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THE PALLADIUM: I'L'IILISUED TlIL'KSDAr UuKMS'iS, hi 0. P. HOLLOW AY & B. W. DAVIS

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- "BE vol. xxxv.; katii: m:k am wjlme ray, Two brown heiii a ith U(ihint curii, It-J lips shutlin,; over pearl". Hare feet, white, and w et w ith dew, Two ty black ari l two eyes blue, Little -:rl and hor were tucy, Katie I-ee and Will.e ray. They were standing w here a brook, H-n'!ii' like a .shepherd' cr'Kk. Flfshcl its silver, and thick rank Of jrreen willow fnnred in bank:; ll.tlf in thought and iialf in play, Katie l.eeand V,llie Oray. They bad ch-ek like cherrii red; ile tij taller 'mofcl a hea4l; S?,e, w iih arms lik- iirt-atl.a uf snow, S'-vuntf- a bakri to :ind fro Ai nh loiteri-1, halt in play, Cl.atUriiif,' to Vili:e tiray. "Prettv Katie," Willie said Ami tl.'-re eamea da-h of red Through ti e hr- v, iin of 1, -rchei-k ' liov an- !ti,.i,2 and (firl are weak, And I'll "iir'v. " I will. Katie 'a basket up the hill." Katie ansivcr."l ni'.K a lacifh, "Yiu lial! c.iiry oritv hall." And then toinir back hr curls: 'Boys are weak as well as jrirls," Io ion t1 ink that Katie j;uel Hilf the w lorn she expreS's1? Men are onlv boys rr.wn tall Hearts ilon't chali.'e much. after all; Aii 1 wd,e;i,lotiir irs rn-m that day, Katie 1,. an'l U illie 'iiav. Stood ajfain bes de the l.ro.k. Lending like a s'..'pher i' cr's-k. ft is .-tr in.'e that W s Wl.ile uirain a tlashinv red t'r"l te bro'.von-ss of 1 is cWk "I am .truiira mu are weak; I.te m I of a s'ipp-rv .-Icep Jdior itu sha lov, s i "hi and deep. "Will yon trust tn K tie dear, Walk beside m" .thu'it fear? Mav 1 earrv. if I will. Ail vonr burdens op the Vi?" And she ans.ver.'d n i'h a lauh, "No, hut you in iy car ry half." Cloe beside the little brook, I Sending like a shepherd's crook, Washiii;,' witii 1U silver hands I. ate nn le irlv at the s in Is, In a cottage where to-dav Katie lives with Willie Uray. In a jKireh she sits, and lo! Swings a basket to and trn Vastly different from Ihe one That slur swunir in vers aotie; This is lony and deep and w ide, And lias rockers at the side! Dates of Sacred Events. We oive the followiiiir dates of events so a-rt'il to all ('iiristians on tlio authority of t ti e lato lev. Samuel Farmer Jarvis, l. I) , L L. I)., an eminent scholar anil divine ol the F.piseopal Clmrcli, wliose profound lea miner; aid dilient reserehes into tuit'npiitie3 would have diatincrtiisliiMl him in any axe. ( )ur Sa ior was born on Wednesday, December "J."), 1707, Julian period ; ll:5d Olympiad ( l!d year, Citfi month: ) A. V. C. 717 ( 0th month, :"th (lay; ) Julian year, :;.). He was baptized by St. John in the river Jordan on Sabbath ( Saturday ) January r, 473S. His public entry into Jerusalem was on I'alin Sunday, March 21, -174 1 , Julian period ; J0lst Olympiad (4th year, ttli inontli; ) A. I. ('. 7!; Julian year 7:5, A. D. loth year of the associate reirti of the Kinieror Tiberiti-; l.rt!i year of bis sole lei'n. lie was betrayed by Judas Isi-aiiot on on the following Wednesday evening, March 124. lie celebrated the Passover and institutiod the Eucharist on Thursday evening, Man h -."t. On Fritlay orning March 2G, at the 3d hour, or lT"o clock, he was nailed to the cross; the hour when the lstnb of the daily niorninof sacrifice was olfered in the Temple. At the 9th hour, or 3 c'clock 1. M., when the lamb of the daiby evening ssacrificc was olfered in the Temple, he expired. At 5 P. M. his body was taken down anil deposited in the tomb of Joseph of Ariinathea. On the first Faster Sunday, March 2-S, about the beinincr of the tn or ninr watch, or 3 ocloek A. M., he rose from the dead It was the morrow after the last Jewish Sabbath when, according to the law. the lirst sheaf of the earliest ripe grain was waved in the temple, by which the whole harvest was sacrificed, tlmt Christ, '-the first fnnts.' rose from the dead, as a type and pledge of the future resurrection of his faithful followers. On Thursday, May (. lie ascended into Heaven. On Sunday, l', the day of Pentecost the Holy Ghost descended upon the apostles and discil !es Cherish Their Memory. The New York Times, in publishing ten closely printed columns of the names of New York soldiers murdered at Andersonville, says: The Andcrsonv ille obituary record, which we publish to day, is one of the saddest evei published. It is well enough to forget the past when fonjett'.ntj I it is not a crime against the memory of j the martyred dead. The story of Ani dcrsouville can never be forgotten. ! Here, in this bold list of names and dates, we have tLat story. There is no 1 other such infamy in the times of civilij ration. W hile we were feeding, clothing j and nursing hordes of ragamuflins capi ttired in Davis' service, here were our I poor loval soldiers murdered by the j thousand. Then 'things cuqht tttrtr to le J'orgt (ten until we know that hereafter it will be imj'ossille for men bearing the American name to be participants in uch crimes. The Independent thinks the democratic party has claims to the gratitude of the nation, "because it lost its life in the war for the Union." Many persons complain that they cannot find words for their thoughts, when the real trouble is they cannot find thoughts for their words. " I think you must allow," said a pompous gentleman, "that my jests are very fair." Sir. your jests are like yourself," was the quick retort; age renders them respectable."

. JUST AND FEAR NOT! LET ALL THE RICII3IOXD, Speech of F. H. .Meredith, of Vigo, ia the Indiana Legislature. SPKCIAL ORDfcK. On the joint resolution to repeal the thirteenth article of the Constitution, Mr. Meredith, of Vigo, addressed the Ho".?, in reply to the argument of Mr. Uuskiik, on Tuesday. Mr. Meredith spoke substantially as follows: Mu Si KAKta : I do not desire nor in tend to make what is generally called a set speech, upon the matter un ler the consideration ot the House. However, I propose to s-i'oitiit niv views thereon ;n the Lib lest manlier of winch I am i -.sol utioii proposes to capable. Tin a:nend the Constitution of the State by , striking therefrom the thirteenth Article. Is it politic-, wis; or just, thus to do? This tpiestion each momlo.r of this Houe must answ ..-r for himself, under his oath to do w'uit in his j'l lament may si-ein propi-r, for t'le welfare ot the people. The honorable gentleman from Monroe, in his sp.vch on the question involved, 1'iv'sde l the House with reading numerous extracts trout the arguments ot some of the leading members of the co'iunUu! which framed the Constitution, in support of the article which :'w is now proposed to expunge, or obliterate forever. His object was to produce the authority againwt whielt, he probably supposed, no member would have the courage to contend. lint, nir, however able an I patriotic the purposes of the speakers from whom . he quoted, might have been fifteen ca.s air.,, did he suppose, oi doc-- any man I nuw suppose, that their opinions woul 1 ' fori vcr stand unimpeachable, ami as the i law of t!ie State through all its future ,history? Have we not a right to our j opinion, as well as hail the members of ( the Convention which framed the Con- , stitution tinder which we are now asscmi bled? Is it contended that they embodi ed all the wisdom, and virtue of the ! past, and were competent to speak witli Itiie precision of omniscience, on the politics of the State for years to come r 1 Were they prophets, endowed with the ability of penetrating the future, with a far reaching: and incontrovertible vison, and also with the power of nrescribinothe bounds in which our politics should ! revolve? Far from it, sir. However 1 gifted the K u i lens and the I'ettits of the Convention ' might have been, they Acre nothing more than mortals, totr.lly incapable of beholding the present period of our history, or of fathoming the abyss into which civil war plunged the country. There opinions, expressed there, cannot bind our action no,v. Many of the members of the Constitution, from whose speeches the gentlemen from Monroe quoted so liberally, have radically changed their views, and are now a.- extreme on the negro question as mot of in desire to be. For instance, Hon. John lYttit, of Lafayette, then a member of the Convention, aud as firm a supporter of what is now called the Democratic party, as the gentleman from Monroe ever was, or can ever hope to be; a man of unquestioned ability, and firm in the faith of his party, now signs a petition to this House, praying it to repeal the black laws, and enable courts of justice to receive the testimony of negroes, on the same footing as that of whites. It is said that a wise man changes his opinions, bnt that a fool never does. Noiv I do not consider the gentleman from Monroe a fool by any means, but lie must certainly Be considered as a fit subject with which to illustrate tiie maxim. Were it possible to disinter the venerated remains of the patriot Uariden, and reanimate his lifeless, and perishing form, and place him within the liar of this House, with the history of the past five years before him, with I'ettit. he could not, and would not refuse his support to this resolution proposing the abolition of the obnoxious at ticlc. The circumstances under which the ; distinguished men made the speeches in the Constitutional Convention, from which the gentleman quoted, were radically, and totally different, from those which surround you, at the present time. Those speeches were made fifteen years ago. Freedom at the North, and Slave ry at the South had entered into a kind of treaty, or truce, winch had the pro fix biiity after of a long continuance, but wbich ' events have demonstrated, was broken at the very first period at which the propagandists of Slavery, supposed themselves to have the advantage. Under the intbienco of the institution, and with grave apprehensions that its representatives would break the Union into fragments and char, and desolate the country with the fierce fires of civil war, the men of 150 framed our State Con stitution. They desired that the peace of the two sections should be carefully maintained, and not knowing exactly how to propitiate the Slave owners, or how far our people would endorse their action in this respect, concluded to sub- , mit the loth article to their approval, or disapproval at the ballot-box. It was so submitted, and received the ' unqualified endorsement of a large ma ioritv of the voters of the State. But Ihe Constitution was not intended to be forever fixed and unalterable like the laws of the Modes and Persians. The ; power that made it, has a right to un- j make it, even to do justice to the negro. It is the work of the people, and whenever they see St to alter its provisions, or amend it in any way, no man here, or elsewhere, can deny their rig:.t to do so. Since the endorsement of the 13th Article by the voters of the State, Slavery which they proposed, in part to appease or conciliate, has made war, direct and bloody war, upon the Federal Constitu1 tion, and upon the Union of States the. ; And when it attacked ourlcommon flag and ! sought the ruin of all we held dear, it ! might have been expected that the pro- ; pitiations of the North would be with - drawn, and the infernal disturber of our peace, thwarted and defeated in all his diabolical purposes. With the loss ef

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, ENDS THOU AIM ST AT, BE THY WAYXE CO.. IXI., more than a million of loyal men, and more than three thousand millions of ! treasure, who is o blind as not to see ; that our people are anxious to rid themselves, not only of the thing itself, in all ' its attributes, but of every species of the shameful barbarism, whether found in . the North, or in the farther South. They know well the result of the cnli initiation of iU power, and desire to ex tii pate the las.vistige of the institut ion : torever. No more compromise, or trifling with it. for its very life and existence was justly forfeited, and all the loyalty of the land sanctions every etfort to 'u is pose oT it finally an 1 forever. This Thirteenth Artiele is but a similar species of despotism, totallv inaduiis- . sibb? in a Democraiic (ioverninent like ours. It wars upon the negro, not be- ; c t.ise he is ignorant, b it because in the - Southern States he has been a slave, and because there is a disposition even yet. to admire the role of the taskmaster, and ni'ike permanent his infernal vocation. 1 Now, sir, what manliness, justice or hoiior, is there in trampling upon the negro? We are told that his rare is an infe.ior one. and the argument is, as a onsequenee, that he should b s.ibjeet to i.': i domination of the whites ! S.ip pose he d'jti belong t an inferior race, hat I'igtit have yo ! to wrest fr.i:n him Ins i.oi given rights? Who delegated the power to you, to put your foot upon his neck, and to hold hi.u i.ithe dirt forever ? loyou arrogate to yourselves the right and power of d 'living him a tide to property purchase 1 by the fruits of h:s own idustry and economy? hat kind of Democracy is that? Is it not l-.ere I V Si ft of every principle of justice, eve ntiment of honor, and of every attribute of the civilisation of the age? It certainly is But, sir, it has been suggested to me, by some members on this sideoftheHou.se, that the abrogation of the statutory provisions making the loth article effective, is all that is required at this time. I cannot view the matter in that light T.ie Article is a part of the Constitution, an I mnadatory in its character. Section says: "The ( Jeneral Assembly shall pass laws to carry out the provisions of this Article." When I, as a member of this body, take the oath to support this same CoiisUtutiou. I necHSsaiilv obiiga'o myself thus solemnly, to as. ist in mak'niLT all i's pro visions) effective. Thercfote, I propose to til the Constitution, of the excrescence, if 1 may so call it, at once, and thus obviate the ditliculty by removing the wrong from the foundation. Tiie article prohibits negroes or mulattos, from coming into, or settling in the State, after its adoption, and makes all contracts with them void, besides iiuposi.ig a tine upon any person who shall employ them, not exceeding live hundred dollars. On yesterday morning, when on my way to this hall, I met at the crate & negro whom 1 knew several years .since, and who then resided in the State of Ohio. He won- the uniform of a Federal soldier. His con, sleeve danuled loosely at his side, because he had lost an arm on Cue sanguinary i'.ebl of Oi.is'.ee; he hobbled along on crutches, because he had lost a leg in the same bloody conflict That man had perillel his life, and lo-t his arm and leg, in vindicating the Government, and in maintaining the honor of iis llag. He battled manfully for the nationality of the country, and the perpetuity of these institutions which now cnable's the gentleman from Monroe to stand in his place on this floor, and abuse this same negro as being unlit to come into the State, or hold property within its limits. Behold the ingratitude of the'rhii.g! I know there are vagabond negroes and vagabond white men also ; and did I suppose that the repeal of thi3 article would make a pauper house of this State for worthies negroes, as doe? the gen tie mail from Monroe, I would not urge its adoption. But, sir. what candid man supposes that the abrogation of this artu ie wul have any sum effect r lne gentleman says it would be. an invitation for all the lame. Plind. deformed and worthless negroes of the South to come into the State, and make their homes among t;s. Sir, it is no sir.-h invitation : nor is it an invitation of any kind to the negro. It is nothing more than an act of justice to him. One loin li ed a. id sixty thousand negroes girdled on their ar mor, and fought m the late war, to maintain the honor and stability of Indiana and the other States, against the organized assaults of secession and treason. And yet it is proposed to forever exclude these soldiers or any number of them, from the right of setting foot within the limits of the State, or holding property therein. I appeal to every csndid man to bear me witness if th'n is not a wrong which should be righted I appeal to every member upon this floor if the repeal of this article is doing more than common justice demands ot 113. I think not Ti e argument of the gentleman p.sst re ferred to, is totally untenable in all its aspects. The idea that its abrogation will be followed as Le describes, andtl.e society of the State contaminated by a revolting admixture of the black tie j nient, partakes largely of the ridiculous and absurd. hy. sir, Indiana and II linois arc the only States which are curs ed w ith the odium of retai sing the black laws, some of the provisions of which are despotic enough to have been orig inaf i in the barbarism of the middle ages. Ohio has no such laws, or constitutional provisions as that now under discussion, and yet we have not learned that she is troubles! more than Indiaiic. with negroes. Her people are as web educated, and refined, as those of any other State, and they do not seem to be j alarmed for fear Le will become their ! equal socially, or that his will become i the dominant race, aud hold office, and J mix up generally with them. Look to j every other State, with the two excep- ;, tions mentioned, and see if they are not j in as favorable a condition as Indiana in j regard to this question, while they, at the

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EC7, IS5. hue, do the negro justice bv givsaiiie mg nun Hie nignesi uue 10 ue son, iu a home witLiu their liniiU. ! But the gentleman says the races can no: iive together, and should be sepa- ' rated. T combat this proposition with ! the stern logic of facts. I say that ; they have lived together ever since the. early settlement of the country by our ancestors, and are note living together in ' this State, as well as every other State of the Union. 1 "ids population has not yet j oroved a dangerous one by any means, ; as a general thing, and never will so prove But if a practical plan for the , 1 1 . . . 1 -,:l I t l',l d W ' I l it 1'WV ...- - - ' - - " - - i.ies. nted 1 nresiiiiii' there are but

few men anywhere, of the dominant class .' he agreed to by a majority of all the who would oppose it. No such plan I members elected to each Hone, then it Ims been presented yet, and, probably ; shall be the duty of the General Assem-n-'ver will be; hence we are in dutv hly to submit such amendment or amend i .Mini to do for them the best we can ments, to the electors of the State; and un ler the circumstances which surround if a majority of said electors shall ratify

us at the present. Instead of attemptitig to keep a class in our midst in scrvilitv and ignorance, it would be tar better ; an I safer to give them full justice, by , granting to them, at lea t the light to ( make valid contracts in the State, and ' the further right, if they desire it, to ! have homes on our soil. j lint the gentleman from Monroe sudi -uly evinces much fear of the negro j ile is afraid jc will degrade the white; race to his level, and then chase it out of the country. At this point of his speech j he drew a terrible dark picture; Ids! white lips and chattering teeth, showed j plainly that he was in great trepidation ; at. bis own leartul statement 01 mo case. 1 l av e no doubt that every time he 1 ioke 1 otf the page from which he was leading, his distoited vision beheld a thousand or more woolly heads, just ready to charge upon him, and amalga mate witu him on the slightest provoca11,. 1 ill ill Oil C,J .-IIIHO, ,..v.--v.-T. . , , 1 Dining almost the entire peuod P 1 1 ; m , , .) , tion of the war, it was resolved in Demoerat- , ic conventions that the negro would not light; that his ignorance and stupidity were such that no amount of training or education would ever elevate him above his present condition. Democratic stump j orators, and Democratic newspapers adopted tiie same view, in consonance with ail the Southern papers, and the most -tiporb exhibition of valor on his part failed to draw from them any thing but calumny and detraction. But now ' that it is propose. 1 to strike out the thirteenth article of our Constitution, so as ; to do justice to the negro, by allo ving i him a home within our limits, and a va 1 lid title to the soil lie may purchase with the Units of his industry and economy, the gentleman from Monroe suddenly : becomes tdormed lest this same negro 1 -hot:: 1 outsti iii ' im in th iot:i 1 outstiip ! im in the race of life. ' and finally gain the ascendancy to such : .01 i::i .it .1- lo ' cnitic party out , .. . ... !.., .i,,,i iase tiie wnoie i;emo -:" the United States. . , 11 -v 1 .soinelin.es think that wyftt be o.one. without damaging civilization very un e' but ag on T conclude that it is probably better that the organization should romain, face to face with tiie dreadful no- . gro, as a living witness in favor of the j d'. cliiu of the total depravity of man. The 1 ger.tlcn;:.n tirraigus the. radicals, so c.dl- . ed by himself, for commencing the agi- '. latiouof the negro question in the be-' ginning, which agitation, he alleges, pro ' oked the late civil war, and con-e 'nonces which followed therefrom. I cannot. Mr, take the time of this House ; i . arguing the question as to who was to blame in the beginning, but state a his torical t ruth, when I say that a deeper: radicalism has characterize! 1 the politics of which the gentleman is a leader, in (ones pat, than ever was evinced by any other organization of a political character which has existed sinci the adoption of the Federal Constitution. This every well informed man knows, and every candid man will admit. Tiie gentleman, in his speech classified thirteen different reasons for opposing ; the passage of this resolution, each of; which might be the basis of a speech, but I hav e neiftier the time, r.or the in ; lination to discuss them all. This subject has been discussed so repeatedly that : it is a useless consumption of time to re- ! peat the arguments for it, or against it. and I therefore propose to take leave of ; it, so far as I am concerned, in a few I moments and trust its fate to a vote of' tiie members of this body, believing that ; they will act as becomes just and intelli- J gent men. The loth reason assigned by '. the gentleman for opposing the resolution, reads in these words : " Industrious j negroes would compete with white laborers, eomp ellmg the latter to work side, by side with the former, which would tend to the degradation of labor.'" Well, sir, there is not the slightest probability that negro laborers will ever become so numerous, under any state of circumstances, as to compete in any material degree, with white labor, or cause it reproach in any way. I believe when the administration of James Buchanan, and its supporters, here ant elsewhere, were endeavoring by every means, both fair and foul, to entail upon the people of Kansas the blight of negro slavery, the. gentleman endorsed the r-olicv, and

studiously t loed his eyes to the question ; for a long time he had been under the of tiie degradation of free labor, when in necessity of frequenting a certain place competition with the labor of the free ; every day, and that ao far from findwhite man there. ! ing a pleasure in it, he was affected But circumstances have changed, and with disgust ; and jctif by any means despite the gentleman's efforts to de- he passed hr the usual time of going m oust rate that he is always the same, he t thither he felt remarkably uneasy, and yet proves himself a creature of clrcum- j was not quieted until he was in his usual stances, and subject to variation, excej t j track. Persons who use snafT soon in his warfare upon the unfortunate ; deaden the sensibility of smell, so that a nigger." In this, it may be reasonably ' pinch is taken nnconscionsly, and withsupposed, that he will remain unehansre- j out any sensation beins; excited thereby, able w hile life lasts, or his tongue is able I sharp though the stimulus may be. After to lisp the words Democratic party." I a aeries of years, winding up a watch at Sir, the repeal of this Article will not j a certain hour, it becomes so much a grant the right of suffrage to the negro, j routine as to be done in utter uncon in the State, nor will it give him a dollar i sciousness ; meanwhile the mind and of the rehool fund, in any conceivable body are enraged in something entirely way, but it trill give to him the right to ! different- An old man is reported to

a home on the soil of a State from which Le is now ostracised, and for the honor of whose flaghe gave 1.1s treasure and shed his blood. In conclusion. Mr. Speaker, I will admonish the gentleman from Monroe that

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hole Bmer.l XO. 41. the action of this body is not fiual upon trie subject, liie people nave present) ed in what manner their Constitution rn.ey be amended. Article 16, Section 1. provides that, " Any amendment, or amendments to this "Constitution may be proposed in either branch of the Ciencr;d Assembly; if the same shall be agreed lo by a majority of the members elected to each of the two Houses, such proposed amendment, or amendments shall, ' with tin" yeas and nays thereon, be entered on their journals and referred to the ; General Assembly to be chosen at the next general election; and if, in the General Assembly so chosen, such pro- ! posed amendment or amendments, shall the same, such amendment, or amend , 1 ments. shall become a part of this Con- : stitution Thus sir, it will be seen that if this proposition is successful in this body, it will be submitted to the next General Assembly, aud if successful there, will then be submitted to a vote of the people, who are the final arbiters in the mat- ' ter. To their hands I am willing to ti-nst ! I the final determination of the proposi- i ' ti.ui. The Constitution is the work of , i their hands, and they wisely retained the . j right to bo its guardians in the future. , If they desire to strike from it, one of t its provisions, who can or will deny their ; I right so to do? Is the gentleman from I Monroe atl'raid to submit the question to i the voters of the State? Does he im- i ! pujn their patriotism, or deny their a'.iil- ! itv to rightfully amend their Constitu- ; tion ? Should it go before the people, as it probably will, he will then have an . ' opportunity of meeting them, and warn-; . ' ' - . , . .. . ' ing them of the tearful dangers ot radi- : c.dism, as manifested by these innovations u on the " time honored principles! of the Democratic party." Should his logic convince them that-, this provision of their Constitution is j wise and just, and should remain apart) of that instrument as long as it shall ; last, then they will have exercised their 1 right of rejecting the proposed amend-' uieut If, tin the contrary, they should! rocogni." the justice of expurgating the obnoxious clause, I suppose in that case, , we shall behold ere long, the gentleman a straddle of a mule, with whip and spur, , his hair standing on end. and with coattail at an angle of forty-five degrees, ; fleeing the country, closely followed by 1 a ferocious swarm of lame negroes, threatening him with social equality and amalgamation, in the name ot the Democratic party. But, sir, to be serious, tins ait'e-le should lie abolished in obedience to tiii; dictates of our civilization: aed to further the ends of justice and : humaniiy, as well as to remove the odium it excites upon the good name of the Slate. , Homely Girls. The editor of the Cleveland Ilernbl, having been tolerably profuse in his compliments to the pretty girls of Cleveland, has born requested to sny a good tiling in behalf of the homely ones aud he docs it thus: j First Tiie homely girls of Cleveland are is a hopeless minority, but th 03 : mean well. ; Second They go to church every : Sen lay, an. I are fond of their menls They had rather have their meals rcgu- j lai lv than a new bonnet. j Third Tiiey understand their busi- '; ness and wear No. G gaiters. ' Fourth They are bright, intelligent, devoid of low jealousy, fond of music, dance at Garrett's Hall as though it was . the chief aim of life, and always go in when it rains. Fifth They always thank the gentle- ; men for iving them seats in the street cars, never flirt with the boys because it's out of their line and keep out of the fire. Sixth They never have half a dozen young sprigs keeping company with j them. j Seventh They wash their own hand kerchiefs, iron their own collars and darn their own stockings. j Eighth They never wear waterfalls that weigh over one hundred and fifty pounds, and have neither 'rats' nor oth : cr animals in their hair. Ninth They don't call young bloods and other trash 'perfectly splendid.' 1 enm i ney never eai Deiween meais. Fleventh They are all going to get married. j Twelfth They will marry well. : Thirteenth Their children will be bright and shining lights in the world. Fourteenth They won't keep hired girls till their husbands can afford them. Fifteenth They sleep under mosquito bars when convenient. Sixteenth They can make coffee and nutcakes, and can do charnberwork. Fori s of Habit. Burke relates that have scolded bis maid servant very severely for not having placed his glass in the proper position for shaving. Why. sir," replied the jrirl, "I have omitted it for months, aud I thought yon could shave iust as well without it'

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When he anived at Amsterdam he wandered, through the tine streets in amazement at the rare sights lie had iiexer seen such s; lendi 1 Clings before, and now he could not enjoy them enough. At last his eye fell upon one house fiufr than any other. A long time he stood before it, and looked at the beautiful ilowers in the windows, and the rich curtains, and the costly marble pieces. and the great pictures that he could see within. The very windows were larger than the fruit door of his little house iu Tottlingen At last he could not help stopping a gentlemen who was going hi , ami sa iug to him in honest German, "My good friend, can you tell me what the name of She gentleman is who owns this great house opposite?"' The man v horn he accosted was probably ihii.hing of soi.uvery important matter, and so he tinned otf poor Hans with the simple answer. "Kanuitvrrstan, wmt h in Kiglis'i ithe same as the woids, ' , st ;id," kiiu being can. -.' vcntaii being uudcrstaii.1 Germau. however, did not au not unoci being Hot. and lite good know that the man answered any thing but the name ol the rich man, bnt stood and stand at the house, and thought what a h'ippy man Mr. Kannitverstan must be to live in such a magnificent in cision, and to have everything that heart could wish. By and by Hans wandered on till he' got to the great docks of A nistei dam. He was amaed tit the size of Ihe great ships, and at the number i-f the ii.asis. and wondered huvi his eve would light its way through, and rmiic lo the end of the forest of them. A while nllci be spied one ship larger than the rest, and began to watch the sailors as they 1111 loaded it. It had just c ne in from the Fast Indies, and was full of all manner of costly goods. The men brought out the bags of rice, nud camphor, and sugar. aud coffee, and pepper, and placed them on the shore. A!i Ihoiight Han. I wish I knew what is the name of the fortunate man who im lis ;.ll ihcse things!" So he turned to one of iho workmen. But he received for his answer a blunt "Kannitverstan." "O, ' A-tid Hans to himself, "of course it must be he, and no wonder thai he can live in sucii a splendid house as that, 1 sec now where it all comes from." So the poor fellow began to fall into a very gloomy fit, and to think how unequal tilings tire in this world; how poor lie was, a. id how 1 k h other people are, and to gel very miser.-i blc indeed. So he walked away from the. wharves, and kept thinking; hiri face was long, and his heart was heavy. All at once, however, he saw a new sight, which called his thoughts away from himself. There ctuiie. louud tiie corner a great fuucial procession. -Jt was plain that it must bo mime very ricn man. for the number of the horses, and the fine clothing of the undertakers, and the rich carriage, and the great plumes, and the hcavily-dmped hearse, assured hi.n that it must be so. He slopped with his hat in his hand, and felt pity as every good man should do for those who had becu left behind. When the long procession was just closing, Hans veil turcd to ask a goutkman who was walking behind whose funeral it was, aud who. although with the mourners, was ju-l then busily engaged in reckoning up how much he should gain that day on his cotton, it having risen ten gilders n bale. So, without paying mm h attention to the question of the honest German, he just answered, "Kaunit vcr&tan .'' "O. dear, dear," thought Hans, "then poor Mr. Kannitverstan is dead! For all Ids ri'dies, for all his great house nud great, ship, he has to die, just as I shall have to some time. I'oor man, there he lies, ?nd all his money can only buy him a shroud and a bunch of rosemaries to lay on his breast! I am .sure I can't euvy hitn." The poor fellow found his waxback to the tavern, sat down to .a good slice of black bread and Limbing cheec. and ever after when he was templed to wish he was richer than he was, he thought of- poor Mr. Kannitverstan away in Amsterdam . Coitirttutiumifijit. Sound Doctrine from the Far South. The San Antonio 2tV-, anew Tivm paper, openly declare thve principles: 'In its political department vc -lull maintain, 1st, that the Government ore ated and established by the Constitution of the United State is not a league of independent sovereignties, with the right of each to withdraw, tit its own plea-urr-. from the jurisdiction of the league and erect itself into a separate nationality and that it was wisely not so created. "Second, That the liberties of the people depend as much for nafety upon maintaining the full vigor of the federal goeernmcut, as upon preserving uniinpared all the rights cither affirmed to the States or reserved to them in the Constitution that these two constitute one complete sytem of government, not in conflict, but in harmony with each other, when properly understood. Third, We shall maintain that the Union is indissoluble, except by violence or by an amendment of the Constitution, in the manner prescribed hy that instru menu" It add: "W can almost read our whole doty in three lines t "First "-Educate the people. 'Second Give dignity to labor. Thirds Plant upon immovable foun dationsthe liberty of speech and of th press." If jou make love to a widow who Lui a daughter twenty years younger than herself, begin by declaring that you thought tbey wore sisters.