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I " ny mm attempts to haul tloicn the lmcrican Flag, shoot him on the spot." VOL. 3. PLATTSMOUTII, N1SBKASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 18G8. xNO .,9. THE HERALD IS PUBLISHER WE EKLY, BY II. D. II A T 1 1 A WAY, EDITOa AND PROPRIETOR. i T"y0!toe corner Slam sticet and Levee, second Terms: $2.50 per annum. : Hates of A titer Using j square (apace often linen) oue insertion, (I .50 Kcj subsequent insertion - - 1.1-0 Prcfev imal cards not exceeding six lines 10 00 0i4'-qurt;r column or less, per annum 35 PO six mouths 20 f'O ' . " thne months 15 00 9 a-hair Culunin twelve mouths CO.OO six months 85.00 " three months 20.o 4ieeoldma twelve months - lOU.OO -' six mouth - 60.00 three months - - 85.00 All transient aiverti-tmeuts m jei be paid for In advance. We are pn pared to Jo all kinds of Job Work a short notice, aai in a .trie that wul give satis faction. WILLITT P0TTENOER ATTOtt NEY AT L A V , PLATTSMOUTII - - NEBRASKA. T. ,71 MARCIUETT. ATTORNEY AT LAW Ann Solicitor in Chancery. PLATTSMOUTII, - - NEBRASKA C II. KING Carpenter ard Joiner CONTRACTOR ani Bo TDER, Will Jo work ia ii line wilh n entries au dipatc, apoa tthoit notice Dr. J- S. McADOW, HAVING RETCIIV KD TO KOCK BI.CFP3 TO practice Phy-;e. otf.iB his profe-ion.il services to his n;1 patrons and puVic seueral.y. I'.irtrular attention paid to ilise-i. of thw YK. A cure Rnar an fed in all iurabl- cases. Charges rr.c!"r;.te am as oue year :.. Jela m5 B. R LIVINGSTON, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, Tenders bis professional servicis to the citixeas of Oas ro'iDty. fTrTRev dence tiu'h-MSt comer ofi'' aa l Sixth str-fts; US re on Main stf .-ct, cppis.t Loin'. House, VUtHuvruth, Nebraska. Platte Valley House Ed. B. Murphy, Proprietor. Corner of JIiin and Fourth Streets, l'latlsiuoutli, Xeb. TTitsHou'e bavin been re fltt-J and newly fur- lhed offers flrst-ciass accommodations. Hoard by It day or wee. BITHNS & CO. DeUrs in DUY COOKS, GROCERIES AGMCVLTCU&L WPLEXESTS. And a general as-orttnent cf r.. Is ngual y kept in a first class country etore. Atcca, Cam Co., - - kb- auKl : AXWKLL. BAM. M. CHAPMAN Maxwell &, C'liapiiiaiiy ATTORNEYS A T LAW, ASU Solicitors in Chancery- PlATTSSIOCTIf, - XKBRAfiKA. OSes ever tliik, Eull'ry A Co s Drug Store, a-rl CLARKE, PORTER & ERWIN, ATTOU KEYS AT LAW, And Solicitors in Chancery, MA IK ST., OPPOSITE THE COURTHOUSE PLATTSMOUTII, NED. SMYUblS . CLilCl, 'E rOBBT roBTSB, WM W. KRtriM. RKAL ESTATE AUESCY.-. sn!4 wtf SEPH SCHLATER, "V7ATCYHAKER and JEWELER, M AI.V STBCCT, PLATTSMOUTII, - - NEBRASKA A pcood assortmen of Watches Clo - old Pen Jewelry, Stiver Ware, Fane- oo Violins and Vi Ma Trimming always on hand. All work com saltted to hi? rare will be warranted. April 10. l-"o5. O. . IRISH, CALHoOS CROXTOS, Latt S'up t Indian Affair: Attorney at Law IRISH, CALHOUN & CROXTON- The above named entltnen have associated beni -elves in business for the poiposeof proecnt In ? and c illeeiinK all claims atinKt the tieneral Oove: nmeni, or against any tribe of Indians, and ars pr-'T tred to prospente soch claims, either before Conrrrs,or anr of the Departments of (iurtrnment r before the Court of ClaiuiH, Ma lai-H will devoti his personal attention to srs brt-iins at WashliiRton. ty Otfice at Nebraska Cfty, corner of Main and Vifih streets. SV AOLSR, B A. rBI5sMAS. S. ADLER & CO , EE TIFIERS 1XD DISTILLERS, , Dealers ia a! i,. . a of Foreign nnd Domestic WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. KO. 14, EAST SIDE 3IAHKET SQVAKB, St. Josephs Itfo. oSo ly National Claim Agency. WASHINGTON. D- C F. M. DORRINGTON, SCB AGFNT: ITSMOUTH, - - NEBRASKA, eparod to present and prosecute claims before rress. Court of Claims and the Dep. tmeuta. Pa ... p.miAni Rnnni es. and Bounty Lands se- ired. rT"Charices moderate, and in proportion to is it n iitv1 rr' XT IBs amiunt ortne claim. ai. uunanuiu.. April 10, 'S J. N. WISE, General Lift, Accident, Fire, Inland and transit INSURANCE AGENT Will take risk s at reasonable rafts in the most reliable e upaaiea in the Cnited States. K9"w4e at the book store, Pla sir eoth. Nebras- 6 PLOWS! PLOWS! C. E. F O R G Y , Manufacturer of all kinds of Farming; Implement, Puch as the celebrated Rfxl Breaking Plows, Mould Hoard Mrek?r-, StirrinR Plow, single and Double shovel-, Cultivator-and Harrows. Repairing done on shot t notice All work warranted. Having had much experien e in the business, I ief i apKurea mar i can rive (reue- ni siiMIaciion. -Please give me a call before piirclmsiiig elsewhere. C. . FOUGT. Plattsmoulli. Neb., May nth, 1967. AND WOOL- CARDIEMG. Ho! for Salt Creek, wh' re you can kill two birds with one stone, pet you' (Ira n (i round and Wxd Carde I a the s:,uie timi-; the machinery fir b ih is in -ierft:ct order. We ue the Patent Machine Cards, which were run enough last year to establish their superiority over the old kind, as ail who used the cm testify. The superioritt of Mr. S. Twis as a Carder is Well known, and his terries are still re tained for the benefit of the public. With the above advantages we flatter ourse lve that we can make it to the advar1 tae of all who want work in our line to :ome this way. D. DEAN. Projrirtnr. mi ! S. TWI&. 'arder. II. WSLRLkJI, S. C. LI WIS D. II. Whcrlrr & Co., Real Estate Agents, Commissioners of Deeds AND Fire and Life Ins, Ag'ts, PLATTSMOUTif, .V. T. CoTtectionn promptly attnilt to, and pmeee-Ix re ntiuel t current rates of fcxehaiip. Taxt-n paid io We tn Iowa anJ IN'ebrrtsiCa 101 noti-resideitts. Titla to la id investigated. Alouty lojiitd on lieai Htate e.ur.ticd. Land Warrants lucnte'1- CLAIM AGENTS. Agents forcollectiori of claims against iiovernmen for soldiers, their idow and minor hei's. A z'nt for .he purchase aud fie of Lan'Is and City proper ty, easiii); of Tenements. n i:f:r r:ctis: Tlon. S. II. Elbert, Denver City. C. T. Messrs. Konntze liros., Omaha, Neb. " Mc'-ar.D & Metcaif, Xebrasva City. ' G. K. Filley, bt. Louis, M.ssouri. Dr. D'.o Lewis, Boston, Massachusetts. H W Dtlmars. Chicago, Illinois. 11 M Mapill, Cinnnnati. Ohio. Too,!e A tianna, Plattsrnouth . Kebraska. L 15 Kich, Thr-e Kivers. Michigan. Hon F Fellows, Hloomtield, tViconsio. II'ju T M Mirquett, l'iat(jmouth, Nebraska. j Lewii", A'toi ney at Law, Buffalo, New York. Jarier, Hussey & Carl, Des Moines, Iowa. A' S 14wtr WOOL WORTH &co, BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, Binders & Paperdealers, SALYT JOSEPH, MO.t cc25 6m Buined Out, BUT NOT DISCOURAGED. T. W. Shryock is apain a tho old stand prepared to wait uioa his fiiruier customers, and the public p-neraliv. If yon want anything n shai of Farni ture or iiairs, cive him a call. 3rd street near Maio.riettjmouib, N.T. mayI7,dtf. Prices He&uced! IlsJutl received a large assortment of IiOOTS AND SHOES, CLOTHING, DRV GOODS. HATS AND CAPS, GROCERIES AND LIQUORS, of all description", Aud a general assortment of GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. Al' kinds cf COUNTRY PRODUCE Taken in exchanpe for Coeds. Cash paid for FURS, HIDES, WIIEA T, tc. 'PS6. C. G. 1IER0LD. II O. Wortliinsrton Attorney and Counselor AT LAW) Office in Ka'baeli's Block, corner of Douglas and 15th streets, Omaha, Nebraa. auRU F AIRBANK'S STAKOABD SCALES. or ILL KINDS' Fairbanks, Greenleaf & Co-. S26&HH Latest Chicago. 2'I9 Market St , St. Limit JtBe car.ful to boy only the fieLulne. myy2? Sale of School Lands Postponed. To those whom it may concern : Notice is here by g:veo, thai in consequence of recent instrnctions received from the tate Land Commissioner, to the effect that, as the Department at Washington has not as yet confirmed the title to sections It and 86 tn the titat' neither ha confirmed (he title to other lands selected in lien of sections 1(5 and 80 which had been sold ; the sale would necessarily have to be defenel until s ioh confirmation is mid. 1 there fore hereby give notice of the indeUaite postpone ment of said sale of lands and of the withdrawal fron- pnblication the notice of said sale. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and official seal at roy office in PUttfinouth on this 9th day of December, A.D.1666. , - B;gpcBL0JR- Orlt Cass County, KobraikA. J December IS, 19U. w5 - PIANOS, PIANOS, MEL ODE ON S. J. MUELLER, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, Deader in (he celebrated Stock McCammon Pianos, and other Musical Instruments. ff""AU InstmmenW warrantel Ore years. Jd oct?l 1 Fir the Nebraka H rald. "TIIAXKSGIf I.ti D.4. BT J. J ROBERTS. What it Thanksgiving Dayl Not, what was it accordine to the Jewish Theocracy, ruled by Sbrkinah, King of the king, nor to PuritHnic "blue light,'' sacred to our father?, and a venerable legacy; not what is it according to the Romish church, whose corruptions an oul her authority, nor to a State proc lamation by a wicked executive; but what is it according to the American Church the broad church or, so broad as to embrace tho creeds, live, formal and effete, orthodox aud hete- rodcx, written and unwritten, Gentile abd Jew? That, cer'ainly, is thanksgiving day, which agrees to the definition of the terr.i. Hut the definition no more embraces the extent of the t'.?rm, than that of Armstrong, its term, wher usud lo signify one with weak arms, or with none. Ask a truthful child, what is thanksgiving; he observes what they do, and iheir doiug the language of their hearts, logically makes his defini tion, and be shapes his answer to what he has seen; and, hence, a thanksgiv ing is an extra church service; or, an extraordinary dinner; or, a family gathering; a going abroad; a tea meet- in?; a cotilion party; a grand theater bill; a shooting match; a raffle and row; and in the Sunny Sooth, as it used to be, a chouder; a barbtcue; a horse race; a bull tight; and, North or South, any thing to give reins to appe tite and passion. All (his Christened, tnatiksgiving to Almighty God! Shame ou such mocking God, and burlesquing his worship. Is fuch thanksgiving a legitimate off pring cf either law or religion? Rather, is it not a bastard from the dal liance of the State with the Church, a Puritanic blue light, venerable for its age, origin and profession, but damna ble foi its present moral deformity? Away with it. Away with nothing good save all that; but the blue light, blow it out. Some persons respect a thanksgiving proclamation a? a conve nient notice for a desirable meeting, regard the day as unto the Lord, and are llessed. Let them do so. Some respect it os a convenience for per forming the sacred offices of friendship or love. Let them do so. Bat let not 'he liberty of some, license many to not in folly and passion. It" with in digencies admitted, there creep Tn all hoofs and horns, then shut out the whole. Hold to religion, friendship and all things good, continuously and persistently hold, but not on proclama lion of the wicked, as specialties w ith the wicked thn ng. A gubernatorial or Presidential proclamation for thanksgiving is with out authority, not.vi'hstanding the great seal attached. For if Govern ment may determine the observance of a thanksgiving, it certainly may, in detail, and this might accord with prot estant, papal or pagan custom; and this is unconstit itional. God alone prescribes hi own worship. And the State can no more legitimately promul gat3 that all t'te people shall worship the God of Daniel at a given time, than that they shall worship the golden image. The State ought to let the s-anciities of the Church alone, and if she cannot make her own appointments for worship, let her go without them. When one f these proclamations issues from a source of wilful wicked ness, from drunkenness and profanity, it is without respect, as well as author ity. These proclamations are usually as Cbristless as any other piece of pol itics, and those who make them, are usually wicked men who never pray. and no wonder the popalace observe the day so irreligiously. "Unto the wicked God saith, what hast thou lo do to declare my statutes." The popular observance of tl is pop ular day is secular, rather than sacred. Proclaimed by secular officers of secu lar government, and sometimes for secular purposes, its observance could not be else than it is, so long as "every thing after his kind," is the law of pro duction The meager religious servi ces of the day d. no; disturb its charac ter. Even these, performed by only a few clergymen and choirs, at the hour of eleven, are regarded by many, as a pleasant prelude to huge dinneis. The orator of the day may talk religion enough to maintain his credibility for pie'y, but, if be give no party meas ures or principles an ailing, and no general laudation of the thii gs of his hearers, if he do not talk more panics and buncombe than religion, many of them will deem hi3 effort painfully tame and inapposite for the State occa sicn. For these unpopular, and, perhaps, unjust strictures, on this popular day. no popularity and thanks, nor pardon are expected; but sweet satisfaction i taken in the exercise of the sentiment, "think and let think." OUIICL.ERGV aud lite KATIOX The Rev. Samuel Osgood, M. D communicates an article to the New York Citizen under this title, from which we take the following extract: In reviewing the in.ellectual history of our clergy f r nearly a century, we note one very mirked change in them selves and their relation to the people. The popular preachers were on-e men of positive precedent, who went for the letter of the book or the creed and who had little regard for the free and what seemed to them the daring spirit of the age. They were afraid of reason, and not overfond of tin? authority of con science as compared with the auihorita live letter. No preacher-was ' very popular except such as rested in the old-fashioned standards. Things have now considerably changed, and all our most marked preachers have much of the spirit of the nineteenth century, and appeal freely to reason, conscience and ih human breast, and do not think that all light and life are shut up in ih old records and creeds. The old fire and brimstone orators are not ex;inct, but they are not thought much of except by limited assemblies of feeble men and timid women; whilst the leaders of re ligious opinion, who have the love of the nation, have a large measure of the free thought end generous progress that ere so characteristic of the best minds of our time. Elder Knapp holds forth upon h-s pel topics, the wrath of God and the horrors of his material hell, lo ?m. II assemblies, and with no reporters to record his word:; whilst the movement men of all churches have the ear and eye of the people, and the nineteenth century is voicing itself in their pulpits as well as through the press. Twenty Minutes tor Dinner. The following experience of a humor ous traveller, who attempted lo get a dinner at a railroad eating house, is worth reading by those who have hid a similar experience: "Twenty minutes for dinner," shout ed ihe brakesman as we approached the station. Arrived there, I entered the dining room and inquired of the waiter 'What do you have for dinner?" "Twenty minutes." was the hurried reply. I told him I would try half a dozen minutes raw, on the half shell, just to see how they went. Told him to make a minute of it on bis books. He scratched his head, trying to compre hend the order, but finally gave it up and wailed upon some one ele. I approached a man who stood near the door with a roll of money in his hand. "What do you have for dinner?" . "Half a dollar," said he. I told him I would take half a dollar well done. I asked him if he could not send me, in addition, a boiled pocket book stuffed with greenbacks, and some seven-thirties garnished with postage stamps and len cent scrip. Also a confederate bond, done brown, with lettuce alone (let us alone.) I would like to wash my dinner down with national bank notes, on "draft." He said they were out of everything bi t the bank notes, and he then ordered the waiter to go to the bank and "draw" some. JCF"A cynical journalist says the reason so many marriages occur imme diately after a great war is, that bach elora become so accustomed to strife that they learn to like it; and after the return of peace they enlist in matri mony as the next thing to war. gigA man in London, Canada, lost bis life at a game of poker. His wife held the poker. THE DISTIL.I.EKS COSFEX TIOX. Says the New York Tribune, when our friends the whiskey distillers, met in convention, the o her day, they strangely neglected to present the de tails and statistics of their business. On the contrary, when the dentist., iron workers, manufacturers aid mas ter artisans and workers meet in con vention, they always give us accounts of the progress mide in their several departments, and they po-nt with pride to the increased demand for their pro ductions, and the advantages which the Duman race derives from their en deavors. Now, the distiller? gave us no fact than that their working capital is $100,000,000. However. a3 it i our duty 10 keep ihe great public in formed on all matters of current inter est, we will do something to supply the defi iency; and the reader will imagine a well dressed, rosy-faced Secretary reading to an intelligent and equally ro.y faced audience a summary of what the liquor busines has been able to accompli.-h on the basi3 of the above named capital. The whole cost of lipuors annually made and sold in the Lnited States, il.a' is, whiskey either in a pure or deri vative state, is about 8-500,000,000 In the consumption of this liquor, 60, 000 lives are yearly destsoyed, 100,000 men and women are s?nt to prison, aud 200.00C children are bequeathed to P'or-house3 and charitable institutions. In addi'.ion, 300 murders and 400 suicides are committed, aud the expense connected with these events is S200.000 In our noble State of New York, of course including thi) city, one person io 15 is substantially made a pauper. Meanwhile, large sums are disbursed in erecting and supervising those im posing establUhments.the common jails and the penitentiaries, for so far-reaching are the effects of drinking spiritu our liquors that our citizens are enable ed to violate every law of the land. It will not be necessary to go into ihe de tails of the manufacture of whiskey as now conducted; and it will be sufficient to say that, since strychnine, red pep per, sulphuric acid, and some other in gredients have become common, the cure of delirium tremens is impossible. Of course the same effects, though in a modified degree, characterize the vari ous beverages which are derived from whiskey. In the mild drinks it is gratifying to slate that the pro gress receutly made in the sciences, and, in particular, in chemical affinity, enables the expert manufacturer to pro duce remarkable results. For instance we furnish 800 000 more baskets of champagne than are produced in all the champagne districts of Europe. By passing the oil of whiskey through car bon, n Madeira is made at a profit of 500 per cent., which few can tell from the genuine and with good reason With neutral spirits, or even with whiskey, vinegar, sulphuric acid, beet root and copperas, which is to produce the proper astriogency, we are enablea to turn out more port wine than all the rest of the world besides; and of these and other wines, New York City annu ally manufactures to the value of S3. 000.000, all of which are admirably adapted to Timothy's weak stomach. It is scarcely possible to overrate the im portance of this branch of manufacture nee, by enlisting the wealthy and the fashionable, t'le lower c'asses are led with less difficulty to the use of more common beverage. To show ihe fruit of wine drinking on the upper ciust of our society the following statement is significant: By last accounts, of the State Inebriate Asylum at Binghamp ton, there had been applications for ad mission from 39 clergymen, 8 judges; 340 merchants, 22G physicians, 240 gentlemen, and, what is more cheer ing man all the rest, 1.300 rich men's daughters. Aside from these little exploits, the distillery business receives great sup port from genteel billiard tables, which are always seen in connection with bars. It is nol too much to say thai these ta bles, by enlisting our most prominent young men, cnatles us to pour out from our distilleries an amount of whiskey, if collected in one stream, sufficient to run a grist mill of ten pair of burrs the year round, Sundays included. It is to be hoped that these tables may continue to receive ihe patronage of our young men, and it ia also to be hoped that the supplies of black walnut and mahogany may be undiminished, since whatever may not be needed for the manufac ture of tables will be sure to be in de mand for coffins. As to the gambling establishments, little need be said, for they will always require large supplies. There is one branch however, which needs encouragement, and it might be well to consider whether legislative action should not be invoked to the end that the number of houses of prostitu tion may be increased, for it is well un derstood that there is a vital relation be tween them and our distilleries. On the contrary we may reflect that the prevailing fashions, and the habit of living beyond our means, will sufficient ly make marriage unpopular, and in the end the houses of ill-fame will be crowded. On the whole, theD, the dis tillery business never was more pros perous. As a consequence, the As phahhum Kingdom must be receiving large additions to its population. Niagara Eclipsed. An astonish ed tourist writes to the Frontier Index from the curious district surrounding the Yellowstone Lake of Montana: Near the outskirts of this monstrous locality there is a lake on the top of the mountain that is yet frozen over; the ice and snow covering its surface some twenty feet deep. Two main forks of the Yellowstone, one heading opposite Wind and Green rivers, and the other opposite Henry's Fork of Snake river, in the s: me vicinity that the Madison and Gallatin rise, empty into the big lake, which has for its outlet the Yel lowstone river, and just below the lake the whole? river falls over the face of the mountain thousands of feet in height, the spray rising several hun dred feet. A pebble was timed by a watch in dropping from an overhanging crag of one perpendicular fail, and is said to have required eleven and a half seconds to strike the surface below. That teats Niagara Falls "all hollow." The river at these falls is represented to be half as large as the Missouri at Omaha, and as clear as crystal. The great lake, like all others in these mountains, is thick with salmon trout of from five to forty pounds weight, i Dd where the milky bailing mineral waters from the geysers intermingle with the clear water from the running streams, these elegant fish can be "forked up" by the boat load. Hohtid Down. The story of ihe "Ticket-of-Leave Man" was repeated practically in the case of a man recent ly tried for a petty theft in Middlesex, England, only that the man gave up ihe attempt to be honest. When asked what he had to say for himself he re plied: "Well, my lord, I rather prefer prison life to being in the streets. . I have had more than twelve years in prison. I cannot get employment, for the police hunt me down." He was sentenced to ten years penal servitude, when he observed with a dismal at tempt to be funny: "Well, I did not think I had so long to live. You are a smart old fellow. I hope I shall see your lordship when I come back, and that you may give me ten years more. I would sooner be in prison than about the streets. 1 have got several places of employment, but the police have hunted me out of them." gMr. Thaddeus Stevens is bro't to the Capitol eiery day in a carriage; is carried up the steps and into his committee room in a chair, and then, by the aid of the benches and a cane he feebly and totteringly walks to his seat. On Friday he came in this manner, presided in his Committee, was in his seat during the speeches of Boutwell and Wilson, and afterward, during the filibustering contests, an swered to the roll call from one of the sofas on which he lay at the rear of the hall. gSSThe Troy Times contains the following severe hit: "Since Mrs. Stanton and Miss Anthony have ac cepted the association of George Fran cis Train in ihe female suffrage move ment, it has been suggested that their object is to present a striking illustra tion, in his person, of the unfitness of some men for the exercise of political rights, and thus show that suffrage should not be governed by the accident of sex." C1IAWIA' CUM. As the practice of chewing, "chaw in' gum" is indulged in by many of out ladies, and occassionally by the male gender, we append, the following brief but interesting dissertation on the habit by "Kringle," of the Schenectady Star: "As to how and where gum chawin first originated History don't sa; but, then I should judge it was Just intro dewced to the publik threw the mejiutn of a rural gurl, who kontrakted the disorder from the kows. It looks ruther pleasant and kumfortable like to see ft kow quietly chawin uv her kud on a still da; and a woming looxas pooty at the same rekreashun. Gum is made uv diffrent ingreedyaots and is put up in penny packages. It is a very cheap rekreashun, becoze a seat's wuth will last, providin' it ain't transferable, a muntb; and a good old fashioned hemlock wad will last longer than an ordinary brase uv jaws. Wbare kan a more intereitin' site be witnist than to see a group uv blushing rergins discussin the favrit subjikt (the unmarried male popubshun) and chawin gum ? Eliza my wife, chaws gum. The childred loo, have kawt the infekshun; and shuggir koted gutn is a konspikus artikle in mi market book. Seete4 around mi doughmestic cerkle engaged. in mi literary persuetes, mi wife sitlin direkly opposite reedin the New York Ledger sweetly chawin, while okkas- sionally she removes her kud and fond ly gazes onto it studdying the pekooler bild of her bak Uetb, I am happy! The children, belevin that variety iz the spice of life, change kuJj all around semi-frequently. Elisa, when she retires, sticks her gum on the hedbord uv our kouch. It's a tune-onered praktis uv hers. On seveeryal okkashuns I hav discuvered that my auburn ringlits wuz fast ia the aforesaid kud; and then I have innerd ly kusst the prakiiss. Wun nite I wated till she snored magnif'cently; and then I made her kud 2 parts uv asserfidity to 1 uv gum, and wailed with wun eye out uv the bed-klose, for results. Thare was a Demoniak smile per ceptible on my fase az she sputtered and skoured her mouth with her nit cap. I'm sorry to sa that the dose fail ed to kure her uv the habit, but the trial efektooally kured me of that kind uv praktikal goak. I.wouldn't like to sa that Eliza pounded me with the mop-handle; but then she hit puny near whire she thol I wuz rolled un der the bed-klose, and I gave her cre dit for guessing painfully korrekt. Yes, it failed to kure; even now she sits peacefully chawin." Believing. It is related of Napo leon, that when Marshal Durock, an avowed infidel was once telling a very improbable story giving his opinion that it was true, the Emperor quietly remarked: "There are some men who are capable of believing everything but the Bible." This remark finds abun dant illustrations in every age. There are men about us, at the present day, who tell us they cannot believe the Bible; but their capacities for believing everything which seems to oppose the Bible are enormous. The greediness, with which they devour the most far streched stories the flimsiest argu ment if they appear to militate against the Word of God is astonish ing. ' fififTwo United States war steam ers were lost during the recent earth quake and hurricane in the West In dies the DeSoto and the Mononga hela. The Monongahela had on board 177 men, exclusive of officers and ma rine guard. Commodore Bissell was commander of the MonoDgahela, and Commodore Boggs of the DeSoto. private advices say the largest part of the officers and crew of the DeSoto were 6aved; a portion of those of the Monongahela were also rescued. E""Every stamp you put on a deed, check or mortgage, is a sticking plaster te remind you of a war brought on by" Jefferson Davis, a Democratic Senatcr from the State of Mississippi, John C. Breckenridge, a Democratic Vice President, Mason, Slidell, Toombs; Wigfall, and hundreds of others, all Democratic Senators and Representa tives in Congress, and Democratic poli ticians. Who saya It is not so? f I .! hi ( : ' 1 V it r i! i . 1 rV