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wwr U-*, ,* < ■ . ...| 4 (URL'S. A QIRL FOR A' THAT 7 ’"JT"'®* * Mj In the land " That boa* • he r rank and a’ that ? With acornfzl eye we pact her ky. And little c<tre for a r that; - For Nature's charm «hall boar the palm— A girls a girl for a’ shat. What though her neck wUH garni aha d*ck, With roily’s gear and a’ that, And gaylv ride in pomp and pride; We can dlapenae with a’ that. 1 f* T%em«hty hotn may proudly acorn AJevl* lass and a' that. A pretty raea haa far more grace Than haughty looka and a 1 that: A honnle maid need* no such aid js9aßk MOTBB& ' - It worth IS* weight In gold? - Ask mother-she can tell I Where le the auttnleet gleam f • That make# her life a dream > And dimpled handa and fhet, The models all complete, Which nature can’t excel > Aak mother—ahe can toil 1 Who la the grandeet king, Or queen, or anything UJ' That may be great or high f Who wandered from tha aky The best of girla or boya. To be her Joy of Joy* t You gueea -the Baby I well, Aak moiier— the can tell I - Little Corporal.

Selected Miscellany.

MY GRANDFATHER’S WATCH. 1. I had been lets than three months in New York,, and if I was not actually already In lo? 8 T was quite ready to affirm as much, If a fitting (.session should be banker’s daughter. Fortune and’ my aunt's respectability had even so far aided felt myself, at ’liberty, with a nWwwifa courage,' to call 6h her even ai her own lordly home. ton , my wardrobe revealed the unpleasant fact ptesen* supplies would hardly *r ray me in keeping with what might there be expected. Salomon could have beaten mtfb&rtfy. So eould tie lilies of almost any valley. c My Render salary as yet offered me no i»airaksn(H would it for another month I was at my wit’s end, or thereabouts, whan an idea atturfc me. The (Jhersons wire always'fertilfe in ideas, and was not L Richard, the heir of all the Chersons V sily in its swollen fob? Now this chronometer was of the an cient style; made ina day when the precious metals feefafttfhdve been of no ac count Whatever. It was a sort of gold tnia, Wft fnlqlpieie bidden *wa\ iu the heart! of it,’ Small it may be for a gold mine, but decidedly large for a watch. It wait one of those watches which imparl an all or antique aristocracy to old gentlemen with good clothes, and affected by UWHfitoAhMMne reason that the “shabgemebl* families purchase oily fine ti by do means; but I SuSfWa •tdlatend; i oouid redeem it at any time. Stine ones lie fexnjained to me the meahinnpf “ threat golden balls together,”, and v™rt hnCtukfl out that evening to arms of the old Xhey. were conspicuously large and IMpit <sM*-tlfe door to which they attracted me, but the musty old gentleman in a Auare took my gold mine in his fat and dirty fingers, did not realize tqjrtieqlqf f Lombard. From the ap pearaiwedf the.crowded shelves around te.3tesr, iansEKsss.s .JjWnsrapm I hrt».T«r sect below. Sorely he was a social Jjf»4 goimsehore upon the shoals, of. New *fSrffjW£f Describe them? No.ftfW •asfßStM;tasWL;».S': Mh»as:f.rr , Wf{'fn!'. a 't k r p VBnly five dollars? Why, it is worth «4ttVanf fcato at le&t ten I ” “ ‘ Musht’ is a pig vord, my tear. I gives y Th#blrri face was very pale, and her WlSMoeed with an eipreeaiou almost of agony, as she qjghed her final assent to ,tl«f*i*#unt of the proposed loan. Her ticket was quickly made out, and I could ftml’ rrrf- **•— A to go out with amt Sd the money grasped tightly in her litas; muetibß.SQme wav.” ■ * , tribe it UK’ ft»*; ; A few moments’ converaatiea bavfoff

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forth* r enlightened me at to tfe meaning of “my uncle” th*Lomb*rd,*r took my ticket and my/foportWAleAVlng the chain with him,and Jji,that. I was to ascertain extent, a wise Uherson. I must have been five minutes about this , with hir face unconscious!# turned toward its almost ghastly radiance, the fair young iady of the brooch, and I could distinctly good impulses, is ever inclined to benevolence, end with, a sudden end reckless forgetfulness of Miss De Silver, gnd of her father the banker, I turned toward the pale unknown and said, with hardly my customary ease of manner, “ Here is five dollars, Miss. I saw you in the shop.” There was a sudden start, and a painful flush In the pale cheek, bat my voice and manner were too respectful to admit a suspicion of intentional offense, and I added, quickly, II You can pay me whenever yon choose —interest, too, if you want to. “ But you are a stranger.” “So I hope is old Moses What’s-hto-name over there.” “ Ah, Tsaw you there! But then, yoq too are poor, and J can not consent to rob yon.”

“ No; I’m not poor. I'm only a fool, that’s aIL . Please take the money. I know you want it If yon don’t take it ‘you will be a bigger fpoUhan I am.” Almost a smile struggle with the keen pain in her Nee, but the story of her trouble seemed fairly forced from her lips—and they were pretty if they mere thin. It was nothing sensational—a sick mother, slew pay /or work done, rent due, hard landlord adjust ah everyday and commonplace sort of an affair. It'did not sound, very commonplace, though, as ahe told it, and—well, I crushed the ive-dollar bill into her little hand, and ran at the Congressmen did at Manassas, forgetting that by so doing I destroyed ail prospects of ever being repaid. I was anxious to find a broker’s office, however, and my watch felt heavier without its chain than it ever did with, though I must say that my heart not only felt light but warm. A little investigation made me decide to wait until the following morning, and my next attempt at the employment of bollatferals Iras made by broad daylight, with my brain cool, and clear of everJitottffbatfMfirDe Silver. The office over which I found the kind of sign described by “In/ uncle ” was eminently respectable, and fronted on the busiest part of Broadway. It was even elegantly fomlahed, and If that was any evidence of its character, nothing could have helped it bettor than the aristocratic air of the elegant youth who so politely greeted me as I entered. No need, cer tainly, of any quqlmiab feeling at having to do with such a gentleman as Mr. De Roos, the “ Diamond: broker.” “Rather old-fashioned watch, but the cases are heavy. Seventy-fire dollars? Let me see I” The cases were balanced for a moment daintily in his Jeweled fingers, and the works scanned somewhat disdainfully. “Seventy-five? Yes, I guess it will bear that. Thirty days only ? Longer it you want it. Well, all right. Nice day, Isn’t itr*

Entries wers made in a book or two, Inclosed in an envelope; my money was was attained without the slightest ripple of any thing disagreeable, unless It Was the halt-laughing insinuation that my im pecuniosity was the consequence of recent bacchanalian-excesses: p; ~fc*T HTr~ That, however, I took in good part, for I now felt sure of appearing in proper style at the De BUvfr mansion. My thoughts ran Wholly ott sfipslel, and the probable effect to thereby. I must say that when my new array did come home I looked remarkably well in k, and, of coarse, I pat it at once hi aervtoe. But notwithstanding my nearer approach to Solomon or the lilies, I felt more nervousness on the De Silver door-step than even under the dangling balls of the coed vestibule fumbling for a card, I could not help overbearing a suppressed convermgtqn Whißh toemjdlo M golng forward at the lower end es the hail “ Indeed, Miss De Silver, I would not have asked, only we do need it so very ““Pshaw, Miss Payne I That’s always the story. I won’t be angry, though, zr'te, rr r Tr course yon Will throw off something for prompt payment?” “ Ob, Miss De Silver I ” “Well, well—somebody’s oome, and somehow I was quite slow and clnmsy about finding that card—who should come out through the hall toward me bnt my fair acquaintance of thafive-dollar loan? If I did not blush she did; and right before Urn astounded flunky she reached out her hand for the bit of pasteboard which I had just discovered, saying, in a quick, curt tone of voice. “ Your card, Blr, please I” , She was gone, after she got it, like a figure in a dream, and I was ushered into the drawing-room, staggering under a vague feeling that there were three balls on my head, or that somebody had asked me what time It was.

There was certainly nothing like flattery —hardly a lklr appearance of appreciation—in the manner of my reception when the banker’* heireu at laataailed into the room. I oonkl not help wondering if I should ever dare to call that stately Creature “ Matilda.” Still. I made the beet of my conversational powers, and was realty making some headway when, to my unutterable dismay, the slldingslass5 lass which ooncealed an inner parlor was rewn gently back in its noiseless grooves, and the faultlessly dressed apparition of the elegant "diamond broker” came gliding over the carpet "to present his adtattx to Miss De Silver." Certainly the color did come to my fcee, but the exoellent young man relieved ms- in the kindest manner. Nothing could be more cordial or friendly than his recognition. “ Ah, you know each other, then t It was the voioe of Mtas De Silvwr and there was a tremor to it which Sailed my attention to the fact that if I had blushed she had not-on the oonttary, Quite the reverse. • " Oh, certainly; everybody knows Mr. Cherson. Clad to meet him. Opera to-

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HftW I thanked the tact of De Rooa in thus giving me an opportunity 16 dut my call short and find my way inw the street I I went in his company, of course: amj certainly J eould not misunderstand the hearty cordiality with which we were both invited to call again. Once in the street, however, De Roos .laughed a silvery, sarcastic laugh. ,f I see, mv dear fellow, you understand business.).- Rather think you have put your foot in it, hey ?” “I should rather say I bad.” said I, though not exactly comprehending how. “ Confound my stupid blushes I” “ I should say so; but then there’s no harm done. Her paleness was as unlucky as your color. You’re a man of honor though, and you’ll keep mum ?” t “ Mum as the grave. Do yon do muoh of that kind of business ? I shouldn’t have thought it Just there.” My venture in this remark was a good one, for it implied infinitely more knowledge of the world than I possessed. “ We’ve a perfect run of up-town trade,” replied De Ross; “ and they’re no worse than lots of other women whose husbapdt and fathers draw their purse strings a trifle close. They’re fixing for a party Just now, and ir the diamonds won’t go far enough I guess the carriage will have to be mended/’

“Idon’t take. Can’t you do the car riages?” said L “Oh no; that’s in the amUonotr line. I reckon they’ve never ipouted anv furniture, and maybe not the carriage. The old lady owns her jewels and furniture, etc., in her own right; only it wouldn’t do to let the old man know what she does, yon know. Sometimes the auctioneers are awkward about leaving securities on store in the house, too, and that’s bad where it won’t do to move it.” “ I see. Mow do they take their interJWM” “Oh, only the legal, you know; but then there’s commissions and a whole dictionary of charges. Good ton to fifteen per month.” “ Profitable, I should say. I never knew about that. Reckon I’m dished Mere now, any way.” “ Not by no manner of means I Safe for a perpetual invite as lam myself. CouldnH afford to make an enemy of yon—don’t you see ?” “ Do you go there often ?” “Not very. This party, any how, for the old man’s away, and it’s bound to be a tip-top affair. Yoa’U be there, of oourse?” “ If I get my cards in time.” “ Oh, no star of that. Let’s go to Delmonico’a.” I went, and certainly did learn a good deal that evening Snch men as De Root are capital instructors, and he Shemed fairly to have “taken” to mb.

111. My card for the grand De Stives party came quite as promptly as the diamond broker had predicted; but before the arrival of that auspicious occasion I received a neat little note inclosing a five dollar bill, and thanking me, in terms of most ladylike and sincere gratitude, for the opportune benevolence which had prompted my Quixotic load. The note was signed plainly, “ Clara Payne.” The circumstance gave me no pain whatever, bnt brought vividly to my memory the conversation which I had involuntarily overheard. The party was every way worthy of the efforts and sacrifices of which I was the brilliant and successful fruition. I met De Roos there, and at a certain pause in the rush and whirl of the festivities something prompted me to whisper him: “ Not much falling off in the diamonds of the family. : Ou my word, they look at wsll as the reM” And he replied i “We have-to be up to that, my dear fellow—trick of the trade, you know, wouldn’t do to be detected.” And then he whirled away; bnt on a closer examination, as the stately Malilda whirled assay with me in the subsequent “German,” the idea became strangely fixed in my mind that the imitation was altogether too good, and that the diamonds worn that night by the heiress of the De Silvers were root. It puzzled me, but it only led me to the utwrauoe of a remark in praise of their brilliancy, which was restarted by a sweet smile and an increasing pallor on the cheeks of my lovely companion.

I called most assiduously after that, with a vague idea that any deficiencies in my wardrobe were quite likely to be overlooked! and found to my unspeakable delight, that I was beginning to be received on a most confidential footing; in short, quite in the character of a friend of the family. I even met the banker himself once or twice, bnt could not plnme myself on any very marked attention from him. Meantime Do Roos assured me that the carriage had not required “mending,” and that the diamonds of the fair Matilda and her duchess-like mother stood in no immediate danger of forfeiture As for myself, my .employers rather liked the idea of .my circulating in the “ upper ten,” and I awaited the newt installment of my insignificant stipend with serene indifference to anything but the feat that it would enable me to redeem my watch If not my chain. Somehow I wanted to be square with De Roos at the earliest possible day. It was by accident a trifle ever a month, say ft day or two, when I presented myself at my mend’s office, money in pocket, with Intent to regain possession of my ponderous and somewhat cherished heirloom. Who so polite as De Rocs ? “ Chair, my boy. Have a cigar* Been up to toe house lately ? You seem to be making good headway there, ha ? Serious intentions, eh ? All right—lots of tin one of these days.* Before long I explained the object of my visit, and even the imperturbable De Roos changed oountenanoc somewhat as he replied. rapidly, “Thai watch ? Why, I’d ho Idea yon wanted ever to redeem. Month’s up, yon know. Sent him te the melting-pot yestertay. Sorry, ’pon honor. Most‘look out for business, you know.” “Month! Melting-pot t” I almost shouted. “ I don’t know anything about a month. Here’s my ticket—every pawnbroker In the city gives s year!” And t whipped ont my envelope, and tore from it the evidence of my property and the loan thereon. In fecVl myself reqd it for toe first time, while*De Roos responded, “ Keep cool, mv boy. I’m not a pawnbroker. I thought you understood theae things, Read it through.” I did; and, surely enough, It was by no means n pawn-ticket, nor waa there an it any mention of any loan on internet. It wm staply an agreement to *dl to me, on the day which had Juat expired, a watch whoee number ana deecriptioo l knew only too well, at a ynoe specified,

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and which was nearer ninety dollars than seventy-five. >Fpr a moment I was fairly furious, and ovs* uttered Vague threats of vengeance; bh*T>s Kona sever lost his equßulrnity. • “Keep qool, my boy. .I’m sorry* and all that sort wring Don't want to make a cent out of you.* Tisn’t likely It’s melted, yet; and if yon really want it, I'll send down and get it back for you. Come in to-morrow at three. Now, don’t get mad. Be decent and have another Havana. Thought you knew what you were about, you know.” So I consented to smoke and be pacified, and finally went away in the full assurance that I had really met a better fellow than De Roos. the fashionable “diamond broker.’^ Faithfully to the hour, I was on hud the next day as the clock struck three. Having now no time-piece of my own, I had learned to appreciate clocks, both public and private. A lurking feeling of uneasiness may account fv the feet that I had not called on the Use Silvers during the previous evening. Ms I was promptlyfßhand, as I said, at the door of 'he elegflLofflce of my elegant friend, the diamOhcr broker; but, somewhat to my aetonishiqsnt, that door would by no means yield to my repeated attempts to open it. »In short, it was locked.

“Gone oat for a moment,” I mattered. “Well, I’ll wait” I was auietly proceeding to do so, when I suddenly found myself roughly collared by somebody Mn a state of Jeicitement, while a trembling voice demanded, “You scoundrel, you are <Jhe of his set. I’ve seen you with him. Where is he ? And where is Matilda?” After a moment es otter bewilderment I managed to recognize in my unlooked for assailant the parental De,Silver himself—the banker—and stammered out a half-choked declaration of my utter ignorance. “You lie Sir I He’s gone I Matilda’s gone with him ? He’s got all the money! You come with me to the house 1 Come rightalong now 1” Any lily of any valley could have offered more resistance than I did, for I felt that I was acquiring valuable information, and I went along with the banker. He talked incessantly, and I speedily became aware that the money used by De Roos in his extensive transactions as a “diamond broker” had been furnished from the very respectable coffers of Matilda’s father. Business had been good of late, and both loans and deposits had been quite large enough to suggest to the elegant young financier a master-stroke in his own peculiar line. Beyond doubt no amount of “ interest” would now suffice to redeem thafeprecions jewel of a daughter, and De Roos had taken care to secure her portion in advance. After all, he had only, in reality, married the daughter of his partner in business—in anomewhat quiet way. I remembered about .the diamonds at the party, and was now quite persuaded that they were real. When we arrived at the house we found it in a oertain degree of well-regulated oonfUsion, and Madame, the mother of the vanished Matilda, in a very impressive state of weeping and distraction; but what interested me most was a pale face that I met in the hall. It was that of Clara Payne; and 1 heard her mutter, in a voice whose half-despairing tone I well remembered:

“ Gone ? And I had so counted on hffi promise ?” It flashed upon me that another month’s rent was over due. The money that should hqve redeemed my grandfather's watch was burning in my pocket; and as I thrust it into her hand I said to her: “ You have proved yourself good pay, Miss Payne; you won’t ruu away with anybody. Just take that and runaway out of this.” This time she actually did smile in my face, but she hurried sway without a word. It took some time to convince the old hanker that I was not an accomplice of De Roos; and, though he had to pay too much money on the “ failure” of his sudden son-in-law ever to pardon him, he seemed to pardon me very readily when he found that I had not done anything. In fact, the shape his pardon took has been worth something to me. As for Clara Payne, I have seen her since several times. In fact, I see her every time Igo home.— Harper's Weekly.

Sleep for Brain-Workers.

In & late number of the College Courint is an article on Bleep by Dr. G. W. Beard, from which we make the following extract: “ Students who are really faithful laborious brain-workers need all the sleepthey can get, whether at night or in the day time. The night is the most appropriate season for sleep, and yet we should never hesitate to take a nap in the daytime whenever we find It neoessary. Amid the cares and responsibilities of our modern civilization, there are unnumbered interruptions and contingencies that make it practically impossible for us to obtain our fell amount of sleep in the hours that are usually devoted to that purpose. Now there is no law so imperative on man as the law that requires us to sleep. If wfe deny ourselves of it; if we get behind and, to use the expression of the street, fall into debt to nature in this respect, we most improve the first opportunity to make ourselves good, else we shall ultimately fail. A brainworker who religiously enjoys a liberal amount of sleep may preserve his health and elaatieity, even though he violates every other law of hygiene. On the contrary, he who faithfully observes all the rules of diet, of exercise, and of labor, yet denies himself of sleep, Is really guilty of all, and can by no means escape unpunished. There is no appeal from this law. There is no virtue that can redeem its vio latlon. It admits of no atonement. To sleep ie the one great hygienic commandment,* It is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and last of the great la wa of mental hygiene. He who understands and obeys this law really understands and obeys the whole hygienic decalogue, for no one can long sleep well who persistently disregards the other laws of health. Sleep is one of the best of our thermometers of health. By the quantity and quality of sleep that our patients can take, we can best judge of their daily condition and of their progress toward recovery. We always feel assured tost whatever Improves the sleep of the exhausted invalid to that degree helps him toward recovery, and that whatever disturbs the sleep, So that degree, brings on relapse and disease. Sleeplessness to one of the earliest and most constant symptoms of in sanity, of.ky&rochoadri* ana of ,all the nameless forms of nervous derangement.

our dreams are peculiarly dart, and ugly, and distressing, and leave unsightly scars in the memory, when we roll, and toss, and worry through the watoh of the night, anxiously waiting for the day, when we awake long before our accustomed hour of rising, and find no pleasure in the morning nap, then may we suspect that onr bark to nearing the quicksands and shallows, and then, without delay, should we examine onr charts, revise our calculations, and, according to our best judgment, return to the channel from which we have suffered ourselves to be driven.

Romance in Real Life.

On Sunday last, Miss Matilda Griffith, who has long been a respected citizen of GredhvUlo, and Mr. John Grant, of Ireland, were married, at the residence of the former, by the Rev. B. T. Bulst, D. D. The incidentals a pleasing one; a romantic history attaches. Thirty-three years have fled since the parties became engaged, nor havq they seen each other in that time, and, during a large portion of It. w r s ignorant of each other’s whereabouts. They wore both attached, when mere children, In their native Ireland; but when the engagement became known the femilies of both were opposed to it from opposite religions views, and that of Miss Griffith contrived to send her, against her will, to the United States Mr. Grant, all disconsolate, enlisted in the British army, not being aware at first whither the lady had gone. His career as a soldier continued twenty-six years; In the meantime he fought the terrible Sepoy rebellion in India, making as many hairbreadth escapes “in the imminent deadly breaches” as Othello. He returned to England some three or four years ago, and having in the meantime had some correspondence with the lady by letter—for his devotion never faltered—sailed for this country. She was on her voyage at the same time to old Ireland, and Bie ships passed each other. He found his way to the great West; and having been prostrated by cholera, and, losing the means brought xrith him, he went to Montana to recruit Last Friday he arrived by the cars in Greenville, suddenly and unheralded, and forthwith sought the house of Miss Griffith, who knew him instantly on sight, but he did not recognize her in the same manner, for she had changed from the fragile girl to the mature woman. Of course she was agitated and overjoyed, as he was, and, there being no longer any impediment, an immediate marriage was determined on. The result was their union on Sunday, as before staled. They both have the congratulations and kindest wishes of this community, and the good prospect, from apparent vigorous health, of enjoying many years of happiness to crewn their mutual and rare constancy.— Greenville, 8. 0., Enterprise.

The Sensation of Dying of Starvation.

About a fortnight ago the Sun pub lished the story of Richard Wilson, a a colored man, who had been acciy shut in the hold of an Aspinwall steamer, and had existed nine days on board without food until his arrival In this city. He was sent to the Colored Home, in Sixty-fifth street, and having regained hia strength, lately returned to Aspinwall On reaching the home he was unable either to stand or sit unsupported, or even to speak. His pulse was fluttering, his eyes were dull, and his feet and hands were cold. His tongue was slightly costed, hto frame tremulous, and Jte vomited water of a syrupy consistence. A loud systolic murmur wm also heard at the base of his heart. An ounce wm given him every fifteen minutes of a mixture consisting of two onncM at whisky, a pint of water, and four ounces of milk, until he became composed and wm able to sleep. In half an hoar hto poise strengthened, and hto general aspect improved. Before dark he wm able to speak and sleep soundly. The next day one ounce of milk and one onnee. of beef tea were given him. On the following day he was much better, and was allowed a moderate amount of meat, vegetables, and bread. This treatment was continued until his full restoration to strength, care being-taken to keep him always slightly hungry. On recovering hu speech, he retailed bis experience. He is a native of Nassau, aged 26 years, and had never been afflicted with any severe sickness. He fell asleep In the hold of the Rising Star after eating his dinner, and on awakening found himself closely packed between two bales of wool, with but about twelve inches be-tween-himself and the celling. He said that he did not fall asleep again until his arrival, but this seems incredible. All efforts to make himself heard proving fruitless, he resigned himself to hto fete. He experienced no pain, and his hanger, though great, gave him very little nneaaineea. He could take no account of time, but two or three days before reaching here, to the best of hto judgment, he was annoyed by a constant buzzing in his ears, his month wMdry, and his saliva was thick as paste. After arriving he found His sight, hearing, touch, and smell unimpaired, but hia sense of taste had departed. —Nine York Bun.

Democracy and Dishonesty.

A prominent paper of the so-called Democratic persuasion is greatly distressed at the indictment preferred against the Copperhead Legislature of Ohio by the recent Republican Convention in that State. The charge preferred against the Legislature was as follows: “That the late Democratic General Assembly, In Its reckleee expenditure* of public money; Ite utter neglect of the bualneae Interest* of the State by foiling to enact the wIMI and much-needed financial measures providing for the asaeeament and equalisation of taxation prepared by thecommlseton appointed by the preceding General Assembly; its heeUlitl Waour benevolent ard liter rary institution*; Us failure to carry out the repeated pledges of the De moentie party to teeure economy in r\e SMe; It* extraordinary length of session In time of pease, resulting In an expense to the State amounting, nor the pay or its member* alone, to more than double that of the preceding General Assembly; It* malignant, attempt* to dlefranchlae disabled aoldler* and clUaena of the State; ita attempt to take from the General Government the right to pursue, arrest and punish those who violate the lews made In pursuance of the Constitution of the United States, and the vicious acta Intended to destroy the power of the nation to preserve and protect the liberty and safety of Its elllsene, ha* abowa the Democratic party unworthy of iht trust, confidence and support of an honest and patriotic people,’' This to ft serious arraignment «l s party of profuse professions of economy and loud proclamations of immaculate honesty. But every charge made to too notorious for denial, or even equivocation ; and the Copperhead leaders of Ohio stand before the betrayed people confessedly guilty of every ooant in the indictment The Copperhead paper referred to groans over Use mischief such misconduct does to that party in owner States. It Tim no regrets for the cheating and stealing

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per st, but being detected at therti to what grieves its heart. It fears that the “charges of corruption and extravagance against the late Ohio Democratic Legislature can bo substantiated,” and unterriflea, while In power in that State, hive not kept themselves free from taint” It odds: “ Inasmuch as the Democrats obtained control of the Legislature by pledge* of an honest and Sant management of sdatre, their chances for re success would depend largely upon the rejtlon of thoee pledget.” As they redeemed none of these pledges, bnt deliberately violated all of them and robbed the tax-payers without mercy or compunction, their chances of future success for a long time to oome are slim indead. Wa fully coincide with this Democratic paper when it.ssys t •' Thor* le one point connect** with the arraignment of the late Legislature of Ohio which la of the greatest interest and importance to the Democracy of the nation; and that le, that the strength of the party In any section of the country will be affected by the manner In which Democrat* discharge offidai dutles whenever they may be devolved upon them. This consideration make* the Democracy of every locality and of every State responsible to the party of the nation.’’ And it to because of the irrepressible tendency of the Democratic leaders to plunder and rob the people and be guilty of all manner of corruption and rascality that the people so seldom entrust them with the discharge of official duties, and so rarely re-elect them. The miseondnet of the Ohio Copperheads will be a warning to the people of the surrounding States for several years. For the past sixteen years the people have not, in any Northern State, with the single exception of New Jersey, voted twice in succession for the Democratic ticket. One experience generally suffices for half a score or more years. Ohio has gone Democratic but twice in sixteen years; and there is little probability of its being again under the rule of that party while the memory of the infamous and corrupt doings of the last Legislature remains in the minds of the people.—Chicago Tribune, June 97.

The Democratic Muddle.

The New York Cititen (Democratic) of June 26, after announcing, under the above caption, that “We (the Democratic parly) have no principles, and Mry little intelligence,” goes on to say: “Old names and traditions may do something towards keeping a political organization together, hut will not altogether meet the requirements of theae fast days. We may hurrah for General Jackson with the fim vigor of oar lungs, bat that will ndt dispose of General Grant We may argue about sub-treasuries and hard money, but the country to flooded with greenbacks, and people have forgotten what gold and silver looked like, and never expect to see either again. We may recall our victories in the olden time—how we were always ready to fight any other nation, with cause Dr without, and how we were for annexing the world and maintaining theintegri ty of the Union in the fece of the universe in arms; bat be cowered before s csusless and senseless rebellion, and we ore afraid to openly declare in faVur of reoogmizlng the independence of Cubs, Like senile old men, we can remefober the days of our youth—we can glorify ourselves on the feats we once performed; bnt onr . nints seem to have grown stiff, oar intellect weak and onr muscles sadly attenuated. “What are Democratic principles today? Who knows? We wandered about in auch hopeless blindness in foe fog of secession that we seem to have become utterly lost, and do net know whither we are moving. Most of the principles which we once held the Republicans seem to have appropriated. It to a Republican Senator that defies and threatens ©nr natural foe, the “ bloated Britisher; ” it to the Republican press that favors the independence and subsequent annexation of Cuba, while the organ of our party whimpers out that the Republicans are standing on oar platform. So they ere, bnt where are we standing? What have we to rest oar weary feet upon? Are we expected to step off as soon iff they step on ? Are we to add the cowardice and fatuity of the future to the cowardice and fetaity of the pest? The peace men tried to guldens daring the late war. Are we to nave no better leaders for the next one, if it oomes ? “We hear nothing as to what are Dem ocratic principles st present Copperheadism was a failure, aud died the death it so richly desetved; the proposal to pay our debt In greenbacks has been repnatoted by the nation; the everlasting colored gentleman has secured all the rights he nows what to do with, and a few more; the Women’s Suffrage movement has not the dignity of a party measure. Democracy is in a state of chaos. It cannot unde the irrevocable: it has nothing to offer as an incentive to persistence. Cannot somebody find ns a few principles ? we are opposed to high taxes, and are in favor of low taxes; bat the nation most pay its debts, and mast raise the means necessary for this purpose. We believe in “economy, retrenchment and reform," but so do many other people, and oar exam pie in this city to not on encouraging one to follow. We must find a principle or two, or we shall never get back into power. Who to prepared to furnish the genuine article?” •*-* a

A Strange Accumulation.

Thomas Dick pats the hoarding of wealth in this striking way: Suppose a man could lay up a stock of clpthes and provisions sufficient to last him for 800 years, what would it avail him, since he can live at most but from 70 to 100 years ? Suppose he had laid np in a storehouse 70,000 pairs of shoes, to what end would it serve, if he could make use, during his whole life, of only the one hundreth jgMWT them f He would be in the seme oMPnon as a man who had a hundred dishes placed before him at dinner, but who eouid only take one i or of a person who had a hundred mansions purchased for his residence, but who could occupy, only one. How rMHchlous It would appear if all that could be said of a man while he lived was simply this—that his whole life was occupied In collecting and laying up in a store house 80,006 mahogany chairs which were never intended to be used for the furniture of apartments, or 80,000 pairs of browsers which were never intended to be worn 1 And where is the difference, in point of rationality and utility, between such absurd practices, and hoarding thousands of guineas and bank notes which are never brought forth for the benefit of mankind. There is no conduct connected with the pursuits of human being* that appear* mote absurd and Wicked than such practices (however common), ts examined by ttob dictates "of reason, and the word of God, . 1 In you desire to oompoee anything effectual begin by composing yourself

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FACTS AND FIGURES.

? " "■ 11 * » H*» j+rnfatm !y married English Lords. Nbablt one-half of the tj in siitfcgon the Paris literary papan i* don* by woM*' >< •»»•• «•( «»« <«f VMfcr*t - dannla, the chief of the Oahu Insurgents, WM ft student al MMdlttowß, Conn., fa 1597. Csab Alkxandxs hat Invited Napoleon to the RuMlfttt International Exhibition next year. Arana, now nearly 00 about composing an open called A Dream of Lore," T' • M Tz. , Boor and shoe making is a great busi nese in Philadelphia—amounting to fIVB milUoaa a year. At a recent wedding -in Sew York, among the bridal gtfte was a bottle m brandy cerked and sealed in 1772. Oran seventy thousand people vWted the french exhibition of pictures on the openlydey of tUTyesr.^ TBS Japanese, in UHMig Using plants to this country, wrar> the snots in a Mixture of earth and carrots ground together. English house-sparrows have been imported Into Buffalo. One gentleman received sixteen pair a few days ago. Snxrarasn Falls, Vt, has a citizen who claims to be the “ champion honeswapper.” He is 40 years of age, and has traded hones over 600 timls. Thb export of cinnamon from Ceylon for 1868 was 2,800,000 pounds, and the estimate for the present yell promises to be not short of 4,000,000 pounds. Or the 10,097,800 furs sold, in St Petersburg last year, about 0,000,000 were from Siberia and 186,600 from Alaska The value of these furs was about $8,480,876 in gold. .- Pabbfa Rosa’s voles is tins described by a misguided Boston critic« “ Five hundred feet long, three hundred teat wide, and as high—as the Coliseum.” A bills of Agra, India, Is ha ftiH dress when swathed m two shawls, with <BO bracelets, 14 pairs of earrings, seven necklaces, one noee pendant, and a assuring on each thumb. A London photographer, who has photographed nearly all the royal family of Englahd, has been paM neatly £85,000 for earttt d» nirite ox its various members. A rouita gent of high standing in Washington recently attempted suicide because a young lady, who went with trim to a picnic, left him to return with another fellow. rZ^ Atouko Welchman, jilted by ttmgirl of his choice, hue sent in to hat h Bui for ny, £4 7s 6d." Tn new City Directory of Buffalo contains about 30,000 names. The Courier multiplies this number by five, and claims that the product represents vary nearly the population of toe city. Tin childnm at the royal cosßteT Prussia are never permitted to ea» sugar-plwßs, bonbons, or any indigestible food, and the servants are especially forbidden to let them have any wine or beer. . ~ Pamcnas Kazlowsxy, of tfsaaow, whose father lost all Us fortune, destined the aid of her friends, and now keeps a cigar store, by which she earns enough to support herself and fatissr. In Schem’s Ecclesiastical Almanac for 1868, the total number of members in evangelical denominations in this country la placed at 4,904.838, in a population of not less than 86,000,008, or one to seven. Mb. Thomas Saysbs, son the pogUtist, has come out as a comic vocalist; and appears at the music halls “wearing ths costume In which his Ikther fought the memorable battle of Earn borough.” Some indication of the number ofpersons who for some cause have left Waite Pine, is afforded by the fret that there were recently four thousand letters remaining uncalled for in Wells, Fargo k Ca’s office In Treasure (Sty. Thb revolution in the island of Crete, from August, 1868, to March, 18fl8, a period of two years and seven mohiha, has, it is reported, cost the Turkish Government $26,000,000 in money and 80JDOO soldiers.

A cur, who replied to an advertisement offering an article of great use to tkoee contemplating marriage, “price 80 cents, or four for 81,” received for his three dimes, a pocket handkerchief of thsv . ooaraet material, worth about six cents. At a boll-fight in Nisme*, Spain, a few weeks ago, the picadors appeared Mounted on velocipedes instead of boms* and displayed such skill in the management of their iron steads that the astounded bull was unable to dismount a single one of them.

PHTLADsunoa Is particularly happy in its detective force. One of the papers says that there is scarcely a professional thief in the city. The chief detective “has mads the air so insalubrious to them that the whole party have left in dfcgsak” At a recent election In Boston, idols Harrison offered to vote. Being told that she could not, as the was not on the list, | she declared that she had a right to wad* all regulations to the contrary notwithstanding, deposited her ballot on the box, and departed. English artists take the rejection at their pictures very much to heart, and one worthy coroner amerts that he has held several inquests upon artists who had been killed by sieer anxiety bn the subject before the d*4akm of the hanging committee was made known. Both Houses of the New Hampshire Legislature have passed a bill making it unlawful for first cousins to SnoTy. * However, In order not to leedtontay Unash os promises already existing, the uegWStnra very considerately provided that the net should not takeeffeot till six months altar its passage. the City IT* 7 °* 5SSg# «SSSrV« ■* tinge The average attendance is lees than 400, so that the attendance in all TWjS m the Rev. Dr. Bridgeman, of Albany, was pasting J-w. ll>. *>® '^^Sul^tTpwwr 1 ,