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x7 43 if 11 . I' ft 1 A Democratic Journal Devoted to; National and Stf politics, Literature, Foreign and Domestic Howl etc. vol. n. JEtXJDAFRXTl 1G, 1858. No. 45. i : i THE PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY ALSPAUGII & BONER, Editors and Proprietors. Term of Subscription. "The Westebn Sestixel" is published every Friday morning, and mailed to subscribers at two dollaes a year, in ad vance; two DoixAKS and a nift after six months, or three dollars after the close of the subscription year. To any one procuring six subscribers, and paying the ; cash in advance, thepajer f uraished oneyear, gratis. ' ' '- " " ' '' ' - '' Terms of Aslvcrtissisag in tlie Sentinel. Our regular rates of advertising are as follows: One square, (1-4 lines or less) first insertion, $1 00 Each subsequent insertion, - - - - For one square three months, - - -For six months, - -- -- -- - For twelve months, ------- Liberal deductions in favor of 3 50 0 8 50 regul r ad- vertisers. 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They are all representative men of the principles and policy of the Democratic party selected with a single ness of purpose, and with a foresight and sagacity in view of the exigencies of the day, almost without a parallel in the his tory" of our Government. When w come to examine the antecedents of the men who. constitute Buchanan's Cabinet, we caii readilv perceive why such unanimity 'liber to quible over minor points of differ- 'ence, or to entertain petty jealousies or as pirations inconsistent with the interests and Welfare of our great Republic. Look at them as they pass in file before you. There stands at the head of the col umn the venerable statesman of Michigan, whose whole career has been one of unftb scured glory and dignified statesman ship whose past life has been a bea con to the footsteps of Democracy. There is the eminent statesman of Connec ticut, Secretary Toucey of the Navy, New Kngland's pitJudest Democrat, whose ac tions are ealrv enough for him. There is Gov. Floyd of the Old Dominion, the bold, manly and incorruptible Secretary of "War. Gov. Brown of Tennessee, the honest, hard-working, Svarm hearted Post master General. Gov. Cobb of Georgia, the distinguished Secretary of the Treasury, Georgia s proudest son. xhere is Senator Thompson of Mississippi, the cherished friend of the President and able Secretary of the Interior. Judge Black of Pennsyl vania, the learned Attorney General, of unsurpassed legal attainments and a per sonal friend of the Executive. - These men are evidently superior to anything like intrigue or disorganization of the party to suit selfish designs. They have too much respect for the President, and too much pride irithe success of his Administration to stoOp to a small inter meddling with the patronage or other mat ters to the detriment of public business. Nothing tends so quickly to enervate an Administration and let loose upon it the hounds of party discord as Cabinet bicker ings, jealousies and aspirations. "Whenev er this spirit of intestine broil begins to work, the President loses his prestige be fore the country and wins for himself, without meriting it, sucli epithets as "va cilating," "imbecility," "timidity," "cor ruption," and so on to the end of the vo cabulary of vituperation. Happily for the Democratic party and the country, no such state of affairs exists among the members of the present Cabi net. This unity of feeling and action is i owing mainly to the conservative tone of its elements. Who doubts for a moment that such men as Cobb, Floyd, Brown and Thompson do not represent the conservative sentiment of a majority of the people in the Southern States, or thatBuchanan, Cass, Toucey and Black do not represent the game sentiment cf a majority of the people in the Northern States ? Tlie. good sense and solid judgment of the people of. the United States has confidence in men like these, so judiciously appointed, the right men in the right place, leaving no niche 'of executive ability unfilled. It is a noble spectacle to witness that white haired old "man surrounded by his seven trusty aux iliaries, standing firmly in the breach, warding off the thrusts of fire-eating fili busterism in the South,' and theltraitorans 'blows of abolitioli sectionalism in the North. ' "V"' V"' "';".7. ' ' ' '' V Not only h as he to contend against -these ectionalrifs in . the South and tlie North, and the rebellious spirits in Kansas, but with insidious and deceitful friends and open conspirators in iiis own party. A close scrutiny of the President's policy has satisfied us that he is governed by one sterling and inexorable rule,and that is, duty to his country. There is a virtue in that purpose alone which makes him stand out in' bold relief, unquestionably beyond the reach of faction. There are thousands of people in this republic, who have but little if any party bias, who have an unconquerable admiration for the man who can follow so unflinchingly the line of publ i.c d ut v. At al 1 , ; e y en t;Jiui pju-. dence- afrdrmnncss, for"1 quiet liarmony and decision of character, it may be many Presidential terms before we find an equal to such a man as "Old Buck," and such a Cabinet as he had the wisdom to assemble around him. Remarks of Mr. Biggs, OF STOJRTII CAROLINA , In the Senate oft he United States, March 15, 185S, on the hill to admit Kansas. . Mr. Biggs. I desire to make a few re marks on this question, and a favorable opportunity being now offered, I avail my self of it. . . " . I at op.e time expected to participate in the debate at large; but the subject is exhausted by argument, and the country is demanding and expecting prompt ac tion. I had hoped that my respected col league Mr. Reid would have been here before this ; and to him I looked to express the voice of North-Carolina on this excit ing question. But the dispensations of an inscrutable Providence have ordered it otherwise, as he is now confined by a pro tracted illness at Richmond, Virginia, at which place lie was arrested on his way here in the early part of January. IJe desires me to say that he would cheerfully vote for the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton constitution. And, now, Mr. President, what is the state of the question ? A constitution is sent to us by the President, adopted under all the forms of law requisite to secure and ascertain tlie will ot tlie people ; a constitution republican, in its forms; and, although the -population of the proposed State is not so large as I would desire, yet an el tnnsr, exneoitioua -VROO.fi TO rreserve peace and quiet, and .withdraw from the political arena the source of agitation and discord which . threatens a serious disrup tion of that bond bywhich we are linked together as a Confederacy that Confedera cy which is the hope and joy of the whole earth, and of nil Mho cherish the love of liberty and the success of free institutions. My course, therefore, is a plain one. I vofe for the admission. I do not see how the frauds to which al lusion has been made, can affect the ques tion, as now presented. Admit all that has been charged, and deduct such votes from the calculation, and still there is an overwhelming legal majority of the people voting for the constitution. I disclaim the least sympathy for any frauds,pjthe per petrators of them. They deservS the em phatic condemnation of all honest men. I frankly confess that, from many circum stances, I have misgivings whether the people of Kansas are of that character from which we may hope for an enlightened self-government ; but, upon the whole, it is evident that this measure is the only hope of peace. It is now a contest between law and rebellion; between the supporters of the constitution and the constitutional rights of all the States, and those who, in principle and practice, are opponents of the constitution. Again : it cannot be denied that the ob jection that this constitution has not been submitted to a popular vote, is not the true reason that influences the action of the Opposition. The convention that formed this constitution was called by the voice of the people; The convention represented their wishes, and being thus clothed with authority, had a right to submit the result of their labors to a popular vote or not. It is well known that in no case in the for mation of a new State, "until the case of Minnesota, was its constitution required to be submitted to a popular vote but a complete answer to this objection is that we have no right to compel thia submis sion. To do so, would violate the greal doctrine of non-intervention by Congress But to allude to the great obiection this constitution tolerates slaverT. It has been distinctly avowed by Senators here bT the Senator from Uhio, Mr. Wade,! and the Senator " from New Hampshire, Mr. Clark, upon my inquiry that, if all other obiections were removed, this is a sufficient objection. . Now, it, will be remembered that at the formation of tlie constitution of the United States, slavery --was not only recognized and protected m the States, out slavery Tormea a portion oi tne domestic poucy oi i . . n . i j - 1 ; i every one of the original States ; certainly all with one exception. ; . - ; 4 Now, I do not propose to" discuss the mo rality of slavery If - it is immoral, upon us'rests'the responsibility To those who profess to be 56 verrighteous it is sufficient to say.Jd your own" master will "you stand or fall I am alluding to the political asL pect of the question. Ve form the Consti tution of the United States, all the States being considered and treated as e' notwithstanding the institution of-:.. Now, to adopt the principle thai. consider a State tin worth v of associate with you in this Union because it tolerr slavery, raise's an issue which, if practia3p -ue fugitive slave law on the three fifth ly enforced, necessarily works a dissolutAl rePresentation in Congress -on the admis of the Union, because it changes the grouon. of any other slave State into the upon which the Union was formed, aaPv- rny purpose now is, briefly but eiriphsti-. J t L J i ; 7 j eally, to say in behalf of the State I have7 J 1. i t . 1 . 1 . . - a'? 1 the honor to represent, that such a cohclu-' sion cannot, will not; be submitted to. I S TV. i.1- i,. ll.-i. i.J. i.,Tj-,ll j. ueg-gBiiuemeu io reeoneci iuacixv"fifte disposition to take an extreme position; which had any tendencv to w'iden thft breach between the sections of this Union. Uave.done battle so nobly for our consti Tn this foplino-, oS i-R w-il Vnnwn T full- tutional rights. There is -but one settled concur. 1 ao not sympatliize wntli those who desire a dissolution of this Union. I would resort to every honorable means -tos. avoid such a direful calamity; butitisdue to candor and frankness to state that the most conciliatory in the South, in my opiif ion, could not, without a surrender of ever honorable instinct, submit, in the practK administration of this Government, to ' doctrine that the slaveholding Stater the slaveholders of the States, are in' and unequal to others, because of . recognition of the institution of slavi And this alternative is distinctly prese ed to them when they are told that we a unfit for .political association in this UnioL It is evident the extremes are widening The most prudent and moderate are com' polled to look at the question calmly, and examine the tendency of things, if we wish to avoid the catastrophe which we so se riously deprecate. I would, therefore, in voke the moderate aifd patriotic of all sec tions never to make sucn an issue, which it is idle and criminal to suppose can lead to any other result than a dissolution of the Union. I speak not in the spirit of idlo alarm. To those who know my public course, when 1 thus speak, lfeel sure my convictions and conclusions will be fully appreciated ; but I will assure those who do not know that course, speaking, as far as I am authorized, as one of the representatives of North-Carolina, that she will never never submit to such a degradation, that would humili ate her in her own estimation, and disgrace iiMwn tli.f oyo1.r-ttm worl..!. L , i I do not trropose to argue the question I repeat, argumen t is exhausted. I though it due to my State, m the absence of my colleague, thus briefly to define my posi tion, and- as I believe, the position of mr Rttr. " - ? From the Raleigh Standard, i Letter from H. W. Millor, Es. The following is a copy of a private let ter written recent! v by Henry V . Miller, Esq., of Raleigh, fo a friend. "We ask tie attention of the public to it : Eds. Sexx ' Paleigii, March 26, 1S5S. Dkak Sir : I hasten to answer your very kind letter. The information given yon. that I had resolved to sustain, the Admin istration of Mr. Buchanan, is correct. In writing to a friend a few days since tlie subject, I stated, in substance, that I view ot the condition ot parties at t North, and being convinced that Mr. p; hanan is a conservative national man solved to maintain the Constitnti-" good faith I am of opinion that it duty of all national men, especialy ern men, to sustain his admiuisti In avowing this conviction, I mean i.' flection. on those who may differ from in opinion. Jt is sufficient for me t&at udgment teas me duty to the country fi me duty to mands this. I shall obey that demand. whatever may be the personal consequen ces. There are times when men should rise above mere party considerations and prtJTT lections, as there are questions which should absorb all mere party issues; Such a time and such questions are now upon us. Oth ers may not think so I do, most sincere ly ; and thus thinking, I should be unworthy of the confidence of any one, if I did not act accordingly. : On all national questions Mr. Buchanan has, so far, acted as the friends of Mr. I Zl- more at the Souh, or a great majority of 1 them would Lave desired him to act had he been elected: and Mr. Buchanan pay ing avowed his determination to ''maintop the constitutional rights of the South d having given an.earnest of his sinceriu ty acts, fearless and unequivocal in f V, character, 1 think it would be um? not ungrateful in" the people of tbef not to sustain him. ' . My thorough conviction is, that the less encroachments and diabolical purj of northern fanaticism -will never be ci tually checked, until there is union anion jst the people of the South. There are t J 6 antagonisms now. at war in this country a fanatical purpose to break down", destroy, abolish the institution of slavery on e pne hand and a firm and . unconquerable resolve to protect and defend, it on the other. One side or the other .must yield, must abandon the field of conflict, or our Un ion an d go vern men t cannot be perpet uated.4 ' For us to yield, - e veh . an ; inch, Would bring disgrace, dishonor, ruin t To this we can never submit. We are acting on the defensive they are the aggressors ; and it is vain to expert that the adjust- ent of the Kansas difficulties will end this conflict. The .assault will be made in 'tfpme other way, at some other )oint -on slaverv in thn TIcfif ri..i.: - . 1 , -J . -v, iwu u ui, VyUHUUUlU Oil le slave trado. liPtwopn tb 'Kto . , ''' I. C4. tO V.'ll union. JLhey Jbave declared, through their lead ers in vonsrress. that the warfare on . I 11 CTT J "- vij. slavery shall never cease until it is annihi- lntnrl 1. 1. il , i ,.-, lateci, eyen tbousrh that warfare shnnld atuI Jin bloodshed, and all the horrors of servile insurrection. Itjs impossible to check this A union of the whole South to sustain that band of jrallant men at the North who motive, purpose, that governs the Black Republican party, and that is the annihi lation of slavery, and consequently, the ru in of the South. I see but one other party Sufficiently strong to defeat that purpose aid that party is the National Democracy nw rallying around the administration of Mr. Buchanan, sustained by many a true patriot who fought in times past under the 'nimer of Henry Clay. That party saved from the triumpluof Black Republican i in 1S5G. None other could keep . the ,id against, it. The dissolution of that psrty, especially at this time, I should re gard as a national calamity. It would, in iry hunilue opinion, insure the triumph ot Flack Republicanism. I am willing to fust the Democratic party on this great question, and I shall act with it, by sus taining the administration -of Mr. Buchan an and those who defend and support it. I have thus briefly given you my vicivs. I have not time to elaborate them. I have nothing to recommend my opinions but the sincerity of my convictions, and an earnest desire to do my duty to the coun try, and secure the prosperity and safety of the section that gave me birth. If you cannot think with me, it shall not dimin ish the friendly regard I" have always en tained for you. I am, most truly yours, etc., "il. "W. MILLER. Establishment of a National Foun dry tho Claims of North Carolina. It has been recommended by the Secre i 'f that tV.'O yrVcrtmtff tUe- United States establish , in some eligible and healthy point of the country a nation al foundry, for the manufacture of cannon, &c, for the use of the army. Last week Mr. Gilmer presented to Congress the petition of Edward Cantwell and others, for the establishment of a na tional foundry in the valley of Deep river, North Carolina. The "Old North State" has more claims upon the Government to establish a nation al foundry within her borders than any other State in the. Union. True to tho Continential Congress in the troublesome times of the revolution, true to the Consti tution since the formation of our Federal' Union, with a brave industrious and loyal people cheerfully contributing their share to the maintenance and defence of our Government, she has asked for and re ceived few favors at its hands. There is no federal establishment within her lim its. But North Carolina has other, and in the present utilitarian age, stronger claims '.'or this national foundry. She has in the "alley of the Deep river a situation offer xir advantages unequalled, certainly not ."surpassed, in the broad area of our Repub lic tor an extensive toundrv. Y e spealc ot Chatham county. Froiii conversation with" Dr." Emmons, the. North Carolina State geologist, and Hugh Waddell, Esq., a most intelligent gentleman of that State, we have learnt that this locality possesses an exhanstless supply of bituminous and semi-bituminous coal of the best quality, boundless resource for the manufacture of iron, forests of timber, quarries of, stone, abundant water power, productive soil and salubrious climate. Together with these advantages, this valley is inaccessi ble to a foreign foe. Here, then, is a con centration of inducements, for the choice of this location for a national foundry, which Congress, if alive to the interests of the country, cannot withstand. The coal fields of this region are known to extend from Farmersville, thirty miles up the river, in an almost continuous seam; In eleven different places pits have been sunk, all of which have entered the main " feet seam.' The Egypt shaft is the. only jne which has been worked to any extent. This shaft is 460 feet deep, and sunk 1,000 feet within what is called the "out crop," (where the coal has been proved to exist.) So complete are- the arrangements at this place that a ton of coal can be raised ev ery two- mitiutes. When the ' other pits are worked to the sario extent of which it is known they will admit, lhof only an am ple supply ' can be "obtained for all local foundries, but an immense supply will be yielded for foreign use. A" railway of some thirty miles would connect this, rich region with Raleigh, where the coal could be carried .'to'- the-ports of Virginia and North and South Carolina. .1 '..', ; Before thelate-financial crisis, capital ists had under consideration a project- for the; connection of thisregioii with:, our port and the establishment of an exteri- at some poiut near Nor-' The quality of this; . coal is most excel lent. It is cheaper to the smith at 40 cts. per bushel, than charcoal at 5 cents. Dr. Emmons informs its that it contains a large" proportion of volatile - matter, and forms during combustion a firm, 'hollow coke, furnishing an intense heat, which especial ly fits it for the performance of very heavy work. It has been tried in New York, Philadelphia, and other cities, for the man ufacture of gas,. with --"complete success. Its coke has been found well ftdanted tn ISheim Several varieties of metallic ore are found in the valley of the Deep river the iron ores, however, are the principal; five kinds have been found in abundance. The hlach hand is the most important and val uable. The cost of obtaining this ore is small. It owes its value to tho carbon combined with it. The supply of this ore is inexhaustible, being co-extensive with the coal formation. The best Scotch pig, in such great demand in this country, is made from this kind of ore. It has been estimated by an iron founder, that Pig, equal to the best Scotch,' could be manu factured from this ore at nine dollars per ton. Another kind found in great abun dance is the hydrated argillaceous oxide. Its position is said to be so favorable for mining, that many tons may be thrown down uveiy hour by a single miner. Dr. Emmons says: This ore is the kind which usually accompanies the coal measures of all countries. It possesses properties in common with the ores of this class, espe cially that of Pennsylvania and the car boniferous system of Wales. From the geographical survey of this re gion, 'it has been proved that there is no lack of raw materials for the manufacture of iron ; indeed, that there is a rare combi nation of advantages for it. Fire-clay is found in immense quantities along the Deep river. For the construction of implements of war, as well as buildings, there is an un limited supply of pine, oak, hickory, ash, elm, and other timbers in Chatham and the adjacent counties. Quarries of free-stone of various textures and color are found; granite of superior quality abounds. Rooting slate is easily ontamexi , ana grmdstoueSjeearse a?Hi En are at: hand.. .The free-stone, when first quarried, is soft and easily dressed, but soon becomes hard. It is admirably adapt ed to building purposes. "Water power, if desired, can be made available from the three falls on Deep riv-. er, and the falls on the adjacent streams. The soil of the valley is productive, par ticularly adapted to. the production of wheat and corn. Cattle thrive on the pas turages along the river. The climate is healthy, and on account of the absence of extreme heat.and cold, excellently suited for hi iLor. The accessibility of this region to our own people, while protected from invasion by its interior position must strike all who will examine the map. Surelv, Congress in establishing a na tioiial foundry will not fail to select the Deep River Valley in North Carolina. Norfolk Argus. Tho Sunken Ships at Sebastopcl. Ravages of the Timber Worm the Amer ican 'wrecking . ships advertised for sale. The Constantinople correspondent of tho London Times writes : " The schooner Silver Key and the steam er General Knox, belonging to the Amer ican Wrecking Company which undertook to raise the vessels of war sunk in the har bor of Sebastopol, have returned to Con stantinople, and are advertised for sale. The attempt to raise the sunken vessels has completely failed ; not one of them was recovered. Black Sea teredo, so often at tributed to the well calculated imagination of the Russian Admiralty, is a stern reali ty. It has eaten up the body of the Rus sian fleet, leaving only the outer shell. The wheel of the Twelve Apostles has been brought down as a specimen. . Although it consisted of strong mahogany, two years and a half in the waters of Sebastopol have reduced its weight to almost nothing. No external change is visible beyond a few small holes, where the greedy miners sunk their shafts. The most approved contriv ances were tried by. the two rival compan ies. The vessels were caulked and made seemingly watertight, but when came to .pumping Out it was found that the timber was so rotten that the water percolated everywhere through the galleries made by the teredo. To this in itself invincible dif ficulty must be added the fact 4hat most of the vessels had -sunk from tour to six tatli thoms into the mud. Even if the ships had been raised they would have been of no use. As they could noi.be raised, it was tried to blow them up, in order to clear the harbor, , which at this moment is so blocked up that only a narrow, channel marked out by buoys is left,' through which small vessels can with difficulty wind their way The damage done to the timber is, however, so great, that not even the attempt to blow tlie vessels up su'eceed- ecu fAs much, as ,p,uw ids. powder was tried with a two-decker; but, astlicvrot ten. tfraber 'had ,tob , little - power, of resis- tance tne result Avas mattne weakest point sive coal depo: folk." gave way, ancTthe explosion tore'out a small part in ihe side of the vessel," leaving the rest altogether untouched. The harbor' must thus remain blocked up until by de- , grees the work of the teredo is done; and ; the ships fall toieces. According to the account brought-down, eighty-one vessels were found sunk, which is much more than ever was known .or supposed. The com panies have brought up sufficient anchors, cables, &c, to pay, at any rate, part . of tneir expenses, and probably the Russian government will make up the difference 57 -7A3MmtiaT Kingston, who puts up Lightning rods,--climbed to the top of the spire of St. Paul's Cathedral, 235 feet, where, having left his ladder below, he clung by his arms and legs, fastened the last foot of the rod and . attached its point quite a heavy piece of metal securely, as he supposed, to the cress surmounting the steeple. He had iust completed this difficult and dangerous task, watched by a number of persons in the street below, and while looking at the' work and experiencing that satisfaction whi';h results from hazard passed and la bor accomplished, of a sudden something heavy struck him, and made his brain reel until he could hardly see. Instead of los ing his iiold at ouce, as would seem to have been the natural and inevitable result, he clung with a power beyond himself, and a will su .crier to his own, closer and in stinctively to the spire. He knew not what had" occurred, and, to his confused senses, it appeared that the steeple was tumbling down, or that some strange cause was about touring the vast structure to the ground. Some forty seconds, an age to him must have elapsed before lie sufficiently collec ted his scattered thoughts and subverted consciousness to know that the entire up per part of the rod had fallen upon his head, causing the blood to trickle over his forehead and nearly blind him. lie' feared if he moved he would go cleaving the air to a terrible death upon the stony street below -,and at the same time he could not, in the disordered state of his increasing weakness, retain his grasp, more the result of fate than feeling, much Ion-., ger. If he stirred, lie might ; if he remain ed he certainly could not ; and so, deter- luin ecft'ra'akoatr least ati-fSwt ibr-hisr-r life, he put out a foot very cautiously, then his arms, and then moved the other foot ; and after a half a minute of exertion and thcPgreatest danger, he touched the topmost round of the ladder, and in a few seconds more was inside of the steeple and safe. Then it was that Mr. lws great courage and strength forsook him ; his nerves and muscles relaxed : he grew sick unto death; ;s knees gave way ; his vision swam, and he sank upon the platform motionless ami insensible. He must have lain there half an hour before he could rise and walk, and he did not recover from the shock for more than a fortnight .afterward. The people gazing up at him from the street, describe the scene as painful in the 7 . i.i i extreme. v lien they observed tne roci fall, a thrill of horror ran through their hearts,- and two women swooned away, tor they expected to behold him the next mo ment dashtSd to pieces at their feet.-- A Millionaire's Start ix the' "World. The following occount of the commence ment of a Boston millionaire's career, is given by the Lawrence, Mass., Courier: David Nevis, the purchaser of the Pember ton mills, is a native of Methnen village, lie has attained his present pecuniary em inence by his own unaided exertions. It is related of him, that when a boy, he was employed by Mr. John Graves, then a soap boiler and farmer, on the place now occu pied by Mr. William C. Chapin, agent of tho Pacific mills. An acquaintance of Mr Graves, a merchant in Boston, desiring to employ a reliable young man, Mr. G. rec ommended David. Nevins. At that timo the stage ran from Methnen to Boston, three times a week, and the fare was one dollar. This sum the Boston merchant forwarded to David, expecting him to come down by stage. David takes the money, but instead of spending it in a ride to Bos ton, tucks it into his pocket, packs up his lictle bundle, and starts for Boston on foot. lie reached the store with his dollar un broken, and tenders it to his employer as so much saved by walking twenty-seven miles., This incident in his .history,' of course, established hi in in yie favor of his employers, and from that day he has gone onward and upward. IIi property. is es-1 timated frr00,000 .to over $1,000,000 : '.; . ; '. t P.An old toper was induced to sign the temperance pledge, which he kept re ligiously for some weeks. At last he got decidedly balmy and one of his friends re monstrated with him for his faithlessness to hi9 obligations. He answered : "To be sure I signed the pledge, but I was "tre- uiendousiy dry, and an signs iau in a ury time jj If a small boy Is called a lad, is it proper to call a bigger boy a ladder ? Eo change. . - -. ,y -"' ," : - -.',' ',::. - . . -.- - Yes,1 of course-7-and from- tho analogy that a very email man is called ajrigmy and a very large man a hogmy ! ... T 1 i h 1 1 ' "V- 1
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