Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 1, Number 47, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 20 May 1871 — Page 4

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For Sale.

T70R BALE— House and Ix»t on Fifth Bt., JF north of Chestnut. For time and terms apply to M. ('. RANKIN, at the County Tre -easurer's office. 47-2t.«

7H3R HA LE—HOUSE AND 1X)T—On South Fourth street for sale on favorable terms. Theliou.se Is convenient nnd linndy to the business portion of the city. For further irticulnrs inquire on the premises or at the ii

ixpres* l'llntlng Office 44-.1t*

W. BKOWN.

7)U SALE—A SAW MIL! boring country town, doing a good bus! m-«s. Will IKS Fold or traded on ii tenn«. 44-tf

In a neigh ii busliiberal

Address,

O. I!OX, *.29.

HA LK-KTuVK STORE-A rare chance for an Investment ot about Two Thousand loll irs In an old and well eMnbIlsh«-d Store, win-re lii«- profits. If properly managed, cannot full short of Five Thousand Dollars a year. I llnd that one Store 1* alotit as much as I can attend to well, and have .determined to sell my Fourth Street est«llishmcut. The tools'and machines tire all new, having been very recently purchased.

The location of the Store Is as good as any in town, and has paid me well. I will sell on-easy terms, if application is made Immediately, or will trade for city properly. Enquln-»t mv store.

S. K. HENDERSON,

43-tf. No. 111 Main St., Torre-II auto.

^OR SALE—Hotwcand Lot in a desirable neighborhood. Ilouce cozy alld Collilortable. Ixt lias on it large and hearing trees of choice fruit. Price 1,250—about half fin time. FRANK SEAMA N.cor. Fifth and Ijocust sts., or P.O. box 912, Terre Haute. -I—tf

n)R SALE—Houses and lots in all parts of this city at low figure*. Small payments ilown, ami good time to pay the balance. Enquire of U. HOLMES, Agent, •12-tf. No. IIS Main street. l?OR SA LE—A I JOT— One hundred feet front—on Fifth street, between Oak and \V llson streets. Will be sold in lots of 2.) feet trout. To persons wanting a small home, tills is a splendid chance as I will take monthly payments of small amounts in exehange. 31)-tf. 1. L. MAHAN.

1,iOIlon

SALE—Twenty acres of timbered bind on the Lockport road, tour or live lulk* from the city. Will sell the whole ttSict reasonable terms, or will sell the timber, alone, of ten acres.

TJiOIt

L. KISSNEIt,

8t.tr Palace of Music.

j^Olt HALE.—For sale at a bargain 2ti acres of Land, 4 miles South-east of Terre_aute.„ Tiie most cunitiiainliui building site l&'Vlgo county. The land is peculiarly adtt|ted to the cultivation of vegetables ior fruits, being dry, sandy and productive.

Terms one-sixth caj-.li, balance lu five aiiinia* payments. yr further particulars apply lo Editor of

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11 )R SA LE.—Fine Farm-The farm of the

late 11 Irani Smith, Sr., lying 3^ miles Koutli-cjist from In? cfntre of 1 )w Hty, Is now ottered for sale. Tills is one ot the most desirable pieces of rural property in the county or State. It lies partly upon thebhitl nnd partly on the prairie. The Improvements ift-e tirst-rnte. The location of the residence is of surpassing beauty, commanding a rlew of the whole eity and prairie. '1 hero an: two law orchards on the place, a splendid grove of timber, and never fnlliiigatock water. The purchaser can have choice of buying ninety or one hundred anil sixty ijcres. Terms easy. Enquire at this ollicv. 12-tf.

SALE-Choice building lots in Teel's subdivision, corner of (!111 and (iulick treets. Also lor exchange,farming lands in Indiana and Illinois, lor improved Jmproved city- property. Apply to II. H. TEEL, Ohio st., opp. Court House. 07-tf.,

tiOR

SAIil'V-House of seven rooms and and lot of live acres 011 Prairieton rond court house. 100 fruit

1the

Ureal bargain. Ap-

11mill's from th trees, 300 grunc vines pi, to !W-tf. JERRY VORIS.

.K)U SALE—Old papers, suitable for wrapplug liapar, for .sale at 50 cents a hundred at MAifc office.

71 lit SALE or Exchange—Clark House.— The proprietor, desiring to retire from the business, otters his Hotel for sale or exchange for small Dwellings in, or small Farm near the city. House isdoingagood business oils well'located for manufacturing purposes. Eusv terms. For particulars enquire of •Wtf. W. 1$. GRIFFITH Prourletor.

For Rent.

OR RENT- Dwelling House, eight rooms, oil North titll street. H. C. DOlKiLAS,

Ki-tf.

With W. 11. Bannister.

hiOU RENT—The front part of the old I/ bank building next door to Klssner's Pnlaee of Music. Contains four nice room with two good front show windows. Apply at the muslo store next door. 42-tf

Wanted.

WANTKH--A

4s s-

set of books to keep dur

ing evenings by an experienced competent book-keeper.' For particulars apply at this otNce.

TED—A (ilrl to do general housework. Applv at till South Sixth street. •Ui-tf,*

"1 ¥7".\NTHD -Kverybevdy to know that tin SA rrunAYEvKNtNuMAii. has larger e^ivulation than any newspaper published «mt«lde of Indianapolis, In this State. Also that It is carefully and thoroughly mid in •the homes of its patrons, and that It Is the very best advertising medium in Western

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Lost.

OST -lrfirge sumsot money are lost evcrjjweek hypersnnrt who should advertise In this column of the MAM..

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IvertUlna

^OTN D—-That the cheapest and best nd

In the city can lK»»bti«im^byln

voting In the Wnntetl. For Sale. For Rent L»wt an«l Found column of the MAII-

rpni-'.STM'EOF INDIANA, VIUO(X)l*N1 tv. In the Ylgo Common Pleas Court. William Siuinder*on vs. Johana Saunderson, In Divorce.

Ho it known that 011 the Nth davofMay, JSTTL. said PlalntifT flhl an Affidavit In dm form, showing that said Johana Sminderson is a um-residcnt of the State of Indlann, and that a cause of action ext«tK against said defendant.

Said non-resident defendant Is hereby notlrlol of the pendency of said action naatnst her, and that the same will stand Tor trial at the August Term ot said Court In the year IfcTl. MARTIN 11

J. A. VltYUACJH. S. CLAKKK. ^7"KYDAGH A CT-ARKE.rf

Architorts A: liiicriuteudents,

«Y»mmerrt«U Colhur, opp. Court riou^e, Imllnun.

CORNER MAIN AND SIXTH STS., Dealing's Block), TVrrr-Hc*«t«\ Indtnniu D«agns and Estimates roiule ft«r all kinds of Buiklingit, toth public and private.

Orders octil liy lanJI will raoctvu prompt attention. fj* LEG ANT Rronxe and Coloml Print I nj: Jti a s|cclalty nt the Tvrre-llaute JVlnlln# Hous**. Tlie mo*t cnnijieU'iU workmen lo 3 be city. Everything gnamutocd wltobclopry, ita Main strtvt. O. J. Smith Ox

BILL

HKADK—Something new anA«t inwlivr, atTerre-llaute Printing Houw J12*aln street. O. J. Smith A Oa.

THE MAIB.

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EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

Office, 142 Main Street.

TERRE-HAUTE. MAY 20, 1871.

SECOND EDITION.

HIDLE-IlKA I)INd IX PVBI.K SC1IUOIJS. The /•Ispret.s shrewdly attempts, with true Yankee tact, to answer our interrogatory concerning its position on the justice of IMble-reading in the public schools, by asking another question It desires the MAII.to state first wheth er it is in favor of carrying the expurgation of religious instruction in tho schools to its "logical conclusion" and eliminating all references to Christianity and divinity from the common school text books. We answer that when school books teach that one branch of faith is true, and all others lnlse, we would cxpurge such sentiments from the course of instruction in our schools—otherwise we should be compelled to give adherence to the doctrino that we have an established church and a government faith in America. We do not mean by this that references to Christ or Deity must necessarily be stricken front our school books. The Bible and tho story of the Redeemer belong to tho literature of the world, and cannot bo ignored. Jews and Unbelievers do not deny the goodness or purity of Christ's lesson, notwithstanding that they deny his divine origin. AVo object simply to tho opening of public schools with the reading of a lliblo as the authoritative work of (iod, because there is no version of tho Scriptures which is accepted by all the people as correct. No person could reasonably object to the reading in text books of extracts from any version of the Old or New Testament, or from tho Koran, even, because such extracts would not be connected with an official guarantee of their divine origin. When the Bible is rend, lioweyor, at the boginning of the exorcises of tho day it has jusl this significance, that thcschool officials, and back of them the State, endorse and defend the divine origin of tho version used. If it were not for this significance we venture the opinion that there would bo no controversy whatever over the question of Bible-reading in the schools.

We have answered explicitly, wo believe, tho Ejrprcsx' interrogatory. Will it now pay heed directly to our question of last week—Are you, or are you not, in lavor of the authoritative reading of tho Bible in the public schools?

There can be no doubt that tho ideas of tho Express, carried to their "logical "conclusion," are substantially the samo as thoso of the priests and zealots of tho Roman Catholic Church, and must, if predomineltt, result in tho establishment of sectarian public schools. The priests and Catholic newspapers argue that religion and education must go hand in hand. So docs tho Express, if we understand tho drift ot its comments. The Catholics demand a division of the school fund in proportion to property or population, so that they can support their own schools. The Protestant Iriends of Biblo-rcading ask that there shall bo Protestant instruction in all the schools. Between theso extremes wo stand and ask that 110 peculiar privileges shall bo granted in the schools to Catholics, Protestants, Jews, or Unbelievers, that all shall have equal rights in order lhatour common schools may be through all time the crowning glory of a free country.

In this position we do violence to the conscience ol no man, unless it be of a bigot who believes that persons ot belief dill'erent from his own havo no rights which he is bound to respect. We have perfect faith in the ultimate triumph of those principles for which the dear Christ died on Calvary. We cannot close our eyes to the fact, however, that the cause of Josus has never sought alliance with the civil power, or special indulgences from the State, without being corrupted in its purity and shorn of its strength. All of decay and bigotry and intolerance developed in the Roman Catholic Church own be attributed to alliances and interferences with temporal power throughout the world. "Tho untramineknl action of the

forces of society sustains its integri-

ty as surely as the unhindered How of

a river preserves tho sweotnoss of its

Ol.LINGER.Clerk.

\ttest K. P. RRAVCII AUr. Hi-St.

waters," says a writer. So of Christianity. All Christ inn triumphs have been based upon Love and Charity. The Crusaders swarmed, an avenging ho*t, through all tho Kastern world, yet Turkey is still tho land of the Moslem, and tho sanctuary of the nativity remains in the hands of those who disown Christ. Roger Williams, alone and humble, placing his trust in God, went forth in the wilderness of "America, and from tho miracle of his faith has sprung all that is free and groat in American Institutions. Civil power will never aid the cause of Christ it can only hlndofcand obstruct its progrcss.

F.DMOSIA I.KWTS, tho colored sculptor, is winning fame at Rome. This young woman was born in a wigwam, nnd is of mixed Indian and negro blood. Through difficulties such as no woman has over surmounted before, this representative of two despised races is triumphing among the artists of tho old world

TUB Chicago Art

Jim etc, tho hand

somest art publication in America, is on our table. 1

TO USSAIM O VER UttE. An exceedingly interesting articlo Harjicr's Afaf/nziue for May, entitle^ "Tho Horrors of San Domingo," bringpi vividly to mind tho story of the greut hero whoso name ornaments tho history of the latter part of the 18tli centurv, Toussaint L'Ouvorture. Of pm-e African blood, slave until ho wai fifty years old, this man became, first leader of a small band of his race, then a general in the army of tho Insurgent blacks of San Domingo, afterwards tho vital force which ruled and controlled the destinies of the island, and an example of justice, courage and mercy to the groat potentates of tho world, and finally a martyr to tho cause of Liberty for which he had done and suffered so much.

At the beginning of the French Revolution slavery in its vilest form existed in San Domingo. The Constituent Assembly had proclaimed, in principle, the liberty of tho blacks, but tho masters had not recognized the edict of emancipation. 1 ifty thousand black Blavcs rose in one night at tho instigation and under tho command of tho mulattoes. Oge, who commanded tho insurrection, was captured and his judges sentenced him to death for a crime which had constituted tho glory of Lafayette and Mirabeau in the moth-er-country, and of Washington and Jefferson, in America. In his place rose the old slave, Toussaint L'Ouverture. Ilis name as a slavo wa3 Toussaint, and he was afterwards called L'Ouvorture—"Tho Opening "—because ho "opened tho way every where." In 179:5 he wrested from the French authorities a decree which guaranteed the freedom of all the blacks in San Domingo. IIo was omnipotent on the island, yet ho concluded to ivo allegiance to Franco as the best movement for tho interests of his race. There is in tho life of this wonderful man no evidence that he was ever actuated by a selfish thought while commander-in-chief of the insurgent lorees. His troops looked upon him as an inspired leader. IIo was appointed connnandcr-in-chicf of the island by the French government, and his administration was just to whites and blacks, Ho endeavored to elevate bis own race in intelligence and morality, lie tolerated none of the excesses which, before and since, have made the horrors of San Domingo notorious. Ho had organized civil government upon a substantial basis when the

Toussaint L'Ouvorture never returned to San Domingo. For his devotion to humanity he was confined by Bonaparte in the castle of St. Joux, in tho department of Doub, where he died In April, 1803, of neglect and starvation. He had appealed in vain to the B'irst Consul for liberty. His jailor wrent away for four days, leaving his almast exhausted prisoner without food or "drink. When became back tho rlts were gnawing the cold fret of ihe "dead hero." This was tho revenge of tho Firs*. Consul upon the man who had dared to devote a lifo to humanhy.

In the end all things are oven. Divine recompense may lie slow, but it comes surely at last. Tho haugh First Consul finished a career whieh startled and jostled the world, yet bis memory is dear in tho heart of no li?ing man. His career was startling asia tornado, and its results not loss plowing. Toussaint L'Ouverturo has a plite in tho heart of every friond of humalitv. There be strong men who falxr and weep when they road the storvof his truo and noble lifo. Ilis inemrfy will grow yet greener through all title, and the race for which he sacrificed *o much point proudly to his history ns evidence that the Creator gave liobilfy and Ood-liko qualities to black itt?n not less than to whita men.

TIIK Ku-Klux seem as defiant asitver in South Carolina and MississiVpi* On Sunday at Newberry Court HcUso in the former State, a party of one Mndrod surrounded the house of Siniion Young, a colored man, and county official. shot his wife and child and fred the house. Young, who was himttlf wounded, escaped. Attacks were irtde upon the residences of other repnUican oflieials. On Friday night of tost week a band of Ku Klyx entered F6n-

totoc. Mississippi, for the purpose of]

driving ofT Col. Flournov, editor tf a

republican paper. They were repuird, I

however. The olcl imte of iovalt^ if I

rampant in the South, ami the Prt*H

TERRE-HA1TTK SATURDAY EVENING MAIL. MAY 20. 1871.

THEIIK is a stntuto in Massachusetts providing for compulsory education. It has never been enforced, and never can bo enforced, because it would requlro the closo attention of an army of oflieials to seo that its provisions aro observed. Laws uro enforced bettor in Massachusetts than in any other Stato in tho union yet it is shown to bo impracticable to force children into the public schools. All this talk about compulsory education is mere idle vaporing. It will answer in a consolidated empire liko Germany, where every human being is a servant of tho State, and every man a soldier, but it will not do in America whero wo attempt to give every man equal opportunity, and then lot him work out tho problem of his own advancement. It is to bo hoped that tho public school system will become so perfected in this country as to give to every American child the opportunity to acquiroa fair English education. A spirit of generous emulation, and tho shame attending ignorance, will force children into tho schools more readily than a statute in every Stato of the union. The world is governed too much already. "Educa"tionis good,"say a class of reformers, and we will iorco parents by law to

Scourge

of Europe, Napoleon Bonaparte, appeared upon the stage, as First Consul of France. This man was actuallyjealous of tho military reputation o: tho black soldier. He sent to San Domingo his brother-in-law, General Lo Slerc, tho husband of the fascinating Patline. This man was as base nnd cowardly as Toussaint was noblo L\\l^br»ye. t: ing with aMiiTiglmW back to vanquish the native general, he resorted to the low arts of diplomacy, and Toussaint L'Ouverture, a lion in action, wisest in council, fell a victim to over-confidence in tho relative of the fJro.'it Bonaparte. Toussaint accepted th.- proposition of Lc Clerc for a peace whieh would guarantee freedom l'or the blacks, and rank and position for his generals, but refused to retain office for himself. Peaco was restored, and he retired to his estate, from which he was abducted by the order of Lo Clerc and sent to France. The power purchased by the infamy of Lo Clerc did not last that leader long. He died of the yellow lever, and the world has since written of him as a coward a ad scoundrel. Tho blacks rose and drove his remnant of an army ignoniiniouslv front tho island.

send their children to school." The next argument will bo, "Cleanliness is next to godliness we will force peopie by law to wash themselves." Beyond that we will have advocates of statutes which will authorize officials to nose around the private affairs of every man in the nation.

YEAH by year tho great labor unions have been slowly but surely perfecting their organization, until it has become one of the most important vital forces in this good golden age. How many, many, wretched men and women have wrought out their lives for bare support, that the merchant prince might deck himself in jewels and his children live in luxury. With ilio highest order of creation the many die after an existence ot slavery not in a common sacrifice with all, but that the few may cradle their children in velvet wrappings, raise them in the pomp and show of wealth, and bury them with nociding plumes and stately sorrow. Tho mission of the labor movement is to rob no man of that which belongs to him, but to secure to the toilers of the world tho full fruits of their labor. The great universal laboring world is forming a mighty cordon of conwnon interesthand is joining hand, and tho magic circle, no link of which can bo parted by gold or power, is closing around the globe. Tho slaves of civilization—the toilers of tho world—will bo their own deliverers. For theso many years capital has cried that tho labor of tho penniless is but merchandizo—worth what frl bririg!

Reasoning with tho inovo the golden

devil. Tlio voice of Justice cannot always bo stilled. It is potent now in the world. It cries—" Room, room for the toilers—they will have their own!"

WE havo received a pamphlet entitled "St. Louis the Future Great City of the World." Why shall it not be Ultimately the great city of America, like the great eity ot England, of France, of Germany, of Russia, of Austria, of Spain, will bo located in the interior, and will not bo a seacoast city. St. Louis will be that great city. The West has not attained the sum of its greatness it is only upon the confines of its destiny. The agricultural wealth of the continent is hero. Tho day is not far distant when tho West will cease paying tribute to New York except in so far as its imports and exports will pass through that city. The tedious and expensive visits ol our merchants to tho East can bo done away with. The wholesale dealers of our largo Western cities, using largo capital and brains, will be able to s?ll as cheaply as tho merchants of New York. St. Louis, contro of the richest valley in tho world, junction of the noblest rivers in America, central city of tho continent, accessible alike to the commerce of the Orient and of tho Occident, will yet bo tho great city of America, perhaps of the world.

PKOTESTSagainst the infallibility dogma are multiplying. Dr. Dollinger has been seconded from a very unexpected quarter, viz., by the Professors of the Roman University. The address of these learned Italians states: "The "episcopacy which dwells in our land is of no country,and has nothing inconimon with tho Italian people. Tho syllabus, infallibility, Papal autocracy—

all those negotiations of Divine and human reason—compose a system which "has no connection with the Italian "character, with Italian thought. Our

Roman, that is to say Italian, nice ab-

hors as much as tho Germanic that evil "system of the bondage of the understanding." They add that in the sacred cause of reform tho German and the Italian people will fight and conquer together.

SENATOR ROS OB CONKMNO, of New York, is known to infamy as the man whodenounced all membcrsofthcnowspapor profession, on Tuesday, as thieves and robbers. The exquisite Iioscoe owes his scat in the Senate of the United States to tho fact that an editor, Horace Greoiey, would not allow himself to be misrepresented by his friends. If Mr. Greclcv had not deliberately ta-ivory

ken unpopular ground upon the ines-

Uon of

was

nott"^

for rebels, at the fery

Umc whon his elcction lo the ,Scnate

f,w,,ired-tho

elegant Roscoe would

pining in private life.

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dent will be compelled to enforcethc off on child-like ana bland heathens in rigid provisions of the Ku Klux hili I S*n Franclwo for gold do!him.

and bright pennies are passed

TIIEmagnificentColumn Vondorne in Paris, was levelled with the ground by tho Communists on Tuesday afternoon. This col a mil was a superb monument of military glory, and was a fine eight for the visitors of Paris to look upon but to tho liberty-loving Frenchmen it had beconio hateful as tho emblem of the false ambition which enabled the great Napoleon to win trophies on the soil of every country in Europe at the oxpenso of th« best blood of France, and of tho good will of all other people, nnd of tho liberties of the French themselves. Not a cannon of tho twelve hundred that made tho Column Vendome but was wrested from tho enemy at fearful expense of French lives. Not one but represented a now fetter imposed on the freedom of Franco. This movement of the Communists is the most admirable in their history. It is tho most marked expression of their detestation of the unhallowed ambition which had its finest memorial iu the destroyed column.

A CITY minister stops his subscription to tho MAIL because we ask equality in the public schools for all creeds, and doctrines and shades of belief. The MAIL will continue to speak to its fifteen thousand readers, however, just as it would if there were no intolerance or bigotry on earth.

WE aro informed that tho German text books, used in the public schools of this city, do not contain a single allusion to Christ or divinity. Will the Express war upon the course of German instruction because it does not inculcate religious lessons?

THE King of the Cannibal Islands is coming. He is tired of hashed missionary, and hankers after a fricaseed New York dandy, and a Long Branch belle on the half shell.

THECommunedies hard. It attempts to organize a reign of terror in its last days, but evidently the people of Paris are heart sick and tired of excess and fury.

[For the Saturday Evening Mail.[ RELIGION IN rUBLIC SCHOOLS. I think your discussion of the use of religious text hooks in our public schools will ultimately result in good. In the first place it will unite I trust, our people in their determination to make the schools as nearly perfect as possible, and thereby develop and extend their usefulness. Your paper is especially valuable in this regard, as your object seems to be to advocate what is really right in theory and practice, and not to secure the temporary approval of any political party or religious dcnom......l^w.

In the views you have"thus far expressed, I think you arc in the main correct, as I have always thought it right to accord to others the same privileges that I demand for myself: and claiming absolute nnd unqualified freedom in religious matters, I treoJy concede the same to all mankind. Time was when pious people believed they were serving God, and doing their fellows good, by using coercion to reclaim unbelievers, ami bring them within the pale of the vlititcht on** tkoraUy, CVOll fit iIll's Winrlfififl of their mortal bodies, save their immortal souls but. happily that day is past, nnd I trust we are permanently settled, on a higher and better platform. Wo have come to believe that reformation to be of any real value, must result from conviction of the Judgment and operate upon the heart. That, bv pains and penalties we may make hypocrites, but never sincere believers nor truly pious people.

It seems to me that the quiet operations of these irrefragable principles, will eventually settle all questions of detail. in regard to "religious text books in our public schools. Under their operation conscientious teachers must feel it their highest duty to leave the religious training of their pupils to parents and pastors, and (-online themselves alone to literature and science. They will surely feel like skipping over any p:isin text books, that, reflect on the known religious sentiments of the pa rent-sofa portion of their pupils and avoid lu every possible wav giving useless oit'enee.

W .T. II.

GEN. WM. II. LAWUKNCK.—The defaulting Pension Agent of New York, Gen. William Hudson Lawrence, should not bo confounded with (ion. William Henry Lawroncoof thisciiv (or "Billy" Lawrence, as lie was known among the "boys" in the army.) The defaulting agent was appointed a Lieutenant in the Hth U. S. Infantry upon the recommendation of Secretary Seward, subsequently received leave of absence to take the command of a New Jersey Regiment, and after his resignation was made Pension Agent in New York city. Gen. Wm. Henry Lawrence is so wellknown in the military circles of this State that his fricir!s would not suspect him of any such conduct as is attributed to his "namesake. It will bo recollected that at the breaking out of tho war, he was a Lieutenant in the Boston Fusilocrs, Co. G, First Regiment, M. V. M. Col. Cowdin saw that ho was a very valuablo man to havo upon his staff, and commissioned him as Adjutant. Upon reaching tho field Gen. ilooker also came to a similar conclusion, and tendered Lieut. Lawrence an important position upon his staff, with the rank of General. Ho served noblj' with "Fighting Joe" in all his campaigns, and when he left the army it was with honor to himself and the respect and confidence of his superior officers. Gen. Lawrence is still connected with the Boston Custom House.—Boston Evrnivg TrnwUrr, May K.

A SHORTSKHMON.—DeanSwKt's brief but celebrated charity sermon, delivered in Dublin, on the text. "He who giveth unto the poor lendeth unto the Lord," has been read by everv one. for tho entire discourse is contained in a single line:

If you like tho security, down with dust." We have heard of another sermon, preached not long since in behalf of cliaritablf? institution, which concluded in this stylo: "Such j* tho importance and excellence of this institution that no man can possibly be prevented from bestowing liberality, according to his ability Whoever, therefore, shrinks from his duty on tbo occasion jnusi bo inevitably concluded to be iu debt!" It brought the legal-tende rs.

A Yt'i'No man living in Lafayette, Ind., is humility personified. The other day lie asked a young lady if he might be allowed tho'privillege* of going home with her, and was indignantly refused upon which he inquired humbly, if she would permit him to sit on the'fense arid seo her go by!

Fort a thousand years the experiment has been fried of iJombnrding men into love and faith and with what luck Is it not time to see if cannot lore men into unity if we cannot drop the things that arc 'disagreeable, and insist upon tho things that nr. pleasing, for good, to edification?—BKECIIJJ

THE SEA-HORSE.

This remarkable fish is found near our south atlantic coasts. It belong!! to the singular order known as Lophobranch, or tuft-gilled, which differ from other fishes in the peculiar stricture of the gill arches, by which tho gills org arranged in little tufts on each side of the head, under tho

cheek" bones of

gill covers. The male is really and literally fatli* er and mother to the progeny, as ho 19 provided with a pouch or sack in which the eggs are deposited by the f-mnle in which sack the eggs aro fertilised, hatched, and the young reared by tho male.

We aro indebted fbr our engraving to the American Naturalist, in which the Rev. Samuel Lockwood, who has carefully studied tho habits of the sea-horse, gives up much interesting information.

Tho structure of the'sea-horse's tail is unlike that of any other fish, being covered with an envelope, consisting of long scales—four-sided, and suggesting a small four sided file—in faculty, prehensile, liko that of a monkey, and of considerable length. In tho act of excluding its young, it catches its tail around some object, such as a shell, and drawing its pouch downward against the object, pushes up tho contents, forcing the young out of tho opening at the top of tho pouch. A dried specimen of a sea-horse sent to us recently by Mr. E. L. Caum, of Pennsylvania, measured five inches in length. Says Mr. Lockwood

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sea-horse, when taken fresh

from his native home, though almost laughably grotesque, is a very pretty creature. Its general color is ashen gray at first glance, an exceedingly sober suit. But if examined more closely, it will be found thickly studded with tiny spangles of metallc silver. Add to this its rich armature of daintily carved plates, liko a coat ol moil, its bodv always partly erect, and bent forward, it looks like'the steed of a knight-errant in quest ot adventure aud thoso pretty golden,yet queer littlo eyes, chainolion-like, independent ol' each other, intently gaze two ways at once. Then as to that dorsal fin, in oddity and beauty it has no compeer, among its ichthyic rivals, so tastily fringed with a neat border ot dolicate yellow, precisely like the yellow tipping of the tail of tho cedar-bird. In truth this dorsal fin is cruellv lihfled in every engraving we havo ever /eon. In nature it is an exquisite fan, in ^rm, size, and ornament, worthy tlm hand of Queen Mab. Thus our se^liorse, thoughanainalous in form and IjAbit has beauty united with its strange Mtures, and graco with its ccccntricity/ In lino as we look at his cvuino aupearance, and think of his monkey fa/ulty, and his oppossnm traits, and Biat queer blending of innocent oddity/with patriarchal dignity, wo havo ty accept tho old fisherman's proverb/ 'There is nothing on the land that^s not in tho sea.'"(i,

THE MOTHER OF LOUIS NA1'OLEOJS. Queen Ilortenso was a remarkably handsome woman her organization, too, being as delicato as her principles were flexible. One writers says that sho "possessed tho most beautiful and luxurious hair, of a light, shining blonde, tinged with an ashen hue, which imparted to it an extraordinary appearance. It was long enough to reach tho ground, and when sho sat upon tho chair to have it dressed, sho sull'ered it to fall over hor.whplo furnro liko a veil, trail on all sides upon the floor. Even at such times her two iittJo- «0ns wcro always with her, and used ofton to amuse t'lioinselves by hiding in turn under their mother's hair, and bolting out suddenly to produce a laugh. When she was dressed they generally went down with her to tho carriage door, one of tho little fellows carrying her gloves and shawl, while the other performed the office of page, nnd bore her train." It must be remarked that at this time Ilortenso did not reside in tho Tuilerics, but in her own palace, whence she almost daily went to dine with the Emperor. Napoleon was as punctual about appointmenls, aud observed time with as extreme exactness as did the late Duke of Wellington. Llcnco he was wont to scold the members of his family il they were not at the Tuilerics precisely as tho clock tolled six, at which hour dinner was laid on the table. Oftentimes Ilortenso. knowing this particular characteristic, had littlo time to prepare her toilette. Her nervous impatience used frequently to put her ra/ct-dc chambrv out of humor. "Don't you mind," she would say, "how niv'hair is done only IKS quick so that I may get to the Tuilerics in time." "But your Majesty," her attendant would rejoin, "will ruin mo in tho opinion of tho Emperor. Should ho seo your hair huddled up after this fashion, what will ho say

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alarmed," replied Ilortense "thero aro an abundance of ladies about the Court on whoso heads you can exhibit your skill. Quickness Is the only point I insist upon." Ilortense published some reminiscences of her life, which book throws some light on her son's early career. Sho was also a clever musician, and composed several airs, one being the well-known "Partantpour la Syrle," which ultimately became th" national melody of France.—Trnt Story Louis Nn)oleon's Life.

PLAYING TIllC'E'S.

The young misses of a certain instituion of learning in the city, a few days ago, sought relaxation from the earo ol study by concocting a scheme to surprise oiio of the gentlemen connected therewith. The design was speedily followed by execution, and in a few minutes a" pile of books, three shawls, a veil, a hat, a pair of gloves and two remnants of chignons were magically transformed into the semblance ol a woman, occupying a chair in the teacher's room, ostensibly awaiting his arrival. Tho teacher lifted his hat as he. entered, bowed and blushed a littlo as ho spoke pleasantly to the lady, doubtless wondering who she was and what her mission. But the lady spoke not in reply, neither moved, which astonished not a little th" polite pedagogue. A second bow, and a vigorous "ahem," tended to somewhat increase his embarrassment, particularly as his visitor remained sU'/ jno in severemilitary rigidity. Then the janitor was found, and induced to make inquiry of tho strango visitor the nature ol her visit, but failing to elicit a response, suspected tho genuineness of the article, and immediately thereaftW discovered the "sell," which intelligence he promulgated to the mingled joy and chagrin of the dumbfounded knight ot the rod. The effigy was removed to closet and there put under lockjsoui'of the girls lingerod for some time after dismissal, but at last sauntered homeward, two or three of thorn-without shawls, one bare-headed, and several partially shorn of their hirsute adornments.

TIIK Chinese government is decidedly "conservative" on the woman question. The law is that any woman who disputes, in tho slightest degree, the authority of her husband, may be murdered out of hand.