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EDUCATIONAL
Greensboro Female College,
rnilE PALL SESSION will begin on
-U the 27th of Augnt next, under the
presidency or liev. T. M. Jox em, D. D..
the former president. The Faculty will
oo.iHiNt of Professor W. C Doub, A. M.,
W. F. A Merman. A.M., and F. J. ilahr,
with a full corps of accomplished ladv
teaebera. For circulars containing full
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POETRY.
The Baggage Fiend.
BT FRANK CUTE.
Twas a ferocious baggage man, with
Atlantean back.
And biceps on each arm piled in a for
midable stack.
inai piled his dread vocation beside
railroad track.
Wildly he tossed the baggage round the
piauorm there nell mell.
And ci usbed to naught the frail band
box where'er it sliaoeless fell.
Or stove the "Saratov" like the flim
siest egg shell.
On iron clads,
rutblesslv.
especially, be fell full
And eke the trunk
derisively called
"Cottasre by the
And pulled and hauled and rammed
and Jammed the same vindictively.
latu yawahtjr breacU Tippeami. or
i fractures two or three.
Or straps were burst.
or lids fell off, or
some catastrophe
Crowned his satanic zeal,
diabolic glee.
or moved his
The passengers surveyed the
with diverse discontent.
wreck
And so roe vituperated him, and some
made loud lament :
But wrath or lamentation on him were
vainly spent.
To him there came a shambling man,
sad-eveu and meek and thin.
Beariug an bumble carpet-bag with
scanty fetuff therein.
And unto that tierce baggage man he
spake with quivering chin :
"Behold this scanty carpet-Lag! I
started a month ago,
"With a dozen Saratoga trunks, hatbox
and portmanteau,
"But baggage men along the route have
brought me down thus low!
"Be careful with this carpet-bag. kind
sir," said be to him.
The baggage man received it with a
smile extremely grim.
And softly whistled "Mother, may I
go out to swi n ?"
Then fiercely jumped upon that bag, in
wild, sardonic spleen.
And into countless fragments flew to
his profound chagrin
For that lank bag contained a pint of
nitro-glyceriue!
The stranger heaved a gentle sigh and
stroked his quivering chin.
And then he winked with one sad eye,
and said, with smile serene,
''The stun to check a baggage man is
nitro-glyeerine !'
From Vie Buffalo Courier.
From Richmond Stato Journal.
Money.
The friends of the usury law are
quoting with an air of triumph the
example of Connecticut. She re
pealed her law against usury, but
after nine month's experience has
restored it. The cause seems to
have been the high price of money
which almost immediately followed
repeal. But it is an unfortunate
fact for the advocates of usury leg
islation that the stringency was
general. Money was worth in New
York City 50 per wnt during that
period. We called attention to this
state of things at -the time, and en
deavored to point oat tiie trno cause
or this damaging tlgntuesalnrtao
money market. It has occurred
before, and will again, while the
present false system of finance con
tinues. The currency, which is to
the business world what the imple
ments of industry are to the laborer,
is controlled by rings. These rings
tighten or loosen, expand or con
tract to suit their convenience.
Honest industry and legitimate
trade are at their mercy.
The remedy is iD the assumption
of control by the people of the man
ufacture of money. The people
who use money to subdue the earth
and improve the condition of its
inhabitants by creative labor are
alone,! the safe custodians of the
power to manufacture money. Its
circulation can be placed under
their control by legislation of the
simplest character. It is only nec
essary to understand the true nature
of money to see where the great
trouble now lies. Money is a tool
or instrument. A few favored par
ties are now manufacturing it.
Suppose, as used to be done by
European monarchs, the govern
ment should farm out the privilege
of making plows among those who
could best pay for it, limiting in the
same franchise the total amount of
plows that could be manufactured,
is it not quite clear that plows
would be scarce and high at times,
and that farmers would be quite at
the mercy of the manufacturers?
That is precisely the trouble with
the money market. We want free
banking. We want the government
which now comes into the market
as the great borrower to pay a low
er rate of interest and issue money
just such as we have now in the
legal tenders, convertible into bonds
bearing a iow rate of interest, at
the option of the holder. We want
this money thus convertible receiv
able for ALL DUES. This is the
first step ; and this taken, the next
will soon be clear. We have no
faith in usury legislation. It only
distracts the attention of the people
from the true source of help which
is to relieve the currency from the
ring of financial Pirates who have
captured it.
HftntUinir, at Snapping Turtle)
by the Wrong End.
A man name Grisley, who by
strict economy and severe industry
has succeded in getting his family
a litue place, iree irom encum
brance, was fishing In Still river,
near the lieaver ctook imiiis, on
Sunday afternoon. After sitting
on the bank for a coupie oi nours,
without catching anything, he was
gratified to see, on a flat stone in
the water, a snapping turtle sun
ning itself. The butt-end of the
turtle was toward him, and he
thought he would capture it ; but
while he was looking for a place to
stop, the turtle gravely turnea
around without nis jcnowieuge,
and when he got in reaching dis
tance, and stooped down to take
hold of what nature designeti snouia
be taken hold of while handling a
snapping turtle, that sociable animal
just reached out and took hold of
Mr. Grisley's hand with a grasp
that left no doubt of its sincerity.
The shrieks of the unfortunate man
aroused some of the neighbors, but
when they arrived it was too late
to do anything for him : for they
jast caught a glimpse ot a bare-head
ed man tearing over the hill, swing
ing a small carpet-bag in one hand,
and they at once concluded it was a
narrow escape from highway rob
bery. However, it was not a carpet-bag
he was -swinging; it was
the turtle, and it clung to him un
til he reached the White street
bridge, when it let go ; but the
frightened man did not stop until
he got home. When he reached
the house, the ludicrousnes3 of the
affair burst upon him, and when
his wife looked at white face and
bare head, and dust begrimed
clothes, and asked what was the
matter, he said: "Nothing' was
the matter, only he was afraid he
would be too late for church," and
appeared to be much relieved to
find that he wasn't.-Ztan&ury Aoc.
From Raleigh Biblical Recorder.
Men Born in North Carolina,
Who have Attained Distinc
tion in other States States
men, Jurists, Divines, &c
In searching for facts in the per
sonal history of Baptists Ministers,
who were born in North Carolina.
a
and have attained eminence
other States, my mind naturally
reverted to the many distinguished
men, in the various walks of
who were natives of this State
life,
but
have achieved reputation beyond
her borders. I was surprised
find them so numerous, and will
begin this series of articles by ad-
verting very briefly to some of these
illustrious names.
It is now settled lx-yond contro
versy, I believe, not only that An-
draw Jackson rend law, and prac
ticed law la Salibry and Guilford
County, but that he was born in
this State. When a little boy, the
writer, in , going to Cook's Mill,
JHecKienDurg county, used to pass
by the house in which James K.
Polk was born: and Andrew John
ston, it is well known, was a native
ofWakeGounty, N. C.
Hon. Hugh Lansen White, of
Tennessee, who was a candidate for
President in 1836, was a native of
Iredell County. Hon. William
Rufus King, of Ala,, ! Vice-Presi
dent during Mr. Pierce's adminis
tration, was born in Sampson, John
II. Steele, who became Governor of
New Hampshire, was a native, of
Rowan, and a carriage maker by
trade.
Gen. Joseph R. Hawle.v. who has
been Governor of Connecticut, and
is now a member of Congress, and
the chairman of the National Cen
tennial Committee, was born in
Robeson County and is by profession
a printer. Gov. Mosely, of Florida,
was a native of Lenoir. Gov. Polk.
of Tenn., of Mecklenburg; Bayley
Peyton, of the same State, and a
man of national reputation, was
from North Carolina: so was Gen.
Felix K. Zollicoffer. who fell early
in the late war. Chancellor J. L.
Sneed, of the Supreme Court of
Tenn., was born in Raleigh. Judgo
uragg or Mobile, and Gen. Braxton
Bragg were the sons of John Bragg.
a carpenter in Warren County, who
naa the wisdom to educate his
boys, and in some respects, an abler
man than all of these was Thomas
Hart Benton, of Missouri, who was
born in Orange County. These are
a few names that have risen up be
fore the eye of memory, or the
many sons of North Carolina, who
have become distinguished in affairs
of State beyond her borders. Nor
is the list smaller or less brilliant,
when we come to estimate the num
ber and character of the eminent
preachers our State has sent forth to
labor in other fields. The Episco-
fai unurch is small in North Caro
ina, but she has given an unusually
large number of Bishops toother
dioceses.
Bishop Polk, of Tennessee, was
born in Raleigh, and in the main
building of the Baptist Female
Seminary. The present Bishop of
orriL. joaa Hiifcwitft. was aiaa
tborn in t !s city. Bishop Uavis,
'of South Carolina, a man of sainted
piety, was a North Carolinian, so
was Bishop Hawks, of Missouri,
Bishop Green, of Miss., Bishop
Freeman, of Arkansas, and a great
er man by odds than either of them.
Dr. Francis L. Hawks, who died
only a few years since in New York,
was born in North Carolina, prac
ticed law for some years and entered
the ministry in this State.
Bishop Paine of Alabama, an
honored name among Methodists,
was born in Person County. Dr.
Wadsworth, a very distinguished
Methodist preacher of Alabama,
was born in Craven, and Dr. J. E.
Edwards, a gentleman of fine repu
tation in the Virginia Conference,
was born in the Guilford County.
I am not so familiar with the
great names of the Presbyterian
Church, but as that Church has al
ways had an unusually large num
ber of learned and able men in its
ministry at home. I have no doubt
that it has contributed its full quota
of eminent laborers in other parts
of the great vineyard which the
South and West have afforded.
' The men with whom the Baptists
have, enriched other States have
been peculiarly great, and i shall
be the special object of this series of
articles, to sketch their lives, and
illustrate their virtues. We have
had some great men in North Car
olina, Biddle, Meredith, Wait,
Finch, McDamel, Crudup, Trot-
man, J. L. Pritchard and others,
were all good and useful men, and
some of them were great men, but
our greatest men have shed the
lustre of their splendid talents on
other fields.
During the past hundred years
no State in this Union ha3 produced,
in our Baptist Zion, more illustri
ous names than those of Mercer,
Kerr, Brantly, Manly, Mi ms, How
ell and Poindexter. T. H. P.
Tito Escape ofBenjaniiii.
Dr. Edward Warren, of Balti
more, who has gone to Egypt in the
service of the Khedive, dined with
Mr. Benjaman in London the other
day. In a letter to the Baltimore
JiLUtin, Dr. Warren has the fol
lowing account of Benjamin's es
cape from this country in 1865 :
I had a delightful dinner at the
Junior Athenseum Club, with Mr.
Benjamin, who so distinguished
himself as Secretary of State to the
late Confederate Government. He
is a most charming companion. He
possesses a peculiar vivacity of
mind, which renders him specially
interesting under all circumstances.
His account of the last days of the
war, his escape to Europe and? his
career at the London bar, was thrill
ing to the last degree. Alone, and
in the disguise of a farmer seeking
lands, he succeeded in reaching the
western coast of Florida, There he
hired an open boat, and, with two
fishermen as his companions, pro
ceeded on the perilous enterprise of
a voyage to the West India Islands.
After making the entire circuit of
the peninsular traveling only at
night, subsisting on turtle eggs, and
exposed to innumerable dangers by
land and flood he boldly put out
to sea, and eventually reached the
island of St. Thomas. From thence
he sailed for England ; but the ves
sel took fire, and he was rescued
and again carried to the island. Fi
nally, he reached London, and in
the latter part of August, 1865, com
menced his career as a barrister.
He was without means, his friends
powerless, and he had to take a
position upon the lowest round of
the professional ladder. Brains,
however, invariably tell in the long
run. He soon electrified the nation
by the brilliancy of his genius, the
power of his logic, and the depth
and variety of his legal knowledge.
His lame ex tended,his clients muiti
nlied. and finally, after a splendid
forensic effort before Parliament, he
received a note from the Chief Jus
tice, saving his " gown was
won :" and on the succeediug day
he was promoted to the distinguish
ed position of "Counsellor to her
Majesty tW Queen.'.
From the Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel.
THE WOMAN QUESTION.
Bill Arp on Female Suffrage
Trial of Susan Antney, c.
Rome, Ga., Aug. 1873.
Mb. Editub Soosan Antney is
nuthin to me that is nuthin per-
in
tickler. iso woman aint excep
Mrs. Arp, but when I heard they
was a try in her for votin, my femi
nine instincks carried me strait to
the kourthouse. I was on her side
to
before 1 got there and I am on
side yit. Women in general is my
weekness and espeshally a woman
who name is Sooian. I always en
vied a man who could fondle over
his wife or sweetheart and call her
"Soosy." It sounds so meller and
soft. So when I seed Soo-san Ant
ney arrained. up before the judge
like akonvict 1 was mad mad with
the whole Yanky nashun. They
raise a hellybilloo over the old bro
ken konstitution and mend it up so
as to let the black babboons vote in
the Rebel Staits, but if a white wo
man of sense and spunk dares to do
it, it shocks their pewri tan modesty.
The old judge tried to look fierce,
and said a woman shouldn't unsex
herself. I have seen a heap of
men who, when they got sorter
old, took up a kind of sour grape
spite against good look in women.
But Soosan looked at the judge as
strait and egul. She stood up
square on her pastern joints, and re
marked that she was free-born and
nativ born and had property of her
own, and had a right to vote for
the law-makers of her choice. She
said that women done as much for
the country as the men, and, if they
diden't fight in a battle they raised
the boys that did. That havin em
and nussin em in sikness and in
helth was a harder job than fightin,
and if men dident believe it, jest
let em try it a while. She sed if
the judge could name good reesun
why they shouldent vote, she want
ed to know what it was.
Soosan's eyes flashed a little an
gelic fire when the judge fined her
a hundred dollars, and she remark
ed that every advance in siviliza
tion hed to have its martyrs, and
she was reddy. She throwd a hun
dred dollar bill over to the clerk,
and sed she would bet another hun
dred dollars that that money never
reached the State treasury. She
dident mind that old j udge no more
than if he was a monkey. She told
him that if they would base the
votin bisness oa; morality, or prop
erty or intelligence, or all three put
together, the women would be sat
isfied but they based it on wear
in britches, and drinkin whisky,
chawin tobakker, and keepin one
wife 1 at home and another sum
where else. She declared that she
had as much rite to choose her po
litical masters as Suthern niggers or
the hethen Chinee. That if the wo
men conld vote there wouldent be
a drunkard, nor a thief, nor a fool
on the bench, nor in any other offis,
and whiskey would be harder to
get than arsenik. An old. red nosed
swell faced - winked one eve at her
ant ho. Mmll yon
say." When the court, aoVjmraed
the crowd cheered Soosey, 'nd one
man sed he'd pay the fine ; another
sed he'd see her a fair fite with the
judge ; another said the law dident
say whether the britches must be
worn outside or inside, and another
sed he'd rather risk the women to
vote than thousands of them drunk
en furriners and fools who elected
John Morrisey.
Now I've been thinking a heap
about this votin business myself and
my opinyun ar that Gov. Jinkins
is a mity smart man, The first
time he run for Governor they beat
him because he sed he dident think
that every fool and every vagabond
ort to be allowed to vote, lie was
fordrawin in the lines instead of
lettin em out, and the melankolly
sequel hev proved that he wer
right. If was a king I wouldent
let anybody vote who couldent tell
whether General Jackson was dead
or alive, or who took more than
three drinks a day as a regular
thing, or who chawed tobaker after
he had gone to bed, or who was a
meaner man than his daddy, or
who believed in gosts and witches.
or who didn't put on a clean shirt
onst a week, or who dident earn
50 cents a day at sum respektable
bisness, or who shouted at nite
meetins more than two hours on a
stretch. I heard a blind freenolo
gist say that the way to test a man's
sense was to draw a straight line
from the top of his upper lip to his
forrerd and and another from the
lower corner of his nose to the hole
in his ear, and if the angle between
was less than GO degrees he might
be smart for a monkey but he was
a fool for a man. He sed that this
test would rule out nearly all the
idiots and Africans from votin, and
if it dident their faith in witches
would. I wouldent let a furriner
vote until he had lived here and be
haved himself for ten yeare, and he
shouldent vote then unless he had
married an Amerikan gal or was a
raisin children on Amerikan soil. I
wouldent let- no unmarried man
vote who was . over 30 years old ;
though I would let all sich justify
by 8 wear in that they had tried but
nobody would have em. Id make
em name the gals in their affidavy.
1 would iei every mamea iomi
and his wife and every widder vote,
if they wasn't cut off by the foregoin
exceptions. They should have one
vote apiece for themselves and one
for every child they had. This last
would elevate the Arpian family
about the election times shore. Ak-
kording to Solomon, all sich ought
to hva a heap of privileges, for it
aint no pikayune bisness to raise a
. . - . 1 T A. 1 A.
big drove oi cninaren. jest iet uy
hide-bound batchelor try it and see.
I look upon respektable children as
the hone of the State, and if I had
my way these stagnant old rips who
won't marry, but prowl around and
live easy and die rich and leave no
sign, at least none to speak of,
should be taxed heavy and the
money appropriated to the orfins'
fund. What's a man worth to the
State who leaves it no defenders
after he's ded and gone ; who pat
ronizes no Sundy schools or Mundy
schools buys no candy or baby
clothes, or balls, or barlow knives,
or longstockins, or jackonet muslin,
or hoop skirts or galluses. What in
trust has he got in the perpetuation
of great principles ? Why, a chronic
old batchelor can just turn over in
his one-horse bed and die and not
keer a durn if the world cums to an
end in fifteen minutes. He would
ent keer if the devil was to break
loose and eat up the women and
children alive.
Now Im not say in a word agin
them married foaks who sumhow
or else haint aksidently been
blessed with offsprings. By no
means. They showed a willing
ness to hav em, and that's enuff for
me. Ive always apologized for
peopul who done the best they
could, whether they succeeded or
not. I aint no bona parte to chop a
mans ncaa on lor losing a battle.
whether he was to blame or not,
Im a friend to married foaks, chil
dren c no children. .Lawful wed
lock; ia eosietys mainspring, its
backbone, its life inshoorancc
no patience with tnese wuK
stags who wont marry withou
git a pile of penshun muney,
want to be hired to do it, who
around a town, waiting ror sun
tral to turn ud. while theresl
po ones, pnrty and -clever,
waiting to take shoogar in the
-Now I don't want to be m
derstood about this votin bush1
I aint in favor of women mixi
with skalawags and trash a
polls. By no means. I wan
moral strength and influenc
her
their votes bkaus they are b
and purer and honester thars
men, but I would hev em to staj
home and let ther husbands or tk
fathers or their next friend vote!
them as the case may be. If a
looiea ma wiie out or ner-vor
wouldent be exactly the clean
thing, butifc wmM P t
wouldent be the only thing 'to.
some men fool em about. Then
strong minded
women and we:
minded men, and in such case
would let the longest pole ktodu Ti. "E!
the persimmon. Ihe time usfed tmiUe dress ha3 reCeived too much
was when a married woman dlderattentlon and that loveof beaut
hav no voice in nuthin exsepf mi ?a tn ha Jinaiai ak
king baby clothes. She couldei
own any property-she had nojsiv tht the poorftre aided thereby, de
SSST J?Z AlvlChJ claring that the bulk of the outlay
anything the law
ictjuucu a-limi
to keep it for her. If she coulde
live with a uruuKen nusoanaai
quit him the law give him all t
children. But as the world o
older she keeps a steppin up hifh
Sum of em are studying mfiii
and make the best sort of ddbtt
for women, and for children 11
hour old an under. They do clfrU
and book-keepin and telegrifpft
and printin, and can keep a bo
offis better than a man and f ef
steal a sent. If they do peej
other women's letters its on
of kuriosity, and they alwa
em up again. Take it altogetl
looks to me like the time has!
nigh cum when the men ha
to admit that a woman is jl
good as a man if not better n
everything that requires mOr
rhan muscel. I wont say she!
vote if she dont want to, bt
say that no poiitishun couil
her vote with a drink.
Bill
The Air-Line Route to At Ian u
In a few days the new roac frai
Danville, Virginia, to At ana,
Georgia, will be completed, lis
407 miles in length, and he i est
$8,000,000. From Danville tc Riu
mond is 140 miles, making tl j ds
tance from Richmond to A Jana
547 miles. The road from Da ivile
to Lynchburg (75 miles) is r )w:n
course of building. When cc npl
ted, the distance from Wash lUn
to Atlanta will be 637 miles, brwty
of the Orange and AJexandriaroad.
This road will traverse onefcf tie
most beautiful and fertile sections
of the United States, and a sfecton
remarkably rich, moreover, if min
eral deposits of great value. Ai the
Richmond Enquirer justly re-'
marks : V
It lies at the hssu v t,tnlii
innumerable streams fron
ftf
mountains : its climate at alfeea-
sons delightful : the heat of am
mer is tempered by cool moattain
breezes ; it is cooler by several de
grees than New York or PhiladeL
phia. Rarely does snow exceed an
inch in depth, and there are eleva
ted localities where it is unknown.
Fruit of all kinds, especially the
grape, grow luxuriantly and yield
abundantly. Vineyards are multi
plying rapidly, and the product in
time promises to rival France and
Germany. The soil i3 composed of
disintegrated gneissold rocks, which
have decomposed to great depths.
The feldspar of these rocks furnish
abundance of alkaline matter, from
which cause the Piedmont sections
of Virginia and North Carolina
have become the best tobacco lands
in the world a single crop of to
bacco requiring as much alkali as
120 crops of cotton fibre. The color
is red, resulting from the oxidation
of iron which it con tains. The Pied
mont region of North and South
Carolina and Georgia constitutes the
best and surest cotton belt of the
United States. f
The iron deposits of Western
North Carolina and South Carolina
have been examined and analyzed
by Profs. Genth and Lesley, of the
University of Pennsylvania. The
quantity is inexhaustible, and the
quality equal to any others in the
United States. There are 65 per
cent, magnetic ores, entirely free
from sulphur and phosphorous, pe
culiarly well adapted to steel man
ufacture ; also titaniferous ores for
felting, which, from practical tests
in puddling furnaces, are greatly
superior to Champlain ores. There
are properties which were in tne
market when the Air-Line Bail
road was commenced at $25,000, for
which the owners now ask nearly
$200,000. At .present there are com
paratively few settlements along
the line between Charlotte and At
lanta. The country is covered with
forest, consisting of pine, white
oak, post oak, hickory, poplar, and
other varieties.
All this fine country will soon be
open to the enterprise of the people
6f this District. Thev are forty
of Baltimore" sndhltveWiy
make an effort to secure a large por
tion of its trade, which eventually
must prove very lucrative.
Relics of Daniel Boone.
In the Public Library building at
Louisville, Ky., hangs, on a pair of
rustic hooks an old rifle ana a snot
pouch. Near by is a piece of beech
log, sawed a convenient length to
seon end in the relic case. Posted
up is an old letter dated 178U. Only
these, and nothing more. Ihe old
powder norn is stoppea up oya
plug of wood, which has been so
often drawn by its former owner
that the end is chewed off close.
But what of that? Readers that
stopper bears the marks of th teeth
of Daniel Boone ; that rifle Was the
nrst gun or the battles on tp naric
and bloody ground. .Though
lock is gone, its stock broken., and
its barrel rusty, that gun used to be
the terror of the aboriginal habi
tants of Kentucky, who leaf! and
dreaded it, even when it. Pad its
owner were temporarily if their
possession and power. A 2fred
years ago, that old hero, epped
with hose trusty and aeauixccoU.
trements, led a charmed, .Patic
life, roaming over the jft of
which he was lord, froni U .treat
"Conhowa," (as he spellef ) to
the Mississippi. The be iog
carvel by his hunting b.u"- faicn
nangs by a leather siriug .
old belt, bears the inscri
"Daniel Boone, 1774."
Jpflfarsnn. in hia Ana
of a
grand scene in Washingtc
net one day. He came i
oaDer clutched in his hanU
cabi
fitha twas
the Aurora, and in it he w
of ambitious projects. m.
said ; th General in Wr4
b id
M. Ver-
rather be on my farm at
non than emperor of all th
r'brld"
From the Baltimore Sun.
Female Dress.
An essay has lately been publish-
i by Miss E. S. Phelns. of Boston.
Iipon thesubjectof "Whatto Wear."
I applicable particularly to female
ress, in which she arraigns the
odern style of female raiment as
njuriou3 to health, opposed to con-
enience, and antagonistic to all the
i essential conduct of life. This lady,
i lirtlSt fifkAmo lik.r-k f llnwl fttna
evidence against her own sex, as
serts that dress Is employed by wo
men to attract masculine attention,
and that there is a moral necessity
for rectifying enormities which she
declares this has led to. She is very
severe upon her own sex, affirming
that the fashionable Woman is of-
iiiued only at theincoaveneincesof
an ati ire dictated by corrupt French
imagination, " "- m rliannin I
ftrted by the plan upon which it
jroeeeds. Miss Phelps considers
he Bloomer style as artistic as any
c would displace. She also discus
objections
, f, i. ,
mis rhf nnnr rannl onH that.
tr " '
some or the manufactures are so de
leterous to all that it3 desirable they
should cease. Miss Phelps consid
ers that the preominating cause of
these evils of dress is a desire to at-
tract men, and thinks it would be
better for the. girl to say roundly,
' Do you love me?" than to woo
the man she likes by unhealthy
styles of dress.
Miss Phelps is no doubt a little
too severe upon her own sex, . The
love of beauty may need cultivation,
but it is in itself a natural and prop
er sentiment, The whole of the
physical creation is adorned in a
way to render it pleasing and at
tractive. The flower of the field,
that blooms to-day and to-morrow
is cast into the oven, is arrayed in a
dress that Solomon in all his glory
could not equal. The fact that vast
solitudes of nature, rarely trod by
the foot of man, are decked with
plants and flowers of the most beau
tiful hues, and that the bottom of
the sea i3 lined with shells of diver
sified and gorgeous colors, would
seem to indicate, as has been recent
ly suggested, that the love of beau
ty is divine. At the same time it
cannot be denied that extravagance
in dress is one of the prevailing
evils of our social life. An esthetic
taste may be gratified while kept
within useful and moral limits.
Beauty "when least adorned" is
"oft adorned the most." Absolute
grace in female attire can be attain
ed without gaud and extravagance.
The best bred ladies study simplici
ty in their attire on ordinary occa
sions, and there is no surer mark of
vulgarity and bad taste than devia
tion from this rule. An excessive
passion for dress is reprehensible
enough even when there are means
to gratify it, but it seems to pervade
all classes, without regard to means.
net apparently unpn the idea
Pends
pends upon her clothing, not her
moral- and religious culture, not
the graces of her mind and person,
but the achievements which she
flaunts through the streets of the
milliner and the mantua-maker. In
a contest for display of this kind of
course only those Who have great
wealth can carry off the the highest
prizes. People who can wear five
hundred dollar shawls, fifteen hun
dred dollar furs, street costumes
costing a thousand dollars, and two
or three thousand dollar party dress
es, must, "of course throw into the
shade those who have no means of
competing with such luxuries. The
masculine world are estopped by
Miss Phelps from commenting on
those prices by the remark that
they do not include five hundred
dollars for a pipe or five dollars for
a cigar. It would be better to leave
the whole field of such barbaric
splendor to those who are able to
afford it, and whose instincts teach
them to make up in show what
they lack in substance.
There is no part of female educa
tion which needs more attention
than the training of girls in the
oroner cultivation of the love of
beauty, and repress in their minds
the vulgar ostentations and rival
ries of dress. This is a work which
can only be effectively performed at
home, and by the mother whose
love for her offspring, if it be gen
uine, should make it her ambition
to train them in virtue, gentleness,
unselfishness, and good sense, those
jewels of the heart and mind which
are more vaiuaoie tnan an ourwara
adornments, and which will con
duce "so much more to the lasting
happiness and welfare of their chil
dren and of society.
A House Not Taxable.
Says a writer in the Overland
Monthly: "The loftiest house, and
the most perfect in the matter of
architecture I have ever seen, was
that which a woodchopper occupied
with his family one winter, in the
forest of Santa Cruz county. It was
the cavity of a redwood tree 240
feet in heiffht. Fire had eaten away
me trunic at the base, until a circu
lar had been formed, sixteen feet
in diameter. At twenty feet or
more from the ground was a knot
hole, which afforded egress for the
smoke. With hammocks hung
irom pegs, ana a iew cooiang uten
sils hung from other pegs, that
house lacked no essential thine-,
This woodman was in possession of
a nouse wnicn naa been one thou
sand years in process of building.
Perhaps on the very day it was fin
ished he came along and entered in.
How did all jack-knife and hand
saw architecture enter into insignifi
cance in contrast with this house in
the solitudes of the great forest I
Moreover, the tenant fared like a
prince. Within thirty yards of his
coniferousehouseamountainstream
went rushing past to the sea. In
the whirls and eddies under the
shelving rocks, if one could not land
half a dozen trout within an hour
he deserved to go hungry as a pen
alty for his awkwardness. Now
and then a deer came out into the
opening, and at no great distance,
quails, rabbits and pigeons could
be found. What did this man want
more than nature furnished him?
He had a house with a "cupola"
240 feet high, and same at the cost
of taking it. This Arcadian sim
plicity would have made a lasting
impression, but for a volunteer re
mark that nothing could be addvd
to give life a more perfect zest.
"Well, yes," said he, "I reckon if
you are going back to town you
mignt leii Jim to send me up a gal
lon of whisky and some plug tobac
co." It will not do to invest a
hollow tree with too much of senti
ment and poetry. If that message
had not been suggested we should
have been under the delusion to
this day that the lives of those
people, dwelling in a house fash
ioned a thousand years ago, were
rounded to a perfect fullness with
out one artificial want.
Haynes Estimate of Webster.
The Hon. Henry S. Foote met the
the distinguished orator Robert J.
Hayne in Alabama, in 1869, and
heard him deliver an address in be
half of a railway enterprise, which
charmed every one who heard it.
In a conversation at this time with
Mr. Hayne Mr. Foote states (in one
of his reminiscences ;)
I ventured to refer to the great
oratical contest between himself
and Webster, in the National Sen
ate, now nearly half a century ago,
and asked him what he thought of
Mr. Webster's powers as a speaker.
He at once answered that he sup
posed him, upon the whole, to be
the most consummate- orator, of
either ancient or modern times:
that his ability as a reasoner he was
confident had never been exceeded;
mat, nis imagination was as fertile
ax gt4sfrnnn as that nf Miltrm hrt
nomer; matins
exquisite and abundant ; that his
knowledge was unlimited; that he
had the most happy command of
his temper at all times, ana that on
certain great occasions he had ex
celled all the speakers that had
ever lived, not excepting either
Demosthenes or Cicero. I then
asked him what he thought of Mr.
Webster's manners t He replied
that it was always grand and im-
Eressive ; that he had never heard
im utter a word in a careless and
vulgar style ; that he seemed never
to forget his own dignity, or to be
unmindful of the character and
feelings of others ; and that when
thoroughly excited the sublime
grandeur of -his thoughts and lan
guage derived great additional po
tency from his noble and soul-mov-
1 S-iS 1 1 1 . 3
tug enunciation uuu nis iew out
impressive gestures. I then said to
him : "But, General Hayne, every
one in the South admired your
speeches on the occasion to which
you have been referring more than
they did those of Mr. Webster ; and
it is said that General Jackson was
so much delighted with the first of
your speeches in the Senate that he
had it printed on satin for distribu
tion among his friends at a distance.
Was this so?" To which he re
plied : "I believe this to have been
true ; the people of the South gen
erally approved my speech because
they believed that I had been de
fending in it their own local inter-'
ests and honor. General Jackson
admired it because he thought that
I had successfully vindicated the
Democratic cause, to the support of
which his own life had been devot
ed. But you know that in a few
months thereafter, when our nulifi
cation experiment had developed
its gigantic proportions, and after
the memorable contest had occurred
in the Senate between Mr. Calhoun
and my ancient antagontist Mr.
Webster, General Jackson became
so great an, admirer of the Senator
from Massachusetts, that he tnougnt
seriously of making him Chief Jus-.
tice of the Supreme Cour pi tne
United States upon the deceaseof
the venerated Marshall. Be assured,
sir," he continued, "I never for one
moment have thought of compar
ing: that speech of mine, made in
direct aesallment of Mr.- WebsUr
and the -Federal party of old, and
to the defense of which I had
thought proper to challenge him,
to his great and unequaled speech
in reply thereto ; though it is cer
tain that for a day or two it seemed
by many that I had come off victor
in the contest."
To those who thirty years ago
were familiar with the leading offi
cials of the Postoffice Department
it may be pleasant to read the fol
lowing, written by a gentleman
then one of the most popular ana
efficient officers of the Department,
and who still survives, in good
health, enjoying the esteem and
honor that should accompany ad
vancing years. Those whose names
are marked with an asterisk () are
now dead:
I sing of what we have and what we've
not,
In this our bright and ever-favored
spot ;
And to begin (I'm not a "ring-tail
roarer!")
If we've no bores, who'll say we've not
a Bohrer f
Now some may think that I am but a
dolt
To say if we've no horses, we've a Colt.
But what care I,? I'm guided; by the
"Gunter;"
If we've no hounds, all know we have a
Hunter;
And some may deem it not a littledroll
That, though we have no mill, we will
take Towle;
And yet more queer (allow me to repeat)
That we've no flour, though blest with
with first-rate Wheat
So, if we've hickory none, we have good
.BeacA;
If "suckers" none, a sound and well-
tried Leach :
And what is more (this none will take
in dudgeon.)
If we've no perch, we have a prime live
Sturgeon. ;
Nor would we pause, or in our duty
falter;
We are not led, though you may see our
Halter.
We love our country, as- we've daily
shown her ;
And if not slaves, we surely have an
Owner.
What's our religion? Let our actions
tell :
Though we've no church, who has not
heard our Bellf
Here let me stop, though "much re
mains unsung;"
If we're not old, alas ! we're not all
Young.
So now good-boy ! excuse this trifling
thing:
The humblest of us is himself a King.
Postoffice Department, April 8, 1846.
Mere is the way a Detroit man
dove-tailed sorrow and satisfaction
into one another when his lamented
but insured wife departed. Wri
ting to the insurance company, he
says : "Dear Sir : I take my pen
in hand to let you know that I am
well, but that my dear wife, insu
red for $5,000 in your company, is
no more. She died to-day. Her
policy is No. . I can truly say
she was a fond wife and good moth
er. I have the doctor's certificate,
so there will be no trouble about
the policy. She was sick only a
short time, but suffered much. Do
you give a check in advance, or
must I wait sixty days for the mo
ney? Yours, etc." Who shall
say that life insurance is not a
good consoler?
Undoubtedly Mr. Keith, of Kin
ston, Massachusetts, who drew the
$100,000 prize in the Louisville lot
tery is a lucky man, and undoubt
edly any one of us would be glad to
obtain a fortune with the same ease,
and yet the effect of such good luck
on the popular mind is not whole
some, in order that he might get
his $100,000 probably 125,000 peo
ple gave a dollar for which they
received nothing. It is only less
honest and straight-forward than
to have a subscription taken up for
him among strangers. What is
more, 124.9U9 people were disap
pointed to make up his exultation.
The young women who will study
at Michigan University during the
next college year number eighty
eight, of whom nine will .-i udy law,
thirty-seven will study medicine,
and forty-two will pursue the acad
emic eourse.
An Accident In Danbury.
A well-known character named
Wiggirw. who is a frequenter of
Force p.-' l.u mi Pine street, sud
denly full to the floor of that place
Friday night. Dr. Myers, was pas
sing at the time, was called in, and
upon examining the body found
that the unfortunate man was
dead, having expired in a fit. The
residence of the deceased was not
known, but Forceps remembered
that a sister lived n Nelson street,
and it was decided best to take the
body there. , It was . accordingy
wrapped in a blanket and laid in a
wagon and driven ', to the sister's
house,! Dr. Myers and 'Mr. Forceps
accompanying it. On arriving at
the place, the doctor and Forceps
went to the door, leaving the body
in charge of a negro driver. For
ceps . knocked, at the cloor trtere
humoiaitefcJwas no iigjanuuiuuoicH-
dow and asked what was tne mat
ter.
"We have got the body of your
brother here; he was round ueacr,"
explained Forceps, keenly feeling
the unpleasantness of his errand.
"I dont want him in here," snap
ped the woman ; "take him to the
poorhouse."
But ain't lie your proinerr- ue-.
maitded Forceps.
"I don't care if he is," sue snap
ped back. "Take him to the poor
house. I can't have him here.''
"But. Madam. protested Dr.
Myers in a tone of voice that show
ed how deeply he was shocked at
the inhumanity op the woman ;
"think for one moment that this
is the body of your dead brother,
and"
I won't hear any more," scream
ed the virago. "I tell you he shan't
come in this house."
"He shan't, hey? We'll see if he
shan't," shouted a stange voice,
and looking around the men were
6tartled to see the corpse climb
down from the wagon and hobble
to the gate.
"Goddlemity!" snrieKea tne ter
ror stricken darkey, and at once
rolled off the seat, and down be
tween the horses, starting them in
to a run, and adding greatly to the
horror of the scene. :
Mr. Forcaps made a dash in one
direction, and the doctor in another,
and in almost a twinkling both or
them were over the fence and put
ting forth their best efforts without
any reference to destination, leaving
the field entirely to the possession
of the deceased, who was threat
ening to breakdown the door, and
the unfortunate uriver, wno was
bounding around in the road,
and uttering a frightful chorus of
yells- The horses ran over u&i-
low's Hill, DreaKing tne wagon aim
ruining the harness. The negro,
whose name is eterson, naa two
of his ribs broken and was serious
ly bruised about the head. Hut ne
will recover, ne says ne iiua seen
all the funerals he wants to, and
will never carry another body home
even if it should get down on its
knees and beg for a ride.
General
Scott and
TUlKT"
President
Mrs. Chapman Coleman, a daugh
ter of John J. CTiitenuen, hub
author of his life, prints in the
Daily Chronicle of the 27th ultimo
several letters from General Scott,
written in 1846. to Governor Letch
er, of Kentucky, and to her father,
commenting with much severity
upon the course pursued by Mr.
Polk and his cabinet, including
Governor Marcy, toward himself
and other officers, known to be
Whies. As bearing upon this sub
ject we copy from Mr. Ogle Tayloe's
Keminiscences tne ionowing : .
Governor Marcy after his retire
ment from office, related to me
many anecdotes in connection with
his public life. He had no respect
for the character or capacity 01
President Polk, and asserted that
he was very hostile to both Gene
ral Scott and General Taylor, and
that but for himself General Scott
would not have had command of
the army in Mexico, Governor
Marcy plainly told Mr. Polk that,
as Secretary of War, he wonld not
intrust his own reputation to any
other general, "if you will get
Colonel Benton's assent I will ap
point him, " said Mr. Polk. Gov-
amnr Momv Tnrn (iillpri I ninnpl
Benton and informed him be haa I
been sent by the President to in
quire of him what general he
thought ought tolhave the command.
Benton began with the lowest On the
army list, to each of whom he an
swered alike, "ne win not ao," re
ferring among others to Worth,
Wool, Jesup, Taylor, condemning
all until he came to Scott. About
him Governor Marcy made no in
quiry, but merely remarked, "You
have condemned all but General
Scott," and returned with that
statement to the President, who at
once appointed Soott to the com
mand of the army in Mexio. The
seauel is well known. After the
battle of Cerro Gordo, the news of
which reached Washington on a
day when President Polk had a re
ceDtion. Colonel J. 1 Graham, who
attended it, congratulated the Pres
ident on the glorious news. His re
sponse was, "Our brave fellows con
quer under any kind of leader."
It is very evident from this state
ment of Governor ' Marcy that he
wished Mr. Tayloe, i whom he well
knew to be an Intimate friend of
General Scott, to believe that he
was not himself opposed to the as
signment of that distinguished offi
certo the command of our army in
Mexico. What the truth of the
matter is no one now living proba
bly can tell. 1
The anecdote of Colonel Graham
confirms General Scott's impression
in his letters to Letcher and Critten
den that Mr. Polk studiously at
tempted to depreciate the services
of officers not of his own party.
Caught at Last. '
An inveterate braggart named
Bob II., boasted that he had never
been "sold." and that- ne one was
cute enough to trick him. While
in the Eagle Hbtel ' in the town of
N , with several companions,
the conversation drifted to the sub
ject of forgery and imitating signa
tures. A stranger present staiea
that he could imitate Bob's signa
ture so that the latter could no', dis
tinguish the genuine from the spu
rious. Bob doubted this, and the
stranger, after a few moments,
handed him a folded paper, request
ing him to put his signature on it.
Bob did so, without opening the
paper. The stranger gave the paper
to the bartender, who, after opening
and reading it, asked all present to
step up to the bar and drfcik. The
nariv drank, and the bartender
called on Bob to pay for the round.
"I pay for the drinks?" assea
Bob, who began to smell a mouse
with a very huge tail. "What do
you mean?"
"That paper wnicn you just sign
ed was an order for drinks for the
party."
B was caught, and while the
bystanders giggled he demurely
paid, the bill and retired.
TJ10 Rattle oi Bullfrogs.
Many of the citizens of Vermont .
will remember to have seen on oho
dollar bills of Windham county
State Bank a vignette representing
bullfrogs fighting. This was en
graved to commeinnrate the Battle ,
of the Bullfrogo. The facts were an
follows: Many years 'ago, when
the town of Windham was newly '
settled, there came a. very dry sea
son. There are two large ponds in .
Wiadham, separated by an interve
ning strip of land of conaidrablo ex
tent. . Each of these pond was in-
habUed by a large community of the
repttl4 above-named. Theemaller
pond lined up and Ita Inhabitant
Htartedln a body for the lower and
larger pond.' They were met In
the intervening space . by tho com
mumlty from the larger pond, atvA
a ttercq and lony: continued battle
ensaea between tu rivv communi
ties. Such was the hldeoa.4 br ttow-
Jng of the frogs during their fierce
encounter that it alarmed the in
habitants, who at first supposed it to
Lbe the, whoop of hostile savages.
But curiosity getting tne newer 01
their fears, they very cautiously
proceeded to the spot whence the
hideous sound issued, and there be
held Ihe strange spectacle of two im
mense armies of bullfrogs, covering
many acres of ground, engaged in
a fierce and deadly battle. This
battle continued more than twenty-
four hours, and when it was over
the ground was literally covered
with the slain, and it became nec
essary to avoid the noxious eflluuhi,
to gather and bury thvm.JJostort
TranscrijJt.
V Strange theory of Marriage ,
In a Massachusetts insane asylum
there is con fined an unfortunate man ,
Who thinks that he existed before
Adam. At times he is unusually -grave,
and gives expression to
thoughts which demonstrate that
there are several grains of philos
ophy in. his insane Imagining?
Here is his ineory 01 marriage,
vrhia-k he navs he explained to Plu
to thousands of years ago, at a ban
quet, when the conversation turn
ed upon love and the choice of vi-
.... T.I II
VS8. "man was orignmiiy create..
with all the physiological charac
teristics peculiar to both sexes, lie
had duplicate sets of limbs, and in
formed his- locomotive functions
with a kind of rotary movement as
wkepl. He became, in. conse-
1 f 1 a
Suence, so excessively lnsoieui,
tat Jupiter, indignant, split him
in two. otnoe mat uineeacu uuu
runs through the world in quest of
the other half ; if the two original
halves meet, they are a very loving
couple; otherwise they are subjected
a miserable, scoiamg, peevisn, ami
uncongenial matrimony, inesearcn
is rendered uimcuii, ior me reason
that (Hie man alights upon it half
that does not belong to him, anoth
er necessarily does the same, and it
is therefore seldom that a propeny
united couple com,e together."
How ImUa Rubber Shoes vrero
-" iHtTtyTOcearr-
The history of the introduction of
IacMa rubber over-shoes is a curious
story. Before 1821 the rubber had
hm imDortttd only In the form of
curiosities, such as crocodile, turtles,
and thr objects. A sea captain at
that time brought, among other de
viow. some rubber wrought in the
shape of small shoes, and gave-
them as a present to an intelligent
boy. They were ciosea over tne
ton. and our hero cut them open to
find enly some clay within in the
form of lasts. Jiis next uesire waa
to put them on his feet, but as they
wold not stretch enough, he used
boiling water to soften them, and
rhn nnr'rearid in his DUrDOse. To
color them he used ink, which soon
washed off, but finally hit upon
the plan of smoking them up m the
chimney. He then had completed
ihe first pair of India rubber shoes .
ever used in this country, and hi
8u4cess was the beginning of a busi
ness whichr now has immense pro
portions. ,-
Extremely Civil.
We received, in a lettejf to-day.
from a correspondent, what tne
writer declares to be strictly true.
But whether it ever occurred, as he
is certain it did, we don't care, we
will publish it, for it is a good hit
at the tender way in which some
of our preachers handle tneirricn
and dainty folks :
"A noted divine, in our City, who
presides over the most aristocratic
church we have, closed his sermon
once on a time thus :
"My dearly beloved brethren and
sisbars, if you fail to live according
to the ordiaances ef the Gospel, but
follow the devices and extrava
gances of a willful and wicked1
heart, you will unquestionably re
ceive your reward in a certain place,
which it is not good numners to men
tion here."
Prince Bismarck lives In the Sum
mer at Darxin a life of dreamy qui
etness. He devotes nimeii 10 tne
imirovement or nis estate anu to
tke extension of his modest house
which cannot appropriately be call
ed a castle. Old Count Podewils
owned Barzin at the close of the hist
century. Although very rich he
was unusually unpretendingand cul
tivated the greatest simplicity. Tho
Blurnenthals, who became after
him the owners of the estate, mado
it more beautiful. At Barzin life
is very reserved and members of
the family only are received. It is
no place for strangers, as there i
' but one poor Inn there, and neither
wine nor beer can he had. Fngl ish
correspondents used to coma to Bar
zin in former years, but the tavern
has disenchanted them.
In a secluded portion of St. Paul 'a
churchyard corner of Fulton street
and Broadway if anything can be
caHed secluded in that roaring vor
tex of trade and travel we one
deciphered this quaint inscription :
The remains who lie benoatho thin
OnchadRaohel's face and Leah's fruit
ful wombe, 1 , .
Abiaira prudence, Sarah's faithful
MarmtUrr , and Mary's bettor part.
A correspondent of rtie Sdadijlo
American says :
bloeding at
"The best remeuy. .w
e nose, as given byr.
the
Oleason
1. . 1 ..... v. . j o x'inrrtrmia
in one or nis ittwiw, f, ""V
motion of the Jaws as if In the act
ofTa-tication., In the ease o
child a. vvad or paper a -
vlaced iu its moum, v....
agtructed to chew It hard, pf
V a . .r (hn iniiF
that btops the flow of blood. This
remedy is so wry simple thatmany
will feel inclined 10 laugh at it, but
It has never been knowti to fail in a
single instance, even in very severe
case." . 1 '