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aitutcj a siu-ire. I re. sjii.Tii i - t " .(HI 8 -MM t t lrr.. T.O" I ''M I I ttll ! libOj i 3; .Tmi j "Tfuoo I c.l.nnn. I V'L i-.im column. I I -lhl T i :,.TT Tr"? Vatic :- "'-n will l e chnrcrd ' . . . . . . . t . . - ' per Cent, in ai tilion ii ui- a'ie mies. jr-p All transient advertiscmants must I paid for in ad-

j Tr j ,-rt v1vert;ement must pailforin advance. or : . ' e f -i nt1'.le r.-rnn Titr-intee the pivrrrnt rf th omc . full ant? complete. ILivir.e had a ntttn' er cT year rxiwrin xi tion. Lr-il lv.-.t:-ments will lie ch.ir.l fifty etlre in the tri.le. t pvofw f kn.iwle.l-e of the l.Uinw, 1 t x ,,nrf.rrHinrtion. al eerci!-e thr wi!n In the e1.ti.m of my )foo.l. and it is TTT nf nrrr:ar an l et ersti. ?el.lon that :iti inf. iir rticie is palir.e 1 upon me. . tti.f .4rrt;!nir r ite will 1 ch.irwl for all olitu:.ry I have on hand the rvmtiaht of a hnre st ck of

arks. TJ3 Vnn.Mincing can.L l.ites for office f 2 wlwavs in a le. fJTP A discretionary liWnlity will le extended to all ' i'.i ta vf a rwligious aa 1 charitaMe nature. Try Advertisers will he restrictel to th.-ir lejitimate justness. "SHELBY COUNTY BRANCH or THE Xatioiml Claim Agency OF WASlUXpTOX CITY, D. C CONDITIED BY HARVEY. COLLINS & r.UACE, ; : General doTemment .;re:rts and Attorneys, C6 STcntltJStreet, West, V.hinoton City,- D. C. J ims Presented and Prosecuted lcfore the Department an.l Court of Claims. Patent.. Pensions. Bounty and Bounty Lands secured. 'Jjlieueral Bufiness Tra.is;ictfd. Fmd. L.' If tftvET J no. F. Collins, Ji lu s Brace, of Wasliingtoiicity. of New-York, of Cincinnati. . . . TTe cive personal attention to procure rF.NSTON?. BO. rNTILS. BUL'NTY LANDS. BACK PAY. cc.. accruing to Soldiers w'm have wonn led. co-itrai te.1 disease. r the families of sue' as h ive die.l or Ikh-h killed while in the disany previous war ; claim' ac:iint the tiornment for in- j .eemnitv fririvite ompertv ti'.en for public use, or fori hHM ,t tle'.r (if ilntv. cm.!, .lorin ih itreiitt or ! .damages to such pr perty ; olbvlii,?. suistln-. drillins: ; and orfsnirins volunteers ; and for horses lost in tke scr vice. V. chtirgf iti o-i 7 .s xm,-fsf;t. nr.vi f. iavis, A VTORNKY Nl roi NKI.I.OR IT U , Feh.OoVCn. A'iK.NT, Sb-lbj ville. Shell v Co., Ind. HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. TOFVEK my house and Lot on Mechanic Street, in this city, (fntierl.vowned l-y - w- Morr.m) for sale at a tiirirain t a rxshor short time purch.-iser. Feb. 16.1AM. AI.ONZO.BLAIU. ISAAC DAVIS, WUOUS.I.LC A.ND RETAIL DEALER IX Hats, Caps. Umbrellas, Gloves and Furs. Ho has Just Received his FaU Stock O? GOOD?, direct from the Manufacturer In the East, which h will sell as LlV astfce LOWKST. All tlx LATKeT STYLES kept at No. U Feunsylvania skrH,nr door Month of tho Poet Office, KLKMy IDIAXAIHMJS. IXD. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. MISCELLANEOUS. SlielHv Co. Auctioneer, ""TAVIXO taken out a license under the National Excite Law ;uAuotivueer for Siielby Counly, I am prepared t j ac'u 1 1 ul 1,1m sines. in that line, and hereby notity all persons stil It u; ii( pu'dio outcry without license, except proTide.1 in sud Uw, that they Jay themselves liable to a penalty of $!0. Address - JEBKY WEAKLEY. SheibyTille,Pee. 4, lS-jl. mciIAill) XOR1US, Count! Surveyor, siirxiiYvii.i.r., nu. Siecial attention given tothe drawing up of Deeds. Mortpar, and all conveyances, wherein a description of land is required. N. B. When absent onlers may be left at the Recorder's OUics! in the Couat House. f. H. CBASKA. C. PAUlS. j CHASE fc DAWES, vrioixsu: and retail pcalkm in BOOTS V SHOES, Grlcilll" I31ooli, r AST TTASIIIXGIOX STKFfil, JNDl AXAPOLIS, IND. Our ass-rtmut of ?h e. Gaiter. &.e. for Women, Misses nd Ciulirca is aiis,urpcisao. in the West. uir ly PROFESSIONAL CARDS. K . 51 . 11 O 11 D Lttoriioy. sit Law, Office over Post Office Drug Store, SIltLBY VILLE, 1NP.' Particular aifention pireu to fie colWctloa of Soldiers claims. Pensions, lUck Pay, Bou.ty, A.c n. F. LOVE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, JSceNortb-West coriwr Public Square, oer ForU Store, " SHELBY VII LE, IND. fM!irtt tteatlon riren to thecollection of claims, int'u 4tncoldiers claims for Bounty Money and Pni.ons. jaa'e . )"rARLA'B. j. lonoini s MovTcuint. ' nF Alt L AND Ac SIOXTUOMEIIY, A T TO RXE V S AT LAW. f ill practice ia the th aud th Ju.liNfclCircuita.nd Comaaoti Pleas Courts thereof, also In the Jupreme and Fe-1-ftdGomrta. Special attention fiven to the col lection rf claims, offlce over Pr. Robins' Drug 5ore, Shelby Tille Indiana. " , ' . JA7IES IIJUIHISO. ATTORNEY AT LA W Oftee tore' Unison and Fraaklia Streets, seeond story A tutrix. first door Jforth of f oei CCe. .7i;i 5HELBYT1LLE ffJ.

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Vo. 2, Ray Mouse, I I t!t the above l.ktion they will alwm find a full HIE citizens of Shelby rour.ty are repecuuiiy nour.en. 4m-i tmcnl of if every article pertaining to the !BHIY GD0ID I j Trade, honjrhtat the Lowest Hates forci-h."and will lie sold for the mine. I shall aim W keep my st ck of CLOTHS, CASSIMEKES, TWEEDS, Sheeting, Shirtings, 1 l H 11 O 1 S ) C? READY-MADE CLOTHING. wlicn pUrohaseil ?for the raiw.and will positively he saj(1 at first Cll5t lo ci,-e oUt the st--k. A full line of BOOTS Sc SHOES, Hats txxxel Caps. Pontldoeoived.l-uteaU and examine my st'vk lefore pnrch;iMr.e elsewhere. lUu-cttiUr the plm-e. No. 2 Kay llouse 1! ock. VEKUY HITTLL, J. H. IVVGUIRE 8l CO., U A VINO permanently locat.d in Shellyville, are now maiiufarfar;ugaiidviUkc i)ConjUntlyoiiUauU,a Tull aisoriuiciit of DOUBLE AND SINGLE CARRIAGES of the various Styles now in use. We have no hesitation in s:yinarthat we are now selling for less money than any other establishment in the State, ILATI'OK3I AXO rLLlPTIC SPKIXG AH "Work Warranted for One Year, AN EXA5IIXATIOX OF 0 U STOCK IS SOLICITED! IV Repairing Done to Order. WARS ! AXD RUMORS OF AVARS, VKE l-.eard on all sides, and many " loyal men" are exorcised about the Conscription, but Isjinjr exejnpt from military duty, and knowing that the people, especially the ladies, and those like mvself. exempt, will desire to know the time of day and not unfrecptently adoin their persons with sold and silver unaments. 1 have 'eh.inj:el my base of operations"' one door south of my ' rroer location, to the room formerly occupied l-y N. Goodrich, and first door North of lleiss" Bakery, 1iere T purpose keeping constantly on hand a larsceand varid asrtraent of thirty hour and eight day weight and spring CLOCKS, GOLD A3D SILVER WATCHES, FIXE JEWELRY, &c. I shall also keep constantly on hand an assortment of REVOLVERS of the latest and most approved patents, which, of course, will te sold to the truly "loyal' only. ii j'.n ft j..v rtfall kinds done on short notice and in a workmanlike manner. Those desiring any article in my line will save rsonev by jtivinc me a call. A. J. 11IGGINS. Shclhy ville, June 1663. tfo NEW STOCK JUST RECEIVED AT THE POST OFJfiE DRUG STORE TTAYINtl purchased the stock and fixtures heretofore JL " l'"J " s-ui. ku.i naving uriKiy increa.ed tltt junw. I Mill now rri.Hrtl t tt t ). . : , . i - , .., ... . ..t.itrii oi Mils city and Shelly county that hereafter 1 will I enabled to m....inin.iiiir o.. iu.uhiht' i met rryi;iing ilonciin; to the V:trt All hrikV. nfOMllWll. A ftl'ilTUL-' ,,- r- ... . .- .. . x. . .. ..v , IV , in., pi,. and day this part f the business we can atterd to "in con- " " i-vi.ivrfliinv ui-Uiiatry . MUSICIANS ill find my stock full and complete, and Trices as low as the lowest. Theol jecti- my business shall !e to sati fy t!ie war.ts and wis-hes of the public, aud not the mono . A call is solicited. unl! J.II-LEEFEBS. The ffighest Market Price in Cash Paid for w o a JL ! AT THE SIIELUr WOOLEN" FACTORY, One mile Wet of SlwltyTille, Ind., by

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Spends its Time. .egrocs Riding in the Cars. NECRO EQUALITY WITH THE WHITE RACE ADVOCATED. The following debate occurre'l in the United States Senate on tin 10th of Feb : Mr. "Sumner I offer the following resolution, ami ask for its present consider ation :' ''Resolved, That the Committee on the UiMriet ol Columbia-be directed to consider the expediency of further providing by law against the exclusion of colored persons from the equal enjoyment of all railroad privileges in the District of Columbia. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider tho resolution. Mr. Pomoiov' 1 wish the Senator Would so amend his res-d lit ion 'as that it might prevent the difficulties which coloicd men have in getting out of this District. They can not go on a rai.roatl car or get out of the District. Mr. Sumner The first question is on taking up the resolution. The Vice President The resolution U now before-the Senate. : Mr. Sumner My special tufttive in ottering this resolution is to call attention to a recent outrage which has occurred in this District. 1 do it with great hesitation. Atone moment I was disposed to keep silence with regard to it, believing that upon the whole the good name of our country required silence, but I notice that it h.ts alr.M ly found its way into the journals, and I think, therefore, it ought to find its 'way into this chamber. An officer of the United States, with the commission of a Major, with uniform of the United States, has been pushed oil" one of these cars on Pennsylvania-avenue by the conductor for no other offense than that he was black. Now, sir, I am free to say that I think we had better give up railroads in the District of Columbia if we can not have them without such an outiage upon humanity and upon the good name of our country. An incident like that, sir, is worse for our country at this moment than a defeat in battle. It makes for our cause abroad enemies, and sows distrust. I hope, therefore, that the Committee. on .the District of Columbia I know the disposition efmy honorable friend, the Chairman of that Committee in the bills which we are to consider relative to the railroads in the District will take care that such safeguards are established as will prevent the repeii-' tion of any such outrages. Mr. Hendricks. Let the resolution be read. The Presiding officer, (Mr. Foster in the chair :) It will be again read. . The Secrefary read it. Mr. Saulsbury Let us have the yeas and nays on that proposition. The yeas and nays were orderedMr. Johnson I have not heard the resolution. Is it a resolution of inquiry only? The Presiding officer It is a resolution directing the Committee to inquire into the subject named. ' Mr. Wilkinson I saw in a New York newspaper the other day, an account of a transaction similar to the one alluded to by the Senator from Massachusetts. I was in hopes then, and indeed I thought theiQ was some mistake about it, because I did not know that any colored persons were commissioned with the rank of Ma jor by the President of the United States; and I was in hopes, for the honor of the country and for the honor of theCapitoI, there was some mistake in rega.id to it. Mr. Sumner He was a surgeon in the military service. Mr. Wilkinson It appears that he was a surgeon in the army ; I suppose a surgeon of a colored regiment. Mr. Sumner Certainly. Mr. Wilkinson Sir, I hope this reference will be made; and that the Committee on the District of Columbia will see to it that no corporation shall hereafter commit such an outrage. Mr. Hendricks I woul 1 have given a silent vote on this resolution ; indeed, I should not have cared to vote any wav, except for the explanations that have been made by the Senator uljo introduced it, and the Senat- v from Minnesota. It pectus to be considered a great outrage that the negroes in the District of Columbia are not allowed to take their seats in the same cars with the white men and women who travel on the railroads of this city. If I were to express any opinion on the subject, I should say th? outrage would be the other way. Bat perhaps it is due to the company to say that I have observed the fact, as I suppose other Senoiuin lime .jiiDcinsn 11, i nut i uero are cars i furnished for the Colored peotde of thfl District, and those cars are plainly indi cated, so that there can bo no mistake. I do not understand from the Senator who has introduced this resolution that any negro has been denied the rizht to ride in the cars, which, at the expense of ttie company, have provided for their ac commodation : but the diffi.ultv. I snn.!T

pose, has arisen because the negro de-raark personal but as the Senator frotn!,lue he u Rn,,";t 10 a Une a,sOt0a; clined to ride on the cars that are provid-' I,liariA has entered into this discussion, j ,,1e,tur4'- ,al,,,i1 ,,e,,tve i"""-; ed for persons of his color, and claimed, an,l chooses to vindicate thu inhumani-11' ,Ul milkp l"hn a '" btlflthe right to ride in the car that are pro-! tv i allue to him personally. 1 not Mlch a ,ree 5,te as 1 WoulJ mjke' ,f i vided for the white men and women who j ' Mr WiUon Mr. President. I saw this 1 "? make one. ; travel on these railroads. ' .tatement in the New York paper, and I' yr. C la.k-1 think the fcenator fiom I am perfectly willing that npoa all tnppoed, of coarse, hat it was true ; for I ladiaaa has mutakea the resolut.oa, I

gate an-l reprt what tiu-ir investigations require themto report tollie Senate, and

this being a nere resolution of inquiry, there can be 10 objection to it, perhaps, '

except for tin meaning that is given to Hampshire, I have also seen it in the it by the expanations of Senators, and , Washington papeis. It is a case that tlwrefore I ulall vote against the resolu- T think calls for the action of Congress, tion. 1 1 know no right that this Company has Mr. Grim(? Mr. President, I have no 'tomake these distinctions here in the objection to .bis inquiry, and I am in Capitol where all persons are free and favor of it, at hough 1 hope and am in-'equal before the law. clined to believe that there must be some) But, sir, this is not the only place that mistake abo.u the fact. 1 saw a tele-' neds reform. There are other portions Uiatdiic ditiatch that h i I been sent from of the connirv that need reform also.

thji city to .ne of -the New York papers, where, perhaps, the matter is not under niaking thUstateuifiit, and that the mat-jour control. On our own cars that ve tcr had beet ivtei red to tieii Mal M irtiu- 1 are running on our own military roads, dale , who the Mil ii at (.ioytri nor, I be- thse outrages are committed. '1 lie other lieve, of tlis District. I ha I sn,p .M-d, ' day a friend of mine came up from the situated as 1 was, that if there was any j army, and with him two colore ! men, occurrence of this kind, it would be! and they were forced into a cattle car. brought t my attention by somebody, j while he ro le alone in a fi eight car over or in snmi manner other thaii tin o;iirh a ! that road, forced there bv the persons

ISew oil newspaper, but I have never heard unyalliision to it by any body either before 1 suv it in that p.io.r or since. My friend from New Hampshire says it has been Mentioned in the papers of the Disniet, out it escaped my observation. 1 think tie Senator from Indiana is right insayingthat there were or have IjclMi cai lor celored people, but 1 doubt whether there ire any now. At any rate not one has attracted my attention for some weeks. Mr. Cirlisle I saw several yesterday. Mr. Skerman I rode in one a day or two ago. V Mr. Hendricks I will say to the Senator from Iowa tha; very recently, without observing it, I found myself crowding on the colored population in one of their own cars, and as I did uot choose to press upon thiir rights, I, ofcour.se, gave them, the car. It was their right ; it was provided for them, and of course I did not question that right. So I am sure that provision has been made for their accommodation. Mr. Grimes I have found myself in some of the cars, audi did press myself upon their attention and rode with them, and I diil not consider mwself disgraced by riding to the Senate Chamber in a car .with some colored people. Mr. Sumner Mr. Prcsider.t, I am sure that the Senator from Indiaiu is mistak en in regard to the. piovwoi for colored persons. I hey may here anl there, now and then, oncu in a long inte val of time, a car which colored persons may enter ; but any person who traverses the Avenue must see that those cars cone very rarely ; and if any person takes the trouble to acquaint himself with the actual condition of things, he will know that there are great a iuses and hardships, particularly among women, growing out of that outrage. I use plain language, sir, foi it is "an outrage; it is a disgrace to this city ; it is a disgrace tothfs Government, which sanctions it under its eyes. It is a mere off-shoot of the slavery which happily we have bauished from Washington. But now to go back to the facts on which I predicated my motion. The Senator from Iowa has referred to the case of the colored officer. I have in my hand the letter of that officer addressed to his military superior, making a report ol the case, aud as it is very brief I will read it : . Washington, D. C, Feb. 1, 1SC4. "Sir: 1 have the honor to report that I have been obstructed in getting to the Court this morning by the conductor ol the car No. 32, of the Fourteenth-street line of city railway. 'I started from hiy lodging to go to the ho.-pital I formerly had charge of, to get some notes of the case I was lo give evidence in, and hailed the car a: Fourteenth and I streets. It was stopped foi me, and when I attempted to enter tin conductor pulled me back, and informed me thai I must ride on the front with the driver, as it was against the rules foi colored persons to ride inside. I tol l him I would not ride on the front, and he said I should not ride at all. He then ejected me from . the platform, an l at the sama time gave orders lo the driver to go on. I have therefore, been compelled to walk the distance in the mud and rain, and have also been delayed in my attendance upon the Court, 'I therefore mo.sL respectfully request that the offender may bo arrested and brought to punishment. '1 remain, sir, vonr obedient servant, A. T. AUGUSTA, M. D., Snrceon Seventh U. S. Colored o Troont - . "Captain C. W, (Jlippington, Judge Advocate. I believe that the writer of this letter had inst as much right in that car a the Senator from Indiana, ami 1 believe mat it was inst as great an outrage to eject him from the cars as U would le to ej ct that Senator. 1 go further and I say 1 merely take him for illustration that the ejection of that Senator from a car would riot bring upon this Capital half the shame that the wjection of this colored officer from the car necessarily brings up on the Capital, or any other Senator, for; i nr ,.nrn tn m.U tl.. rp.

investi-fweallknowthata very large quantity of

me Knowie.tg we gel oi wnat is going on, not only in the citv. but in Congress, is obtained from New York p-ipeVs ; hut, ork p-speVs as U suggested bv the Senator from New exercising the control under the authority ol the United States. The truth abant it is, sir, that slavey has had its corrupting and malign iyrlue nces upon the country, l tie country will yet, however,, be abolitionizd and a riM civilized and humanized, but it must be; abolttionized before t.he high civilization or the high humanity will come. It is all going well and right. I hope that some action will be taken in reference lo this matter, and 1 hope the Federal Government will correct these outrages that are perpetrated by persons employed by them on some of our own military roads. Mr. Hendricks I desire to add a single remark to what I have felt it my duty to say. And first 1 wish to ask the- Senator from Massachusetts, who has just taken his seat, il he has not heard of tens of thousands of cases where white soldiers have been compelled to ride in cattla or burden cars ? I know that nothing is more common in the pressure upon the railroads of the North-west than lor that very thing to occur." Mr Wilson-ln reply to the question of the Senator, I will say that there is no doubt that it is true. That, however, I take it, was a matter of necessity. have no idea that any soldiers in any part of the country have been diien iutothecat tie cars while the other cars used for car rying freight ami being clean and neat go without passengers, in this case these persons were forced into the cattle car, and the gentleman told me hi rode nearly all the wa alone, when theie was room for a large number of other persons in the car. He inquired about it d two officers, and the answer was that the cattle car were for "the niggeis." Mr Hendricks During the very coldj winter weather, toward the commencement of tills session, under the very eye: of Senators, the veterans from the Poto-i mac and the Kapidan came into this city in cars that were not at all lit lor white1 people, in which they mi tiered extremely j for the want of fire ; and yet neither that Senator nor any other Senator felt that the cause of humanity and justice required them to call theatteatiou of the Senate to the i.'cumstauce. j I an satisfied, sir, that the Senators have now declared the cud to which we are to come, and that by the action ol the Federal Government the social as well as the political equality of the negro is forced upon the white race. If that be i he judgment of the country we shall have to accept it. The people that i lepresent ih this Chamber have not yet adopted that sentiment. The distinction between the two races is yet maintained in Judiuia. How much longer it will be maintained, I am not able to say. The Senator says that Abolitionism is to do its work, and one of its works, as l undetstand from him, is to bring about social equality. I presume he means also political equality. I think that we will not consent to that veiy readily in the State of Indiana. Indiana has been for a great number of years in fact or in law i Iree State. At one time there were a lew slaves in that State, but it has been substantially a free State since 1810. th-. time of its admission, and yet, sir, accustomed as we aie to white labor there, and to none other, we are not content that equality, social and political, of the black race shall be forced upon us ; and I am glad now that in plain terms the two distinguished Senators from Massachusetts, and the Senator from Minnesota have told the country that this k the end we are to come to, that this war is not only for the freedom of the negro, but for equality of the negro socially as well as politically, and the country can now appreciate the issue that is before it. Mr Pomeroy I think, Mr. President, the Senator is mistaken in saying in sayin raying that Indiana is a fiee State. 1 never heard ol that, because 1 have noticed that white men in Indiana are not free. There is a law in that State which prohibits white men froni employing colored men, unless they weie in the Stale at the adoption of the Constitution. Colored men, .vim happened to live in Indiana at the time the Slate Constitution was adopted, can be employed as labor ers : but H any white man m the state employs a colored man who has gone in

understand him to characterise ttiia resolution to force the negro into the can. I understand it to be a resolution to prevent yon from forcing hini out not to force social equality, but to prevent ft& outrage upon him. Mr'Hendricks Mr. President. I did not intend to say another word, nd I should not now ay any thing except for the remarks of the Senator from Kansaa in respect to the policy, which Indtana,hat sen fit to adopt. In this Chamber, sir, it i not a part of my labor to defend the policy that the people of that btate "see tit to adopt ; but 1 will limply ay this : we lie alongside of the State of Kentucky, and free negroe were coutiuuallj coming into our State, and cur people thought we would have them there neither as a free man nor as a slave, and they decided in' favor of that policy by the largest vote that was ever given iu the State upon anj question submitted to the people, by a majority, I think, of 93.000. That has been tha policy of Indiana ; and ' ia this connection I will simply add that tinder that policy the colored population of Indiana bet jveen 1850 and 1SC0 increased but about one-aitd a half per tent, while, in the adjoining State of Ohio, :n which they ha.l no Mich protection to free white labor, the negro population increased, Ibeheve, about loriy-oue per cent.

Tho Attorney a Blackguard, Touching felicitous endings, a Western correspondent supplies a legal incident that wiil be appreciated we know. Several years ago, when one of our present Justices of the Supreme Court was District Attorney of a neighboring county, rather a laughable incident occurred as related by himself. Court week he used to occupy a bedroom at Lewis Hotel, the principal hotel at tho county seat, lie had his books and papers in this room, lieie he drew his indictments, and in important cases ha r.sed to direct the sheriff to bring the people's witnesses for preliminary examination. It happened at one session that he had an important murder case coming on. The celebrated General (now Judge) Nye was counsel for the defendant. U examined the witnesses as usual, and took careful minutes of what they would state on the stand, lie found that a lady was the most important witness for the people, and he alo discovered that she was rather excitable and high-strung, and a fast talker. Apprehensive of trouble, he thought he'd caution her a little. So he told her when he came on the stand to talk. "I ay attention," say the Distikt At torney, "to my questions, and answer them, but don't talk ; .-nd when e comes to examine you you must be very carelul an.l not get excited, for he s a great blackguard audavill trv to get vou mad. Just pay attention to his questions and answer them, no matter how often repeated, or how apparently silly. but ilon t allow him to get you off your balance." The District Attorney and witness part ed for the it iu lit. The next day the case came on. The District Attorney called his witness, and she went through her evidence on the part of the people to his peilect admiration, and he handed her over to Nve. He went along awhile very smoothly. Pretty soon he began to crowd her, aad, sl.e began to 'flare up;' he crowded her the moie, and she resented the more, and soon they had a regular breeze. Finally, having lost sell-control, sue broke out on him as follows : "I won't answer any more ofyoar contemptible questions ; you're a naty, dirty blackguard, and the District Attorney told me so." Alter the laugh had partialy subside i, Nye i.aid : "What !" tho District Attorney toll yoiibo? When and where did he tell vou so "He told me so last night in histeir room." The kcene that followed this answer may be readily imagined. In the midst of the shout, Nve told tho witness shs might ' pass." X3T A correspondent of the Hartford Press writiug fiom St. Augustine, Florida, t.ays : The climate here is genial and beautiful ; but this winter ha been u usually severe. Since we have been here, the thermometer has ranged mid may from 65 to SO, which is the iisnal temperataie for winter. Winter gardens are planted in October, and aie usually better tnan tha ping gardens, planted in February, because the latter are more liable to injury from dronght. We are quartered at one of the best places, a little retired, from tha town, and the approach to it is under a living arch of orange trees, punted thickly on eilher side, and allowed to grow up tall, the tops meeting overhead, forming a beautiful arch, and loaded heavily with Urge yellow oraagas. 5T We notice that one or two Democratic papers are out ia favor of General Orant for for President, and Gen Grant is in favor of the White" Hon joker. We should say he would make a cariont Democratic President under ihzu circan-gtances.