I . - l , i ... - . " . : . - . . . ' V . ' - J-'.,. ... - -i ' .' ' - .i-r-' ' - "v- -. . .it ;$2 PEE, ANNUM,! ilN ADVANCE j-" - 1 I- fe" -: 1 PO NC OR B " " iff ' 6 AZET T ' ; : i ' f -.--:,.; . ..v... fv-. . ... T .75. ...v . .? - -v. i-... .- , ... ... v.. : ... ... , . ... ...... . r- '-I t - :4 ti 4i f -Mil -I ii- fr f-. 1 . i f '! . ! I. 1 v. M - ' i VOLUME II. vm.-. i. :. THE ' r t tONCOED WEEKLY GAZETTE. ' w rubLuiir.p tvr.kt .TrKur mormmu JAMES 31. HENDERSON, fcrtlTOR & IUOPKIETOIt. ' XT TWO TJOU.A1W TOR ANNUM. IP PAII 1 S 'ADVAXCK. Two Itollar and fifty if paiil within nix month. anJTI!!lEKIML-. " tAllS. if piivinciit be delay till tlie end of AlJERTbKMEXT3 will be werted nt one I XHr "periuiuar. of 14 IW. for the fiwt ' ; j fftion. nd twtyfiveoeuUpcr 4uarc. ! r s Jm'IAL XfltWw rUiuvwi 4relc tl ratff. 1 . ' ; i MAHIUAGFJi nd DEAIIIS inerterfre.- : OUR, STOUT 'TULLE R . n7w ':Vi"tiim r.v we.trtfa.i, where yung ' ' romance. ' ' r.pvth glad aaw-in hor wcctet trance. HOW TO PRESEEVE THE PURITY tl.Ksy;keibocker for December, a cr- pilal miiiikr, ly the war, Iim the follow- jnjyapiJSjj Unction tory : 1 Pre$eri inj the purity hEleotiom. "In the north wcit portion of the Stafo of 01i in county of AUizt, tJeieii ' ii towntli'itho citiiens of which are priu cilially .Ocnnan, and notwithstanding their Swet accent," they arc ? all dtmooraW of - live rjrulxr 4 tu Unified' stripe. From the : time of the aroction of the conntry up to th: yar ciliteen hundred and fifty-t'ro, , tlicre lud never been awing vote cat in the to'.rniip p-dcen of, aliliough there . were over. six hundred' voten : but at the U election of that your, upon counting lh b3i.ts it ::ppe.ued jhai'lhcw was one 'hig amount thrin. Thcro sm the proof a ieul.ir. ?lraiht-out wliig ticket, and ..they drc not ja it by. This i-aued great c.iniii! ion; their cutcliei.n wa dimmed; there was a; irJtiy them; that ll't imwt be wipe.l out, amWitli their conm-o (l)uUdi of conre) up to fever Iieut in sha le they went to wmk lyly to find tha "man ytho jia.l dared to vote th(5 'Yig dicket;' 4bl . Uboi ywort unsu-tWul. . In tlje .menitime anotHcr year rolled round, ami 'frood "neMlek" were nn assembled' at the elec tion precinc It had not leen , . ... , - t , t , forgotten, however that at tne tust eiecuoiui out one had voted tho ' My Dukel?"" 1 lowever that at the last elect ton.t lad voted Ah' Vij D'uket':AA 1 T it wa now tlie suijeci u "pu km ...... vrondr. ' . . " ' Whilo thv were having an out-d.or i a. . f .... i.lttni I' 1 1 . 1 discussion: qf the subject, Sam Starret t a - -peas arc supposed to lie 'of Egyptian ori ; Lite immigrant fnmi the Extern ahore of , Maryland came along, and demandod the 'pjie garden bonus came from tire Eist In , ;au e of the pomniotiun. ' i dies. " 'Yell, ve vns a. vondering who it vas j -j'ije g;U Jeti.CIesS js from Egypt and the acted do Yig dicket nt,le hut election,! ?,lM , iaid an old Dutidiinan. j Horse-radish came from the South of Eu- , "It was nw,' said Sam 'and it waif t no rppe ImkIv t-lse " ; 1 he vlnnd flax . slwiws its origin by its 1 ditk not," aid tho ol-J Dutchman ; nanu, nd the ballancc fh6ok their beads incr- '1'lie coriander grows wild near the Mediter? Iiilouslyr ; " " '! ' f rancan. - - J l telt you it was,tltoughf said S.im.pul- : T,e ,Vcr'.s weed is peculiar to Southern 'i'Vi:ij-iut 'wh ticket, 'and' may be chaw-v (,-.nny. c 1 up if I ain't going to do it.ag.nin, I am ' Tlie Jerusalem artichoke is a Brazilian piQ- nut the ticket.) U and vo'c it open, too. I'll let vou know - - that .I'm air Independent Awncan .( iturn. '.'..,, .....': . r ml v,. n" V : ,J r liofn it bv Jemima !' ' So in he we.it to' .b-fosit 1, brdh.t.- . . . . i r TheiC'sai me iinec iiiit... j . election, 'calm ala ummei;.mrniug ;' and true' to his woid, Sam handod over his ticket, open. One of the old judges took ' it arid scanning it a few seconds handed " It back toward the independent voter and . .10. in a i ' vi, rvns rI paid : Yaw dat ish a V ig dicket. VII put it in th e box,' said Sam. Vat you sayl' said Tie oR Dutchman, l.rs eves bir with surprise, 'put linn in Ue box !' t .Yes sir-rce, put it in de box ! I am go- in': to vote it P ' Ob no! nixgqot, dicket. saM ihe old nix goot! dat isha.Vig O e9 pntchman, shaking bis ! bead. .', i - 4Vell, I reckon I know its a 'Vig dick ' et,said Sam, 'and I want you to put it in the box, daniatiori' qujck, too.' No, no '. dat i'sih not goot; dat ish a Vig ... dicket, we not take 'em any more, 'said the old judge, turning to rceivo"goot dickets' frbai some of his German friends. 'Sam went out and, cursed till all was blue saiddie had come thar to vote, ad he d be fiambergastetl if he warn t poinir to vot in spite of all the Dutch in the township.. So, after cpoliug off a little, he '. went in, and tendered his ticket, very nea tlj rolled ip. The eld judge took it again, and notwithstanding .S,am's demurring, un- ' rolled it and lbked it over; then turninr to Sam, in a manner and tone not to be . misunderstood; said : I tell you dat ith a Vip dicket ; dat it ith nix ffoot; anct dat we no take 'em any Sam again retired,cuningall dinocrxt generally, and the Dutch particularly, and aaigning them the hottest corner ftf the brimstone reqlon,and was going on to curse every bodr that didn't curse them when he was interrupted by an old Dutchman in the crowd with : "Sam Starret, I tells you vat it iahf jdu will vote dr Dimercrrat dicket, and leef der gountry, we gife you to much Jnonisd &. ilsl- von rara roil ciim Tfdm. and then said 1d tohc had com thir vote, and warn't gol.' away, without YOtin,' he guessed he'd do it. 'Again sam made his appearance heAre the uid?e.. and tendered hi . vote. ' The same old Dutchman took.it, and looking it over quiatly turned t Sam and said : MYaw. dot uh root ; dat ish a Dimer- gratic dicket'!' and dropped it into f the box.. j 'It is only further necessary to say that Sam went back to the eastern shore at the expense of (he tqwnship; and that, at that election,' and ever ' Tnce, that German township has been 0. K. 'That is what I call 'preserving the pu- rity ff Electi6ns,'" Origin of Plants- Madder came from the Enst. Celery originated in fie meny. The chestnut came from It.-ilv. I'ho onion originated in Egypt. Tobacco is a native of Virginia. The nettle is a native of Europe. The citron is a native-of Greece. , Tho pine is a native of America. The poppy originated in the East. Oats originated iu North Afiica. Rye came, originally, from Siberia. I'araely was first known in Sardinia. The pear and iplo are from En ope. , Spinach was fust cuhirated in Arabia. The Sunflower was brought from Ptru. The mulberry tree originated in Persia. Hie g)iud is propably nn Eastern plant, i Tho walnutand pcafiliaiive Aom IVraia The horse-chestnut is a native of Thib let. - - lis cllCuiuber cima from the hast Indi- ot! . The quince came from tho Inland of Cie U. The radish i a native of China and Ja pan. duct.. : Hemp is a native ot Persia and the East i . . r A v. . . ; Indies. 1 The -n(nb,,rv is n n.-.tlvo of r,.iv,i nn.l'A . 'rnori,-, iiu-ih.i. ' The par.nip is sppo,ed to b a native of .. ! i . I .1 1 1 1 rl The potatoo-is a well-known native pf Peru j and Mexico. The currant and gooseberry came from" Southern Europe. j Kape seed and eabbrtge grow wild in Sioi- ly and Naples. Buckwheat came originally from Siberia ! and Turtary. i . Miliet was &.sL known in IuJ;a anJ Atifs. . Bailey was found wild in the mountains of Himalaya. nops, mustaid, and carraway seed origin- aten iu Germany. Auise was brought from Egypt and the Gre cian Archipelago. The cherry, plum, olive, and almond came fiom Asia Minor. Linseed originally appeared as a weed in the originally grain crops of Southern Eu rope. Kice came from Southern Afiica, whence it was takeu to Indi -i,aud theuce to Europe and America. Wheat was brought from the central ta ble lands of Thibet whence its repre sentative yet : exists as grass, with small seeds. Turnips and mannde wuHzW n. r. the shore of the Mediterranean. The white turnip is supposed to be a native of Gennany. The carrot is supposed to have been brought from Asia; others, however, main tain it to be a native of the same country as the turnip. .1 Ti Big Tree, of (Wirm-y i A i eflponwlJe gentleman jfrORi Caliform asaurea us Uiat Ihe foOowmw U't&tfinoslA cnrale discriplion bf the large, freia grow mg in that Staie that he ha eoni It will be found highljinterestinffjf4l- viv; - Wisnrjfj3Tos Mammoth GaiWrf 'Editor Rkpcbltcaw f Lnii WexnetIaT;i p. ,f m.t'yestefdajrr On my way hither I passed throughr Sdnbnt and Columbia,5-crossing the Stanulkut iXAbbuVepfiit mountains; f The roaTfrdm Sbtiora to tola place (Big Tree) .is'faAptetitlid'-b'e'kn can be travelled '' wil('iferffetja buggy or carriage.' Tdi disfahee: fr6raJ Sonora ria Muphy's camp i ttenty-five miles. - On jarriving at tltls "place, I waa much snrprlsed to find a fvt-claS' hotel witirevery convenience of- ti similar '-esta blishment in a large cky. It is welf fitted up for the accommodation, of ldte;beinsr amply supplied with Led-rooms, parlors, there is also a commodious stable on the ground which will accommodate some forty horses. - i . On the body of the Big Tree thore is1 a house, 1 4 by 80, which contains two fine Ijowlirg alleys. The stump of the tree tis intended for a ball room. , I measuri the stump 'myself at a distance of eight . feet from tho grouml, and found it. to be- twen-ty'-aix feet in diameter at the narrowest place. I am indebted to Mr Charles- S. 3-ephens for his kindness in guiding me through tlie forest, and for jivinjf me the namos of the trees. ' The Mammoth Tree Grove contains in its valley eiglUy-five- monster trees in an arena of fifty acrs. The 'Big Tree' is hot the largest tree in f he grove, .but it is the largest perfect one. It js93 feet in circum ference,anI measured, after it was cqt down 3000 feet in lengthy the stump standing 8 ft-ctjiiifh. It i estimated; by the grains J men were bacupied tweuty-uve days in fel ling it (which wvs done by boring) aud three weeks to strip off its bark to the ! .height of 52 feet. - The 'Miner's Cabin' is 80 fiet in circum ference, and nearly 300 fet high ; it is o pen in front about 17 feet. The.'Three SiterV are a group evident ly o-rown from the same root, aboiit 300 feet high and 02 feet in eitoumference. They are perfect, and the most beautiful ones in the whole group. , The "Pioneer' Cabin" is 15 feetO high; where the top is broken, off it has a smnll openirg tin ouch it. ! The -'Old --Bachelor' is quite a forlorn looking jrntleman, baiins: many rents in his Vack, and the roughest looking bark in the whole group, and is,300 feet high and CO feej in circumference., ? Thelliwband and WifeUre about 250 feet high, and each sixty feet in circumfe- L rence. They seem very affectionate, lean I nr. T fill 'I II t 1.1 I" f I l II lUr l a Mill . . . i i -ii i .i. . i -r T .C ti.. it? r i .roi!iiuu v , 1 . . , , .- t,ie fathr, mother, and twenty-four chil- Uhvn. The father, from appearance was i . . ; .v . blown down many years ago .imtree measures 110 feet in circumference, and , - . the supposed height" while standing : was 450 feet ; the remaining length, where Mt. was broken off by falling against! another ree, is 300 feet. It is hollow -the ' enti re engtli, and large enough to"Tde int "on borsebackT - Nearly balf of ftli trunk us embedded in the groundfrand"meiPS2 feet in diaih'etevtkre,''tbevwifce2' : "ft..' The 'Ilbrmit stand entwely, by itself, and is 320 fe'eUdgb arid feet laVa-curt-" ference, exceedingly straigbland syime. trical. -" ' The 'Hercules is 350 feet : high and 10? feet in circumference : this is the largest standiuor tree in the grove, and would make , 25,000 feet of lumber ; it, like many ko" . . i t. ill.. tlier Jarge trees, is irapeneci, ueiog uurueu on one side 8 feet. The Mother' is 91 feet in circum:erenee; and 1327 feet high. ie Pennsylvania, so called by two yonug ladies ot l'lniaaeipuia, ia xeei in diameter and 315 feet high. ' , ie 'North Carolina is 21. feet across ther'b.-feo and 301 feet high. Tbe 'Green Mountain State' is 22 feet in diameter and 300 feet high. The "Three Sisters' arc a group evident ly grown from the same root ; they are a bout 300 ftset high and 93 feet in cifcum ference ; they are perfect, and the most beautiful ones lathe whole group. The "Mother and Son' are together 93 fvet in circumference ; the Mother is 325 feet high and the Son "300 feet. The 'Siamese Twins and their Guardian Tbe twiua bare one trunk, but their bodies are separate at -a beigHt of 0 feet, Tlie j T by rtho:r aide, a rid ...t :a .cir;". .r- euce ana 325k feet ;The3fai: ffrleiT ; uer eaAu '. tha "gTore.KeTit; towing. : pgr hti r, circurnfcreacA (50 f .Ii iwi'-rle in. her j 'ether trunk in snd i' htly . 0 feet,"- and the IwbfVo'uiig ladies w i,; r !a, the firs tr;-.' den, through liI5 ''Tctlitlfxttlwa eter in the cfear; " i calnn has a narrow- entrance two and a half fi?et iu wldih, a,nd will seaUwOTtyfiveer fThe;Bridl jobber Forest lit iheTlaij. gest tree but is -oolei tor having tBl smoo thest krkN&fyjthe feet hig1tinj4T6 feet in cireumfetence,; -Th lieaaty jof fhe Foresfia 5 feet in circumferenije and full 80Q feeX Jiigh;1 "it is very straight aad Uendehd nearly fre bf Iimls l the topN- w surmounted wiUi" a beautifut and regular-grteir fea ft r r , -The altitndo'iof 'flie grove is'fOOV-fUt above San FahcisW, "and" 2,400 feel above Murphy's Camp. Jiad nearly " forgotten to mention "that il inowed at - thia place laat nigiit to: tlie depth of ' six inches, and at the time I amwriting it is raining very hard. 'J-U P i- t Ie is'lhe'intenlib'if the proprietors of this groTe to'triake iibne -of lhe'most a grceable sutmiier resbTts ta befoond in the State,' and from tlie manner iwsj have comraenccdl ,'bavte tio doubrthat all who ? ' t : , :.- ; .... Shadow of Death- Mek seldom think of 4be great event of Death, until the dark shadow falls across their own path, hiding from fbeir eyea for ever the faces of the loved onevwlio? e liv ing smile was the sun fight of their exiat ance. Death is. the giat anUgomsnt of Life, and the cold thought bf.the tomb is the skeleton in all our feartsSWe'do not whnt to go through tbe dark;valler, nl- tbougb its passage in ay leaJt W Paradise : j we uo hoi. wish 10 neaown in luameuiay grave, even .with the kings and prluces for our bed fellows. . But the fiit of nature is inexorable. There is no appeal or reprieve from the great law "that . dooms us all -to dust. Ve Sourish ami fadeliklhe feaves of the forrest, and thVTaires flower; that blooms and withers m a day, Jbas not a frailer hold onjife than tbf nigbtiost mbri arch lhat bas fcrer shook tbeeartbj with hisfocisie. -Oenerjttrons f me appear willto-morrowf disappear bkefootprints on the sboreZ Inj the bUfotrfifJoDl, the instinct of ImmortalitTv so eloquently uttered by tbe deatb devoted Greek, finds a dear respoT)in,yerXit3ot1Su"UI nt wiiea about .to yiew bis totw enaience as a ucri&csvtoiate, bis. betjothea Clemi authe asks if they shall not' meet again, to urbieb lbe;reper', 1. Have" asked tbat dreadfdt qneatibn of tbe'till biebTIbok -forever; f tbeitarvaipong whose fields of figure jn y jrzusea ' spuu usu. waijtea no. jjio ryAll were dumtyBat wbua" ::Im2 potf ;tby livings face,'T feeFjb'ere 'some ipmg in 4in,e $qj? wu-ca nianues, inronga it! beauty Jb.at cannot wjiedly jiervdi. JYYe snau meet azaiu. svtvuinuuie. - .i-... V.-. Pepartca LOTea Onti, . It is infinitely better to mourn the loss ef a goou, wan never vj j uave Known iu Give me fneiids, even thbugb J must see thein pan away. Xttbe fountains of true arjection do siirrea wuuin me, tnougn tne obJectTtbal excited tbem'eannet be eiyoy ed forever... Vbafc l worilirlife be worth without something tor love f "'And' since everything ptj eartk is fleet! ng and perish able, we bold all our treasures bere only at the" will of'the gyeat Giver. But though they'die, bir memory does notperisb.-U- Tbat blooms eternally. In tbeirinauenc es on us. in tbe memory of their love in the admiratiea of their lrtues,tbe blessings of our oear and deVlei ciu ne w die. J "A tbing of beauty !s a joy forevar , And tbU holds tbijpforra.'l tbe casi of cbildreny The; womanlwho has known the- taptnre of rwe maternal fova is a ereater !and nobler being for it " There Jr. 30 a fceLJhigli amt J55fer iu 'eircumfe ren$eani irTrVtitlsor fcoHow: trtmk bf teOfcetpa eirgth ft i visit the place will finl tiieir'word tmc, ; j0n still delay te call around and; pay ! 7 shall 'r loat-A' linra ' irJAiv' "flu. CSnr'n' '' . ... : , : 7 ' I The 5S the new year is a good when I will write you again. time to reform from bad babita: and we iriT!mainTbrr-Ced J ana vamsn-riute me grass. . ana ue county less multitude bat swarm tlie world to-day were canacitie t: of her toil.' affections of bef nafure, of Whoie eiisience she was be ftre scarcely cbnscjousrid these litre, now Ueome'aetiva and ra'an!fst Shi can say as Coeiber the great Ge'riraao Poet makes onejb 'bis cbaTwters say 8 f " ' tjifi' "I W W and faved.. r; . and though, her child fades and iperishes, she has acquired almost a new faculty, she bts found ftew;sci:rce of happiriesV and crrrsk!S3i;j1. . riWagU'l-.lotitif ' life 4 rrcber expenenco, andv n trtaauasof hallowed Wrnories that Ur'tr etiobles her. .i-"i.-'si.. -t -'"' " " i - ." . . r. . . .'. ,. UTHW xmn4 and Pay. ; ' t - j " - - - . . . What a world of woe is couUined in these few woda to the artizan and mechanic I I'll call around and pay! says'tbe rich man to avoisi the trouble of going to bis dek to get the necessary funds, and tbe poor mechanic -is obliged to go horrie, disap point his workmen, and ail who depend bpon 6im for their due. It is Jin easy matter to work the only real glory in this life is an independent idea of bjng able j to sustain yourself by the labor of rour. ownfeands, and itmay be easily imagined what crushing force there is in "Fll call a roundand pay" to the laboring rrjan who depends upon that pay fo subsistence. If those who could pay would only do it nt once, it would place hundred a$d thous ands in a condition to do likewise and pre vent mnch misery and distress. -1 Readers of the Gare'ife, ponder well upon the above, and consider h$w long yon have thought you would "calj around and pay," and yet' tho day is potbaps as , far off as ever. Many of you now; owe for two years subscription, while others owe bills of Jong standing for advertising and job tw-ork, and while you must know that; we aredly in want of rhe needful, yet raapectfjllx uyfs ilt he hidajbted tail put the qitesfion to each delinquent per sonally : wouldn't you consider- jjt a meau trick in another to . bite you to; w;ork .for him rt two or three dollars n vear,. and then refuse to pay you ! Think of that ! A Woman S trimming the Mississippi. Llovd'a forthcoming Stambba Directo ry gives a thrilling instance of the-necassity for women knowing how to swimj When the ill-'ated Ben Sherrod jras in ames on th Mississippi river, and the lacjf passen. grs who bad thrown themselve&into the river were drowning around thejboat, the wife et Captain Castleman jumpejinto the river, J with" her infant in her iWns, and swam.; ashore, a distance of half ''simile. beings the only woman savcl otf sixteen She had learned to wim whenlsfViil. ...! i- J ' Bean t if ul and True. fn an ifrticle in a recent number of Frarer's Magziue, this brief but beautiful paasage occurs : Elucatiou does not commence with the'AJphabet. It begins with t mother's 'look,!' with 'a father's smile of arpfobation Or H ign of reproof, with a sister's gentle pressure of the hand or a brother's nobbl aet of forbearance with handsfull of flow -ers in green and daisy meadows; with bird nests admiied but not touched; With creep4 ug ants and almost imperceptible emmets, -who bumming less and glass bee hires, with; pleasant walk" iu abadyij lanes, and witb thoughts directed in sweet and kind- j tones; and words, to mature, to, acts ol benerblence.to deeds of virtue, and'lo the source of all good, to Ged Ilunself.' AGbaitly Spectacle. i : is almost incredible to tte the loss of the Russians fn Sevastopol sJone; thous ands acd thousands of dead b&ies putrify tbe airj and indeed almost he earth. I bare been to see Sebastopol' jnd to dess cribe the state of it is almosCaiid indeed utterly impossible. , It is a frightful den ; the last two bombardments itjave maue a frightful havoc in (he town i can only be compared to a seive, u is sa uuiea wuu Bbot and shell. J ne ouiwinai iook qnuo perfect from our batteries, bu once, near tbemysu find them nothing bwt mereshells nothing remains of the isde but con fused rubbish ; no staircase, jb floors, no thing remains except an ireeuily mass nor is their a single door of rindow to be seen in any of them. In wktiing through the town, wherever vou couM turn, noth ingl but dead bodies piled k each- otber met the eve, and a horrid sstench ssluted the nose ; and what was mfre shocking still, there were casks filled jwbarma, legs, hands, toes andfisgers pikdjiway in-great ScBUMiTT. Twas night ; the wind! bowled fearfully ig the deserted places of ancient Itome,Dor sweeping witli a dirge like cadence t e'er ?ome mouldering monu meot, and snon rusblngVith awful majeiK ty tbroigii the rains of space Ottering destruction on ever 'side, An old "and sorrow stricken man, bending neatb the; weight of years and misery, opposed J Ids bosom, to tb pitiless storm ; n son to aid, m jfrieiMl tovroecormif , teaninjhi a-1 gea irame upoB nw sura, ana in a voice articulate'. torn emotion, be ejacuated- ' By gosh bow my boots leak .FieeWiifet and Six JIutbands. The Bostou Trayeller says: , . 'A few dpys since an old man f sixty one years applied at the office of the, city rgitar for the fifth marriage certificate, Ilis intended bride is but twenty-four, it beinr her first marriage. This is the orilv case within tho knowledge of the registar of a fifth mjarriage.' Last year onenian ap plied for bts -fourth marriage' certificate, and during! that year more men were mar ried for the third tiaiethan females. There is, however a woman in this city of about forty years who is now living with her sixth husband. She was first married at the age of thirteen, and when fourteen was a wi dow. At tbe expiration of the third year she was married to her third husband. alto had had but three children. A child jvas found at the door f a dwel ling in lWbester ,N. a few nights s'incel A paper was found in the basket in which the child lay, which reads thus : "A stran ger a child of sorrow but.not of Infamy. Heed its cries and take good care of it.- No one will ever call for it." It was taken in and adopted by the family at whose door it was left. ' A GoodJ Akecdote.- We understand that a. country gentleman, residing iu-tbe wes'crik.part of tbis. county, while ou bis way to, this city a few days svuee, met up on the road a Tamable hoiiafseWauT 'of Col. J. B. tobb'a, named Governor aud in quired of him where his master was. Gov ernor replied, that 'be was in Columbus, running for Congress.' 'Why,':: said - the gentleman 'Governor, the Colonel has no chance of being elected he will certainly be ladly beateu.' 'Well," replied the black Governor, "It makes no difference, sir, my master got plenty of money to bear his own expenses to Congress J' Columbus (Miss.) Eaglet t ' 6 . PaosrjpCT of a Loko Session. The fist session! of the Thirty-fourth Congress will most probably be a very' protracted on4, as it is proposed to refer Longfellow's "Hiawatha" to the committee on Indian affairs. ; The modest woman who gave the 'with ering look to Captain Jonathan, because he talked of his vessel iicggivg the shore, has again had her sensibilities shocked by tLo naked condition of the trees. While they were'being stripped she retired to her room for a season of meditation. 8he will make her! appearanco on Christmas eve if the childrcd won't say anything of stock ings. ' . If dress makes the inan what doss the tai lor make ! From ten to twenfy dollars profit perhaps. Haaven and immortality are themes for profitable reflection ; but unfortunately, many persons think more of new di esses and late fashion than they do bf their fus ture destiiiy. The man who will not, when necessary, incur hazards, for the sake of acting well his part in life, will never achieve sucvess, much less distinction. '' Wise men are instiucted by reason,men of less undertaking by experience, the most ignorant by necessity, and brutes by na ture. I " A Fat. Gal-r-A gentlemau iuform the Sacramento Tribune that there resides, a few miles from that city, girl sly sixteen years old, who weighs 41C pounds, and is increasing in flesh at the rates of three pounds per week. A lady Walking, a few days since, on one f the wharf es i Jfew York, asked a sailor wliotn she met, wiry a ship was called slif . Tlie on of Neptune repli-d that it was "because the rigging cost more than the bulh" Tbe punishment of criminals should be of use -when a tjian 's banged he is good fT nothing: I Vottair: . Mrs. Willougbby Moore, lady superintend ent of . the officers' hospital at S-utari. Las fal n a victim to cbolera. ' That Ba but poets know." . .. jjrr.: r:r:or.i'--.,. -, Al lIiairDlREBABBESS. ; i 111 jrott to yoit my friend. I liaf; That nohe a doubt can harbor Tfcat all the world's a barbr Up, ;And every man a barber. T Some shave to make theniselves loot neat. And soma because 'tis funny ; . And brokers shave yon in tho treet. And only share for money. Someshave their foreheads sin k and l-an, i If with low heads tliay'rejbothercJ. ' . put then 'tis plainly to be seen ' lit at they're the ones that lathered. v . To eouit a girl with eloquence, . The "dandy never frets her : But lathers her with compliments,. And shares her when be getaber.' The maidens also, noxr and then, Vho are so fond of sporting. Soft soap the shallow minded men, , " Andehate 'era while they 'recourt ing; .'V V ' ' - Cut men and jftj-lwlio thus wilt bnast' Of soaping while they tarried, "Will find at Inst with bitter cost, Tltat both got sltaved wben married.' COMICALITIES1 A countiy school-master,' happening to' , be reading of a curious i-kiri of an elephant "Did you ever. see an ejeph ant's skin' V he asked. 'I have T shouted a lUile "six year old' at tlie fool of the class. "Where!' he asked, quite amused t the boy's, earn-' estaess. On the elenhant. said he with a most provoking grin. 4.W : ':'-: An ImaginaUve Irishman gave utter awce to tbia lamentation --I returned A. tbe balls of my fathers by mgut'atid I found"' them in ruins t I cried aloud, My fath ers, where are they V and echo responde : is that you, Pathrio McGIathery !' ; .,., i , A person out West is offering for "sa'e grass seed gathered from the "path of rei titude." A religious professor fears th: t the path must be sadly overgrown with' grass, as it is so littlo travelled now-a-days. - ' s . A man named Wooster has been fined 1,000 and forfeited six slaves, at New Or-' leans, for selling them in such a manner as to separate mother and child, contrary to the laws of Louisiana. 'Natur is uatur,' and will show itself, is as impossible to sit by a woman's side, without getting your arm around her waist as it is to look at strawberries without wish ing for loaf sugar and cream. lie that has no. enemies is one of the the vulgar, and is without talents, powers or energy. i Prosperous providence are for the most part dangerous to the soul. The moon never suffeis an, eclipse but at the full. A number of pien from Kanawa county Va., with th'iir slaves, passed through C in- cinnati, bound for Kansas. The following laconic epitaph carved upou a Spanish totnbatone, should b re membered : WI was well tried to feel better, took physic and here I am. A New York Grand Jury have found a ill of indictment against the Gold lliil . C: Mining Con for declaring dividends not earned, and thus giving a false value to the stock. The ProstesUnt Bible Society of Pari' has declared its intention to present here after every newly married couple of fhe Pro testant church of France, with a Bible. Rev. Dr. Duff has left England for Judja, where be will renew missionary laborsf in: which he has so long been prominent and blessed. Ilis health has considerably im proved. S w ..ii. A Idy "ked to join one of the di-" visions of the Daughters of Temperances She replied, Hhia ia unnereaiiiry astt is my intention to joio one of the sofis in tbe couise of a few week.' v "'.,.., A waterapoal art',ia the harbor of TuU 4 e-wtk five sMfV tt tbe IStb ultltn - f ,(' .At i I! " - . " 1 ii' ... f : ? I . 1 f -. t I a t '4 .. - H Vfc. - V