
gentleman whom 1 have represented is
one of the parties on the record, and I lie
question is, is he correct in coming
to this conclusion ? 1 maintain that
he is.
Mr. President, this was originally
contemplated as a confedcracy0of repub-
lics. It has tó be sure, had the infusion
of what is called democracy; but it was
i lit 'tided to be a confedracy of republics;
and when the people of the Uulteu States,
thri^gh their organized republics—for
each Stafí is a republic—undertook to be
parties to this Federal compact, they in-
tended to be bound in honor by tho com-
pact which they formed. When tliey, as
soverign States, adopted the Constitution
of the United States, they delegated to
that Constitution exclusively tho powor
to prescribe the qualifications of Sena-
tors. That is'my opinion.
Mb, Mason, of Virginia, said :
My first impression, on looking at this
question— and my very first impression,
1 admit-jwas, that it might be, although
tho whole subject was certainly under
tho control of the Constitution of'the
United States, compcteut for the Con-
stitution, from the character of the gov-
ernment it framed, either to' exclude
the State authority from interfering
with the qualifications of Senators of
the United States, or to participate in
the power. Tho Constitution might,
while prescribing certain qualifications
for a senator, have left it to tho Stat s
which were to be represented, if they
thought proper, to prescribe others.
Doubtless it would bo competent for
the Constitution to have done so, If, in
rho wisdom Of those who framed it, it was
thought expedient; but, as 1 read the
Constitution, 1 am satisfied that the
words of it are words of exclusion—by
words of exclusion I mean words mean-
ing that citizens who have tho qualifi-
cations prescribed by the Constitution
shall be eligible—aud therefore taking
away from any Stale the power to pro-
scribe other qualifications or disqualifi-
cations, although I had thought, on first
impressions that they might be words of
restriction only.
After a full and searching debate, in
which dozens of cases similar to the
one in point wero shown to have been
in opposition to the right of a State to
interfere with the question of eligibility,
Itoyond tho requirements of the federal
constitution, that Democratic Senate ad-
mitted tlie Abolitioust Trumbull to his
seat, by a vote of 32 to 8, as follows:
YEAS—Mesar Adams, Allen, Bell of
Tennessee, Bright, Brown, Butler, Cass,
Collamcr, Crittenden, Dodge, Durkoe,
Evans, Fesscnden, Fish, Foot, Foster,
Goyer, Hale, Hamlin, Harlan, Houston,
Hunter, James, Mallory,Mason, Pearcc,
lieid, Rusk, Sebastiau, Seward, Sumner,
Touccy, Wade, Wilson, and Yulee—35
NAYS—Messrs. Clay, Iverson, John-
son, Jones of Iowa, Pugh, Slidt.ll, Stu-
art, and Weller—8.
Now apply the fact to Texas. It
seems that the Hons. Isaiah A. Paschal
of Bexar, Louis T. VVigfall of Harison
and Mark M. Potter of Galveston, and
perhaps other members elect of tho State
isli
Legislature, have been nominated or
_ roposed for election to tho United
States Senate. The principle settled as
we have shown beyond cavil or contro-
versy, is, that any member of tho Legis-
lature, if he bo "thirty years of age,"
nine years a citizon of the United States,
aud an inhabitant of this State," is eli-
gible to the United States Senate, tin
24th section, tho 3rd Article of the con-
stitution of Texas,(as copied by the
Telegraph to tho contrary notwith-
standing-
And further: So far as tho spirit of
the thing is concerned, it goes just as
far to exclude Govelnor Pease (a com-
ponent part of the Legislative authority
and Judge Hemphill (the Highest judi-
cal officer of the State) as it does a leg
islatrr. Such would be the tpirU
though not the letter of the principle in-
volved. But there is no disability in
either case.
— t ,
Life' ViriHiiiludes.
While they teach the elevated humil-
ity, they are well calculated to encour
ago tho lowly and cheer the faint-heart-
ed. Few men are so rich in this coun-
try but they may laetc the means to
purchase a dinner, and may die in utter
destitution. On the other hand, the
poor friendless boy of to-day may, in no
great number of years, becomes the pos
scusor-. of scores of thousands, the
loved aud respeoted of u largo commu-
nity.
Not many years since, a little boy
might have been seen picking up chip's
for his widowed mother's fire, where a
public building was ill process of erec-
tion. Since that time the little boy hus
grown to be a man, and that man is Hi-
raii^kivvcrs, world renowned, and as
widely honored.
An awkward youth left Jersey many
years ago. The best uso his father
could put him to was to help him to
mako the family shoes in winter time.
By long years of in industiy, temper-
tuce, and economy, hia fortune is now
counted by millions. And still mindful
of human vicissitudes, he has donated a
largo property to tho city authorities,
providing that its income shall bo devo-
ted to the poor, so long as there are
none of his family and name to apply
for a night's lodging or a loaf of bread.
Twenty years ago, a fatherless boy
was placed in a third or fourth rate
country store, "for his victuals and
clothes." Ilis cherry face and laughing
countenance, his accommodating dispo-
sition, and tho alacrity with which he
served his customers, soon udvanced
him to a better store, at a dollar a week
extra, which lie rcgulurly placed in the
hands of his mother, to aid her, by mar-
keting for others, to support her lit-
tle family. To-day he ships cargoes
for his own vessels, but imitarles in no
important enterprise without first con-
suiting that mother still.
The son of an applo woman we know
to be one of the richest met* in the
United States, and who accumulated his
wealth by his own activity and enter-
prise, not by speculation, but by legiti-
mate commcrce—by honorable mercan-
tile competition.
" A nice young man," ten years ago,
worth fifty thousand dollars, who de-
lighted in horses, hounds, and gunning,
married a young lady of refinement and
superior education. Now, witli that
same wife aud five small children iu a
country villago beyond the Mississippi,
ho teaches a writiug school for his daily
bread.
Let us now go around to times long
past, and hoo how history teaches the
same lesson.
In 1777 Mr. Hastings received un
humble petition from tlie great Mogul
for aid against his enemies ; ten years
later, and Mr. Hastings is on his knees
in the House of Lords, and was obliged
to give bail that he would not run
away.
. In 1777 Lord North was Prime Minis-
ter of England, tba councillor of kings ;
ten years later, and it is recorded,
" Lord North was led out of Westmin-
ster Abbey by one of his daughters."
In 1777 there was a smart, active
waiter at a country tavern ; ten years
later he was a nabob, a baronet, a
knigl t of tho shire.
In 1777 Dr. 1'. went to the House of
Commons to hoar Mr. Pitt's spocch, and
was turned out ; ten years later, and
.'Jr. P. rose in his placo in the Houso of
Lords to defend a drayman, while Mr
Pitt stood iu the bar below to hear him
By these examples, let young men
learn that attention—diligent, perseve-
ring, loving attention to almost any ol
the useful callings of human life, guar
antees success, whether in a monarchy
or a republic, whether under kings or
presidents. That to be good at anyone
thing is of itself elevating, and aids f,o
higher successes. That what gives en-
during success is not family name, nor
wealth, nor accident, nor position, nor
even genius itself, but it is tiio steady,
energetic following up of any calling m
the lovo of its nature and in the belief
of its higher importance. Ami more ;
without this faitli and affection, no tn«i
has ever yet succeedod iu any credits
ble occupation, nor do we believe over
will. For the most part of it, it may
be aet down as a very troneral truth,
that the great stimulus which la essen-
tial to the successful pursuit of atjy
worldly calling, is the want of monéy I
the very thing which young men think
the greatest calamity.
i Knoek Down Argument.
A certain man went to a Dervish and
proposed three questions ; First, "Why
do they Bay that God is omnipresent?
I do not see Him in any place —show
me where he is. Second, Why is a Man
punished for crimes, sinco whatever he
does proceeds from God? *Man baa no
freo will, for ho cannot do anything con-
trary to the will of God, aiuhif had
power he would do every thing for hia
ow n good. Third, How can God pun-
ish Satan iu hell firo, sinob ho is formed
of that, element? and what iupreasion
can fire make on itself?"
The Dervish took up a large clod of
earth, and struck him on the head wUh
it. The inau went to the Cody and
said;
"I proposed three questions to such a
Dervish, who flung a clod of earth at
my head, which made my head ache."
The Cady having scut for the Dervish,
asked of him :
"Why did you throw that chid of
earth at his head, instead of answering
his questions?"
The Dervish replied:
"The clod of earth was an answer to
his speech. Ho says he has a pain in
his head—let him show it to luu and 1
will make * God visible to him. And
why does he exhibit a complaint against
me? Whatever I did was die act of
God, and I did not strike without the
will of God. What power do I possess?
auiL as he is compounded of the earth,
how can he suffer from that clement?"
The man was confounded, and the
Cady highly pleased with the Derviah'a
answer.
"Sam" Sued in Kentucky, and Pleads
ma He is Dead.—On Friday, a suit was
tried in the Circuit court of CampbeU
county,- Kentucky, Judge Moore pre -*
ding, which was brought by Shiploy &
Brothers, engravers, for peals engraved
for the Kuow-Nothiiig Grand Council of
Kentucky, and other Councils of that
Statu, against A*D, Smalley and Major
Caldwell, who wore the ugouts of the
Council in-ordering the seals. Ira]
and R. M. Webster appeared for
plaintiffs, and John W. Stevenson (ra
'oiitly elected Democratic Member
Congress) for the Know Nothings.
A large amount of correspondence be-
tween tlie litigants was read, all very
affectionate, commencing " Dear Broth-
er," aud ending " Yours fraternally."
Mr. Stevenson, counsel for the Know
Nothings, contended that, as Sam was
dead, the stiit sohuld be brought against
the administrator of Sam's estate, and
not against the agente. Tho Court how
ever, overruled this, and gave judgment
against the defendants for $392 50. The
original bill was 350 the balanco was
interest. — Cincin/uiti Gazette, August,
15th.
Captain K ,one of the shrew-
dest steamboat captains on tho Missis-
sippi, caught ii|JeieuiyjDiddler on board
his boat one trip, and pinned him up in
good style. It seems the follow laid a
traverso to get clear of paying his fare,
and insisted to the clerk that he had
paid, but had lost his ticket. The clerk
asked to whom it was he had paid his
fare. "Why ho rather guessed it was
tho captain. " SoCaptuiu K. was sum-
moned to tho coaforeuce. "Oil, yes,"
says Captain K., "It appears to me I
do recollect. Let me see, you gave me a
twenty dollar bill ?"
'Yes,' says Diddler, I did.'.
" And I gave you change in half dol-
lars, didn't I ?"
" Yes," says Jerejny, "that,a it—recol-
lect. it perfectly."
"Very well," says tho captain, "I.
won't dispute your word for anything,
but, if you please, I should like to ace
the halves]''
The fellow was tripped when he least
expected it. He could not produce the
halves, and had to fork out his fare.
DUMHEruUXOlNU A POLITICAL speaker.—
A man of unblemished character wus a
candidate for a largo costituency, aud
ad t
igo public meeting
an elector got up and said," 1 demand
the following means were used to got
rid of him. At a large public meeting
the exefcise of my right to ask that
candidal* a question will bo answer
ine a direct yet or no, like au honest man?"
"Undoubtedly I will." A most in-
cautious promise, as tho reader will
see. " Well, then, " said the elector,"!
ask that gentleman who killed his washer-
woman ?" What was the poor man to
say? What yes or no could answer
that question ? He hesitated, he stam-
mered, the meeting was against hun—-
he was hustled out of the room, and to *
this day lie labors under the grave im-
putation, iu many people's minds, of hav-
ing feloniously accelerated the death of
some unfortunate aud perhaps ill used
wavherwoman.
A pickpocket who had beeu duck-
ed for his inul practices, accounted to
his brethren for tho derangement in bis
appearance, by coolly observing, that
ho hud not been able to change bis dress
since his return from tho celebrated wa-
tering place !
10u " Tlie candles you cold me last
wore very bad," aaid Suett, to a tallow
ctiandler. " Indeed, sir, I am sorry for
that." "Yea, sir, do you kuow that they
burnt to tho middle, aud wauld -
then burn no longer*" " Yon
me ; what did they go out P "
no ; they burnt ekortor."
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