Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1859 — Joshua H. Giddings. [ARTICLE]

Joshua H. Giddings.

Hon. Joshua R. Giddings publishes a card denying that he had given “aid and comfort” to the Harper’s Ferry insurrectionists. Ho denies having been consulted by Captain Brown, or having any knowledge of the af-' fair before the actual outbreak. Thus falls to the ground the attempt of Senator Mason and Congressmen Faulkner and Vallandigham to “pump” out of Old Brown evidence that Giddings, or some of the Northern “Black Republicans,” were indirectly concerned in the “insurrection.”

Difference in Wives.—lt is astonishing to see how well a man may live on a small income, who has a handy and industrious wife. Some men live and make a better appearance on six or eight dollars per week than others do on fifteen or eighteen dollars. The man does his part well, but the wife is good for nothing. She will even upbraid her husband for not living in as good style as his neighbor, while the fault is entirely her own. His neighbor has a neat, capable and industrious wife, and that makes the difference. His wife, on the other hand, is a whirlpool* into which a great many silver cups might be thrown, and the appearance of the water remain unchanged. CCZ”An lowa orator wishing to describe his opponent as a soulless man, said: “I have heard that some persons hold the opinion that just at the precise moment after one human being dies', another is born, and the soul enters and animates the new-born babe. Now, I have made particular and extensive inquiries concerning my opponent thar, and I find that, for some hours before he drew breath; nobody died. Fellow-citi-zens, I will now leave you to draw the in* fercnce.” is said that a young lady on Poston Common, dressed in the extreme of fashion, was mistaken by some boys for a public tent, and they had actually crawled some distance under the canvas before they discovered theiy mistake.