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3i — " — ~ |gisrriUaesu5. 7i BtmiED aliyeT1 ' Lhsd.xaca to Australia with an oM schoal-feUow— a cpxick, strong, ener^ gclic fellow, Inured to hanl labor from his childhood. , Wo arrived safe at Melbourne lu tho summer of 13&2, and Taylor started off for tho diggings. I. luui a friend at Melbourne, a doctor, and as I knew how u> •xnaks proscriptions, and ho odesod to caplfj mo 1 staid wtih him. Taylor and I agtvoi lo oorrcspood with each other ortry arailahk opportunity. * 1 soon heard of him, aa thuro was then a constant stream of diggers and cruigranta oomlog and- goix^ between Mcl1 i bourns and lbs gold fktdst I- hoard, moihorer, of Ma nuTarjlug success, and twice he cnuso up to town with tho armed osoost to deposit bis largo earnV thB«loUmfcaulu.r\ •• » The ta»t time ho called to mo mo, so utoocuAU had he been that bo told mo bo was going to try his luck but onoo mors, and then gits it up and return home with more than a competar.ce for tbo remainder of his life. ILL* sucucju more than answered his expectations, far not only did hefted acme very large and valuable nuggtU, but somehow or other hail got a collection of pearls, which bo told me be had purchased from a sailor wlu> had obtained tbcm from iho natives of the islands In Lbs Padrtc during a long whaling cruise. : Among tbeso pearls were some of the largest and handsomest I over saw, erew in a jewelry store, lie resolved ; to keep two or three of the Largest uug- ; gets to carry boma and deposited tho rest at the bank. After staying two ■ weeks in Melbourne, he came to me :

one day and said bo liad determined to charier or purchase a large schouoer, (then for sale, its liands having all deserted.) and take her to Engbuul himself, tint cruising amoog the iilindi, and going round tho Horn, touching at Xew York, and sjct*ii»£_vfew weeks tharct When ho offered mo a tree postage, I jumped at the otlcr. Tbc next month was spent in furnishing and cquiping the vessel for a twelve month's voyage. The obtaining hands to work it was his ' grtatha dltleulty, and a rtrj xj»<X$y crew was the consequence, as be c>u!l not be very particular with regard to character. Wo both provided oui- - selves with plenty of arms and abundance of ammtmitioo, and tho vessel was well found in all n>*c*aary stores. Ills gold, eiopi hfow uuggvts be retained, ho had 'got an order— for on tho English bank lu London — the Ori1 atsFlknkLr lie drew vxo thonand doDaia on>»- houso ia Xtw Yorl^to i msei any ooidlngerwiea there, All his i wealth, amounting to scene thousands, was deposited in a strong cash box, * along with tbo pearls and paper*. This ► box was placed in a wooden case, strongly clamped with Iron. % " Our crew consisted of twelve men, { two mate*, a steward,' cook, and'eommander— scTtntcec men Wall, beside* ; our two scares. Soma four of tbrtn | were Scotch, three ^Irish, two Portuguae, one ^fsinkinl, two Atnerieans, and tho rettoinderllnglUh. > J On the 10th of Febmary, lfW, wo " were ready for sea. The I2th saw us all on board, with a fur wind for our Oourae, and at noon we licavxd up ■ anchor, and set all sail. 1Yc lad a ' Aortaffd pleasant run to New* Zealand. ■ There we took In a fresh supply of vegeiablcwtcd frnl C, scd bncirmore started i joo OUT voyage." '••wr.'v'.x.V • ' * We had bem a fortnight away from ' Xew Zealand, bating had light baflUDg winds hitherto; . ,• cy , \ "JJ And now we lay almost motionless . on the water, which heaved beneath us , with a long steady roll, do ripple on the top, but glassy, smooth, and unwrinkfcd. We airMdy liad trouble on ! fioanl, from the heterogenons nature of r cair crew. I did unt by any foCensllkn the Idoks of the Portuguese and 9jxtnlkrd. I often noticed tbcm hiding in <xxt*otib^Way 'cortkrw or the vessel, , Holding' secret coufkbulatlons,' which, tiring spoken in a foreign tongue, i cbuVl not understand; their actions, However, I think I did, for whoever ; they saw me they would break up and 1 retire, With a guilty, conscious look.-. ^ Tho captain or commander mnnnnred r at Taylor** iWtertefroflB Intbe mshs^e- ' men t of tbo Teasel, and the two mates snerned to sympothlre with him, and the only quiet looking port of Lite crew were the four BcoTthmcn. ' On going bslow I mentioned to Taylor my fean of the cfew becoming motlnourf, ifoc orr account of nhtrmtment as much as tho temptation to do so with » read wtH eqtilped form long royago, In an out-of-the-way part of the sew, aref wkh tW crow' more Utah sntpWotts of avast areonn to f treasure cm boardl- I soggested .tbe propriety eff seeing to onrweapons and loading them;; Taylor pooh-pheord It, and thetight tbty dared not do It, notwithstandlng tbo lawless natures of -the crew, and frit ttiro, moreover, of the trust-worthiness and. fidelity of thn ofBrers and Eoslkhtnen. a# well ' as ftbs ftrrJjTi ncotco.e Wight altr? night J retirrd to my berth, with an uneasy dread about me; ahd I was rf^ht— ifm brQpUtion iris too great, r woke up one night fVom rv horrid dram, torrid my wfiret foars tine. Two men siosd alongside my rtd, wttb pfttols In their hands, and oMered mt sharply to gefnp and dress rfyo! t » What* i mH/iUrtlag up, alarmed. "OH op and ieofi was the short answer. . < I ftlt IntuStlrriy what it was, and lit g^ Wrigoi irprandiW a* theydeslrtd, my t*Atf Ywfa that they did not Intend to murder me or they would bhtodOD# It while I slept, '• Mr. Taylor," I exclaim*!, " wh*n tthe?" ^^tnpsrefyrmwr^wu again * t wsfi they ^ iini AMMteHHBjMsfod me on deck, • •

wbtxe'I (bond ncariy the whole crowy with, poor Taylor, likewise jduloned, In 1 thdrml4.t, . 1 j A ksigdbctml on then followed as to Mhai iliqdU po dons Wilb'us, The 1 l\»tugtfosc aiid SitanUnl strongly ad\i*ed to put us out of tbo way by thro w* tog us overboard, tho real, huwuvor,Icsa. hardened, ikmunwL At last H ^ was ilctrxmincd wo should bo turned adrift in the lotxg boat to take our chonoo of whatever befell us. » Tbo boat acoonllngly was lowcrvd; akrgof 'water, a ipudl ^*g of bread, (fey God, bow small li ao* mod to me I) a few pieces of salt meat and a box of matches were thrown into it Our hand*. were then act free, and Taylor begged them to let him go below 'for a box of dgxra. They consented alter some Utile hesitation, and scut two of the crew ko watch and guard hint. - Ho soon rein in hack again with tin cash bsx under his arm. I felt afraid as they ordered him to open It; U* did so, hesitatingly, and to my astonishment showed It to us all, apparently fall of cigars; ho carelessly took a lot out and threw tbcm among the saUors, telling them there wcrc plenty more below.— IVe were both then lowered into tho boat, it was set adrift, and wo were quickly left— wo two, alone, in a mull open Uat, in tho middle of tbo night, on the wide ami trackless sea. Aa tho schooucr, however, hubd away from our sight, its sails lighted up by tho mooa, wc began to realizo our position, I got bp and shouLcd and •creamed— rarcd to be taken on board again, bet of courso in rain. — Slowly, very slowly, (fur the wind was light,) it was withdrawn front us, and wowcrealooo— and thu« alouol Well, we both knew we here far out of the regular track of any vessel; that if wo

1 did not sight land soon, a cruising > wlule ship was onr only hope— anil oh! what a poor fhlnt one was that! And If wo did sight land, or Suocrcd in rreuh- | lag It, what a fcarfhl place it might ■ prove— the abode of savagoi .and can1 niboU— flcrtr", blood-thlr>ty and merciless savages. ,.f " » That ' tof of gold which Taj lay, L slunnetl and bewildered, cltrag to so - perscTCiingly— for well 1 ktiew (ho trick ho had deceived them with— how I 1 cursed it io my heart, and wished it at the bottom of tbo sea. Ohl that long, weary, night, how slowly Its dive-long ' hours passed! And day, when day at ' Irsgth broke, haw feaffoily did It add ' Co our despair, as it disclosed to our ^ eager gaw naught but a wldti Wartc of water* around us. ' llow mockingly i blight rose tho sun ou our miseries! A i ringlebLft«ni,a wimllpfcxoof mwmrat • and a very llUlu water, oonstitulod our breakfast; we dared not toko mare*, for • God only knew' how soon, If ever, wo should obtain more when our scanty suj>ply foiled. Who ba* not read mocnnnU of other Bticnpngbutswcreoani? Ofecdltcll U»tni OTtr.ag:dn? rTl» greulnal but sure ccosuraplion. of our stock of fo ot£g the horriUn raging thirst; the hot, burning sun; tbu blinding glare of the mocking waters; U»c dying awny of hope; U»e halikonaclotumc**, lialf-for-gctfuZncss of our case In delirium, which hrenme stronger and morefrcqt**n t, <Uj after day passing, arid no kind jn sight. Surely I need not; other pen* more able than tnine havn done It; and well I know I cannot dcacrilw ail t)» horror* of fhc few days tlrnt Twice I held back Taylor from leaping overboard Into the sen. At length memory left me. I fklntiy remember taking- one long, vrtarj* took over the water; In vain— naught anywhrrrjbut water! Then one more look at Taylor, lying at the bottom of tbo bent, muttering Incoherently, and water, sun, boot, ill passed away from mc like a (dckrnfhgi dliiy dream, and I neither knew or foil aught more of hunger and thlrstT A long, mnrly beach, sloping gently down to tbo sea, whkh.broke in little ,rippl« on it* shore. An ovrrhonging rock corered wi th bright flawvrcri creeper*, which threw themselves frompohit to point of the rugged stone, and strove to hide it* roughness Un*tha manllo of fresh green leaves and gay colored blooms. Cocrtirmt tree* and wild palms and tall feathery fr'ras were towering aloft on the rock. A fire, and dark, tall, tattooed figure* groupiri aronnd— tliese wrre the first sights that presented them* Ire* before my slowly "Opening eyes and returning conseirmtnra*. A woman was holding a gourd filled with water to my 11 pa, and by her motion* nrging metodrinfo- I tried to raise myself up, and fell lackwnnl again after the vain attempL A horrid fi^r poeacased me. "Where was Taylorf JTml ho fallen a sacrifice to the frnrfol Inhabitant* of the place, and were they now eating him, as I saw from the bones around they had done with others?" . v • Again I trial t? look,' and fear giro • «ir*ftrength. ' I^could not sen any tree* of him; a basket of half-rooked flesh wik near me; I shuddered and torntd sick aa I looked, and In a moment aaw what Jt wax- hn man flesh; thank God, howsvrr, ' ths akin waa 'lark. The woman saw my rrpngnan» and abhorrence, and retaored it out of light. Very "ajowly I regained my frill eonsdonsnm, and immediately know where I was— among* r*mdtik. . • : In the wrinn* of my henh r irf«tt«d I ti*d [»iiiW In Uio boal; fcr btUtr tUtthMntbtbonUtkUIexptciedoa Bhr- . . .yt> Tho woman mi/le aerrral signs to < tho vnen, which I tried In vain to wi< dendond; at length ah© lefo ma, Imt pfrarotly came bock, wilh a IjoKVet of , plantains and roast yams. I tried to i show her my thankfidne »t, and readily , ate as many as I dared. • , 4 Where was Taylor, however? I 1 IfM 1 toask, wtng tho Maori words I 1 had teamed sotno tlmo before fn'.Xew 1 ZMud: , : <?£ ;] ^ ; uZ'mt Surutiy'-' At i, ij '<& .. '-'SYr ■ 'V -'- c-IJ. PJgh

|l:i!Utai^6^ itV1 ^TMtber^ feCfW/bgVi ^ i tried ! to , crawl, and, riie .helping mo, rrath^d ICj1 -i low doorway* which I. * had to enter on nvy hands and knrca, i let tnd iiuide;dt wu| so' dark at first I > could not diitfnguiih anytMog; as iny ' ' h pwrnxf,' beenrn* ' used to 'tho glooui, I sawljing on tho dry grass a ; figure, r^yrtat; up to It, and fonnd Taj lor In a drop sleep; 'still1 bugging • his box, ofwhidi, to my sprite, thoy tmdnot ilepriixd. him. lib ate and Unmk, tho woman told , me, and then foil asleep, ^ 'l ' t; . . I found wo lad been picked up by n ' caxioo .containing a parly of native* returning from a war expedition against a neighboring Island, and liavlug with theni a lot of unfortunate captives, destined to be ldlkd and eaten, ' 1 lianHy knew wbctiM fin ba thaakfUicir nut for ourescai>e. Of one thing I was glad, heartily so— my knowledge of tho Maori. language— by which I could, pnkn myrelf undrretood. IlotliTaylcz1 anil' myself recovered, In a few daji, in a great measure, our strength, anil the native* did not ecem in any way inclined to hurt or molest us. I do not wish or intend to weary my readers with our life's history on that out of tho way plac**. • Month after month passed drearily awny, our only hope of escape being some pissing whakr, which rarely touclicd at that inhospitable coast, unlcas folrly forced by dearth of water. Wo lived tlierc long enough to sec caimibalUtu In It* meet horrid form, and existed on fish, oysters, Tcgvtablcs and fruit. Taylor buried his box deep down in tho i^nd in n quiet, retired place, marked by two largo cocoa nut trees which grow near the spot. It hail begun io sxdtelhe curiosity tho na* ti ros. I helped him to bury it, each of

^ us using a cauoe paddle to dig out tliu | sand, llml wo possiosul a ftpadc, wo [ should lui\*c cho»cn a stronger s<il!, for . Iho saud kept filling in, uud uudo our task dlftlcult, but we thought It would . bo drier tlure, ami lets likely Ui sufil-r . from, damp. After we had been four montlis on tbo Island, Taylor fell sick, and in great i fear of losing him, I naked an old chief, ; nToliuuga or native doctor, If lie knew of aught, any plant or hhrub, good as a mvdietao? • Ho sold he did, and tbe next day he brought mc a ipsricn of fern. These he steeped la liot water ! in a large shell, and told mc to giN*e the Uquor to Taylor. 1 feared to do so, but :u It lasted bit* ' tor,' like a touic, and ho had some sort of a fovcr, I ga\u it to him— and it killed him! IlinvenodouLt It poisoned him. Ho told mc before be died, that if I ever got ofij to dig Up the box and keep it, ami mentioning a village where lie wa«.lK>ra, naked rno to ptaoc a abb to his memory. la the churcli-yanl. I buried hbn.t*ncnlh the shade of a brgn tore. . Jluw^cody Ifell when ko was gonu 1 can hardly nay, nor yet my regret, wheu; a few days nftcrwnnls, an Aiucricaa whakr came to tbo bland for water— tbo Elixaheth from Xevr Bedford. My joyot It* arrival was 1 wully itatupcnc<i by ifoor Taylor's untimely fate. She was nrurlyaftill ship and liad Lccn out nearly five years, and was then homeward bmtad, intend* Ing to cndsc, however, n month or two longer among the islands before starting. A gale she had met with three days before hnd carried away three caiks. of water, anil- fearing' kat she should ran short, tho captain hod ordered llm cooper to frame some more, tubs, and tiicu, fortunately for me, lie ran to the nearest land to fill Ihcro. My worst ndventnre was yet to come — how litllo do wo know what a ainglo day may bring. I asked permission of tho Chief lYalrua for him to water here, and In consideration of an old musknt, some powder nod a few yards of cotton, he gave it, and promised they should not bo disturbed. ^ As tho captain did /iot intend to sail until next day, I determined, after first borrowing a spade, to go and dig up the hidden treasure. We liad concealed Jit some distance from the kalng* or village, in a plata where few natives went, a* tbe spot was tabooed, a burying grobnd being near.. I did not wnnt the sailor* to know about It, and ao went nlofie. ' . 1 arrived at tl»e place nnd commenced digging. It was at the foot of a s*nd-l>ank, where tho tree* grew,market I by a stone. I dng a large Hole, nml when I had got down about fire feet, t strilck 'Od the box with my spdde, and stoopbd to take It up; Just then the land caved in. " X had Iiobl of tho box,- and iny liantlj were Imzncdiately fostened there. I was ! Imried npto my ihlnr.my head only ; out of the Itole and fori with the ground. At find I did not comprehend the danger and difficulty of my 1 position. I thought I could ea|Hy 'work my way out. I boo n discovered my 'mistake. 1 tried to force my hand and arms, when I found that I was ulteriy-powerkst, pinioned, imprlsonM foot and sure. The my movement of | my bernl ronnd ri lJttlo bjought down a frreh henp of sand, .mul thrcatenetl to bury me compbtely,' I dnred not more, and thro all the' hnrrota of my ultra* Unci occurred to roe. p I fea* bu rid ifilvC... -Wliat a horrible' ; fiHIng tiirilled thhre^h j nte as I tried Co realize it, _Sareiy^ surely though; ! relief wouM roinelomo ere long— aotne one Would find roe bofore a lingered death of hunger seized me a* Its prey, ] so hope wh teperrr!. Ay, Imt the long ) distance from any hut, more thnn two ! relief the tmfttqocntcd spot, whfoh 1 ■ hiA nerre- seen or known any one, to come near daring my stay, and nbore nft, the captain sailing next dar, sjioke out iny drspalf, I afv6tilr«l arid Scrraro- t ed, to no purpose; no answer" cdnie. t beat tmpltylngl? thy lore < head, foe my Imt was knocked off and with me, ami the Aire rerun and lighted on main swarms, driving me wtld~to Utterly powerless, *> mtlrwly . .iOMmmj., . «l«^ of e r jpW tpring, bary! ng .( '<&t*38f9t x&JfESsi

t itself In tliq tdrjiiafotf fe^t from my- , cyt*.-^I -prisyod,'! wept^ 'and igalh [, ventured to struggle, and again brought , dowh a'shorwcroftlu) fiue sand, which I now ban id pari of my chin.; ' Another f fear assailol mo— wliat jf thq yriad' j should spring np and bring od mo tho i drifting ' death? \ Tho thought wm I dreadftiU •:,;l A! 1 • ; .."Ob, my Godl'f I cried In iny ■ agony, uaml fisted topcrisli thus, just 1 when a hope t>f my re moral from the l Ukuxi baa bepn given mc? Purely the captain- will scud out men to look 'for , me when be finds I do 'not return." I tried tofeel tbonkfti] there wereno wild , Itaostt'-uuir, noae but wild hop; and , j-etl feared even them, should- they come down to drink or feed an the sboal-(Uh> us l'lad suinclimus ecai thuu do so, and find mo thus defeocolc6*. And all tho time thu tliiennd nwequilov* nearly drove mo wild. A v^ry UUJe and I footed 1 ekould really go nud^and. vrh^ fear and utter helpiceaacaa. - Ami JUL what a small •• iffilguifiaint accident It accmcd after all; So strange to bo thus overcome by such a thing aa eaud— tooec, drifting, shifting sand. . : And so the day jKi^vd, anil niglit came to add its terrors; a dark, star! cm night, and tlu-u L hcarikagun find. Had they become alanrnd at my abscuoo, or Was Ujc ship going? I dared not think of thu 'latter. Every now and (lien I would still try and hope. Oh, God, bow I. prayed tliat night— prayed aa I had never done before, and I much fear ucvcr since as well. Lying on a couch, I felt thu fresh wind sweep my checks, nud ever nnd anon iho salt epcaj besprinkle my ihee throdgii iho open portdlulc ucan And as I thus lie 1 listen to Captain F rarer as he tells iuo buw 1 was reiseucd from

dv.it I ij from King buried nllvc iu'a Kind pit, and as hd'uvaks my eyes wandrr* now nud then to n »mall Iron cLir.qicd IkjX 4>u the tal>!u tirar me,— And this Is talc lie te lls mc; " Wc were ready fur ere that night, and win file red much you did not return. I ordered a gun to be tired, add then xx-solvcd to wait until morning, but uo longer. I flared soma treachery from tho native*, nnd thought thry must either have killed jou or purposely kept you out of the way. They assured mc tbey hnd done. neither* 'Tho next morning you were still nbwnt, and I fired the gun thrice. * I' waited until noon, and then set Kill.- I could not rest that night; and dreamt you called mo W^tunn A"our voice seemed to liaunt me, until I enmo . back. I took roy dog then on share. I pub it on your footstep* lu llic Kind and followed it to where you were buried. Two of my men were with mc, both armed. lYb dug yon out wltii the spado wo found wllhyou, and brought you and tho box liotli on board." <'•* '• ; -!-■ ■ * — A iTnruiug to Fniltlouiiblu Urlnkcrfi. • Having fltirfcti ilp a genulno nation among tho retail grocers of ihc.rlty by its exposures of light weight and adulterations, tho IIWW has. now attackeil a tar mora vulnerable and mis* chlcTons cbus of- dealer— lha vendors of liquor* by tho glass. To mako Its Gxposurc* tho mora effective, samples of tha most expensive whiskey and brandy Were bought fomc time since by the Worlds "cornrnlMlorier" at several of tho most fiuhlonnhle liar-rooms in tho city, and subjected to chemical analysis by Professor ^ohu C. Draper. TJio results obtained will astonish and horrify tho gentlemen who have been In the habit of Liking their " t<xldlcs " at the*e* plaret, under the delusion Hint ' high prides Insured a pure and undiluted article. Athut one l*ar itl tho list was tho brandy obtained pure, and in this imtanco it was greatly illUilcd,— Tbo wlttakey warf bctter,^ -hut generally contained more or less of tho poisonous, toll nil and of tannin, and was invariably diluted. • Tho generalization from tho tacts obtained Is that "In our clay tl^ero Is barely one gallon In a hundred thousand manufactured that Is not adulterated or Indly rectified," This may be ; n rather broad statement) hut Ills substantially Justified by tho facta: At all events, it is undoubtedly trne that even thoso who can afibnl to pay tho highest prices for liquors,' at tho most reputable Inr*, will, In a majority of 1 cooes, drink an adulterated and poisonous article. . It is this tact which accounts for the fearful ravages nf dlscaso 1 among tho fashlotiaHo drinkrr* of the : day. . Theadnltcrated liquors derange tho system: create a morbid condition | which demands a continuance of tho poison; craxe the brain, and mako pro* •[ mnlii re drunkards.' 'This fenrftd and ; Incontrovertible filet should bo bumeil ' Into tho mind of ovuiy young man In J the country. Tho Area of Cit(ci« j , ^TIic following lablo will prove Iftter- i est I rig. Cincinnati It a 1 Knit enlarging , icr boundaries. Iler population is j nearly as largo a* that of Chicago, but i tier area is two-thirds lc*a. PliUadcl- j dila fuu not only tho largest area of i my dty in Uio United States, lint It is j larger tlian Paris, nnd nearly equal to that of London: • . CI7IM. . wj, milks. ] Yew*.., 22 , miiwieiphw : . loston, . rn .i « * t • . I k • • • a • 10 lalUinrwo , /» «• • ,#»««.,« , 15 ' MtUlmrgand suburbs 21 » i luflklo i. , a . . •» . 37 i Lmdtrllto*. f.C , . . . . . . . . lfifolO ClilragO, ..»#««»••••.. 23 1 CSndnnall, only / 7 I ; dnwnokco /.; 12 --- — . . Tiir irsidrnte of riilfadrlpbU are so 1 fond of law that It hi srifd chlblren are . mm with n love fbr lltlgnlfon, A fow ( ttaya rinee, a 'hoy Inquired tho way lo , court, "And. what do y<iti want ~*t court? " inqulrol a' grntlemcn, "I j want lo nM my ritirftf for giving mr , .wywirrAiiLK pnTsj"oxttolmoiI an oVI lady, "don't talk to IUO of tUch « ftnflif, ,Tiib best wfotablo put ever 1 riAAitafs an apple dtimpllng. Tot ita* ! ffioylng a gnawing of tho .tomad, ' thirro'i nothing llko It," I 1 viv. •■>*!

f | r Powsr of Iks Mriiadiita- •; i » When wo 'reganl'lho mighty ' intlu* ; eacc of Ilomaiiliti trpoit tho "preaent i and frjiuro of this vouutiy,wu are btore ■ suid more disposed to God for tho t»wcr ittat tycaleyan Methodists are 1 yielding upon the masse* of tho-poopic. "I Ye are just now summoned to conterapbifco'lt by sociug Uio result of their lutasionarj* iq* rations for. the year, ending with the first of this month.— The receipts of thdr Mitslonaiy Boclety for theycarare 8dl4,137 10,^ These figure* include the sums reed ved from legtdea ' and o'ther ml^llaneous •ouroc^Simt not the grants received from the'Amcrican Bible Society, . .At the Lite meeting of the Sodcty, our friend, Itev. Dr. Dilrbln, was reelected Secretary, and thu entire l>ciich of bishops pburd hi euch offices as will mako each man restxmslblc, while an army of efficient men arc in toiumis•lon to carry but tho details of a siupendous bchcme.' It Is true that this Sodcty oversees the foreign' as" Well as the home field; and in thU iiartlcular, as well as a good • many 'other*, tho Mrtliodlsta show their practical wisdom, If wc livo lo mu lha Presbytc- • rian branches of the Church "brought Intu one utdtrel liody, wo hope to sco one Board, or Society,- with one head, and many Kinds; one treasury, Into which alt the benevolence of tho Church shall flow, to Is) distributed through the Church, tho country and tho world, as the combined wisdom of the Hoard shall dociilo to bo for tho best interests of the Kingdom of Christ. At. tills meeting -of tho Methodist Missionary Society, there tvas npptopriated for next jxwr tho sum ofSStt,* 000: Of this sum, Ilia missions in foreign kinds fcqdlro $275^600; tlui Libor* among forelgn-bonl peoplo lit our awn count ty are carried on at an expense nf , So'2,150; missions among iho Indians cofct S.%j>00) fiir mUdcin work In the « ■H fibre nt States, 8207,250; nud for the . terrltoru**, Sl-1,000. 2(issioiisln Afriiw . recclvo $12, £25; in South America, $15,0111; in Chhvv, 8oGtS$0; In Gcr- , many nnd. Switzerland, 841,2.10; in Scajidinavb,. $31,ffii3) In Indta, $S0,- , 053; hi Bulgaria, $11,233; for S;4ln, , Italy, Cuba and Mexico, reicli $5,000 , luivu been appropriated. , The toLal member® hip nf tlio Mctho- . dist Clmrcli reported laat year la 1,- f 242,250; increase, 0tl,178, or nettriy 10 per crot. , Tho rvork at homo Is thus divided up , mid done. Thoy support missionary , laborer* among tlio Chinese nt a cost | .of $7,500; aUiong tho G crman* at a n j expense of" $33,000; among the Scftfi* . dlnavbm* at a coat of $10,000. They , have men qt work among tho Itidiaus , in Xew York, Wisconsin, itichlgnn j nml Kansas. In the ^outli, ALiUniu nrul Georgia have an appropriation or $12,000 each; South Carolina, $13,000; Tennessee, 8*3^000; Kentucky', $10,- { 000; I»ulsbiia,- 80,000; MiMiwIppl, \ 80,000;* MKsourl, $7,000; North Car- ; iilln.1) 810,000; Texas, 80,000; Virglt)i:l) $1i1|000.' s[: funis' hi* lit) ii[W 1 proprialion of $17,060. "j But these are only drops in the bucket of Methodist mUstotmty Labor. 1 They are lie ndsslonaries to tho ;>oor In our cities in, our frontier settlements, ' In our waeto places; atvl If Goil give* : them grnco to be humble and keep to 1 tliclr work, they will yet do Incalculably more tiiau Ihdy lia vfc" yet ddun for J the ailratlon nf the masses. Tliclr ' itangrr Is of giViwing proud nud despising tho glorious Cliristiiko work 1 that they have done so well. ! Some y«ir» ngo wo puMi»Uc<l an article on the danger of churehv* *' dying •! of respectability," and one of tho leading divine* of lha Methodist Cluirrh re nil It to ill* pcoplo to want them of 5 tho sin aild fhnriub "NVc must not let the BoiiianUts iLive J tho masse* of oiir jwdplcj • We mu*t , save them for Christ nnd Brotcstant* i Urn. And wo bclicvo tliat tho Mctho- 3 dist drnnmlrintlon Is rencldng llicm ] most efficiently. Thoy bclfovo nnd teach tho doctrine* of man'* lost e*tale , by rco*on of lire fall, Iho necessity of j Iho Holy Ghoit to regenerate, . tho . nlonementof a Dlvlno Redeemer, and ; the way of salvation only by fr;)cn- , tattc* and faith in Christ: Would to , G<h1 that those doctrine* wire preached | wllli fervid eloquence In the car* of all mankind. Tlmy who hear anil lxdlcvu , shall l»c saved.— A*. Obicrecr. , What I* tho beautiful snow? A j sentimental editor rcft)KfficU : J1 White feather* tailing from ccleatlal dove* — | tlic sky showering whites blossoms on | tho gravo of tlio departed year,'1 If r lie had to sliorol nlwut a ton of it off 1 ,4he sidewalk once a weclc^afi winter, 3 it wonld take some of tho starch out of . him, and ho wouhln't-nlludo to it lii , sucli flattering terras. A fioY Wa* sent by his uiolhcf to i saw sqmo stovowood out of rnllrwul ' Ucs. Going outdoor* sliortly . after, < she found tho yoalh sitting on tho saw > horao with Jtead down, Tius mother ] asked !>er hopeful son why liq dldnH 1 nt Ids work. Tbo boy replied ] Ihusly: t431y dear mother, I', find it i very hanl, to sever old 110*." A Nbw llAnrauinc c*lltor, who 1 been keeping * record of big beets, 1 announces at last, tliat 41 tho beet that ! beat that beck tliat Iwit tho other licet , ia tiow beaten by n l»cet that beats all J thd lieets, whether tho original beet, th* licet thai beat tho trot, or tlwi Irot ! that beat tho-lrot that Irot tho trot ' that beat tlio trot." . ' ' ' 1 '| i A OKXTIitaiAM recently received an ' unpaid Utter, commend ug ; "8lr, your | of yrsterday bears upon Ite tare i tlio sLnrtip of falseliood." His answer 1 brief and to tbo purpose I only wish your letter of. yesterday Iwre upon (ta &oo a. stamp of any I kind." • ) . • - -v 1 ■' «. y " I TltlJfK all girl* are hnal good nud < sweet!," aald an enthtulastte tlrehlu, 4! Thai ifhfcre do the bail women cp'md from?" askcil her Irifhclor d6cW-r " Oh," iho replied, "ItesVs tlic sweet . 'RtitommftlAourl" ■ ' , J.. '

. | MK nOTiiKJU'S . Sues bsAttti/ui, WriLtUu) K*»4a) ': V r """ j TW^/«*d i)ire Abu* **/•»•) 1 1 *; >; - U*a you, 1 Ssoir, w otite maim]/ U4sk » , 'Tbrfl thyr writ telrmt aJf. , 11* lix>kre on fulfil wboA* (or si a&4 SU« rcl lUil sfSS, wrtikUU bsaJ* NWAI leAiiUfu] lo at. . ' Swh fcrsuliful, UaullfulXst^At . ; Thou/h btAft wrrtr worj- «»d »aJ, Tars* VsnmihaodrkrpttolUDXOB, ! Tti»1 lL*«LKkScs tal/bt Mftad. I iluoit wrcp, *ftloaku>| b*ck j To tUldbOoU'A UiA(«al4»jr, I Ul*k bow lb<A« taaJj rvrU4 not, ' Wkc*sUMW«r**tlkrirp]*y/ Su«b StabU/uI, Wsatirul bsadkl Tb«l 'r» growl SfteobU aewi I'w IImi A tul pAja Uri ltd ib«ij auk ; Oo btodi, a*4 Uttl, heuJ brow/ AUrf ilul ibt ofArtif liar; ~ Aid lb« aa4, to* fey to n#a Wb»a'nc«tt| ibl dkUlrA.oulof Algbl, I TbtM httulA Hill folded bo. But ob I bc)ouJ ItiU Akiddw-Uftd, Wbcri *U U brlgLt *a>) r*i», I kiow (ul) %rr)l 1brx Or at old bAod« Will pilai p( « Ir lory Wat \ • Wbitt AlroAMA t Lr* us b ciUlrAA v«am, | ncwor«fzwJ0fasAn4», And where tbtoldfrow jousysftla, ' fit flop my motbr/'i hitit I It I". ST, Kr«i |> not *eliliM Tbi buqimiti! licit I* Ibe QtU&x Ol m]( ta lt« fpherr. , '• *T1a th* brook's too lion. Cletr without »1il(« | llreU* lo ocru Aflcr It* tUc. •71a loving asJ mtlsc The tiJfbret oad Drel t •TlioBWAn) t.uBtwrrv Joy, And IhU la Irua teat.— Cartlr. Eteruity. "Etcnilty has no gray luire!" TJio fiowcrs.fmie, Uie hrart wither*, man grows old and dies; thu vrorld lie* dowu lu Gic sepulchre of ages, but thuc writes no wrinkle* uu thu brow of ctcrtiliyi Kteniity! 8tupciidouv thought!— Tlw rvri-jocwul, tmboni, 1111 tinny i tig and undyiug— the vndhiv* chain, comIbVioing tho life of God— tho golden lhrvad. cutsviuitig tho destiide^ of tlio unlvxTBC. fearlb has Its beauties, btit ilmo shroud* llicm fur tlio grave ; its honors, they are but n* tlio gilded sepul- : cli r\» ; ite iK^wlorik, tliey nra toy* of clanging fortune ; It* pleasures, they are but bursting bubble*. Not *u in i thu untried txjunic, III Uie dwelling of thu Almighty ran i romu uu footsteps of decay. Its day will know no darkening— vtenuil splcn* dors forbid the approach of night. Ite fountain* will never tail ; thoy nra 1 fttah fruin the eternal throne. Its glutj' will "cut wane, for there ii lha , civr-prcscut Gudi Its kininmit-s will cense ; cxKiusth-** love supplies j the song. , A Tottching Memorial. In its ilesoripiimi of tiro grate stones 1 around tho ohl church lit Jamcrfuwrr, tlio South Side Drt.iofr-.f give* the following: I ' " Among tlic grave stone* are two, 1 nf U liuilniid nnd wife. Immediately of the arched ]>ort,'il of the tower, U.lwtvti iViiitl/, rrtdnj a srofis of years ! ngo, the Vecd of a sycamore fell aL\f took.root. Time juxsret, nnd the germ 1 grow upgradnally Into a towering trtv, ; and It* trunk expanded, tho soft fibres nf tlio wood wound themselves around the hard marble of the monument, clasping the tomb stones, n* It were, with two strmlg arm* till It cnibracul i llicm iiotli itithiif thfc rcr>: ifeart of It* i Bolld trunk. NotrtlW tall tree strrtclrc* : away, with n nodding plumo of gtvott, Into tlio clouds, wldlo its tough roote nnd protecting body shield tho decaying dust rtnd crumbling monuments of two who, united in life, in death were not divided*" - - - •»» i .1... . Yvi>oalt L ami U ao u, — 1 There i* no mticii connoctiou Ixfw'ccii Ilio Wordi , Add tliouglit* n* thoro Is lictwren the , thought* iin<i dctlons; The tatter ta not only tho expression* <Jf (lie former, they Itavo a ]>owrr to react u;>on iho sold, nnd leave tlio stein of corruption there. A youug man who allow* to use one vulgar or profaue word, Imi not only shown tliat there Is a foul spot upon his mind, but by tbo utterance of that word he extend* that spot, and inflame* It, till, by Indulgence, ' will pollute nnd ruiq tho whole soul. Bo carofnl of your word* n* of your thoughts. I fyou coil Control tho tongue so that no hid word* are pronounced by 1 It, you will soon bo nblo to control the mind nnd saro tliat from corruption. You extinguish tho fire by smothering It, or preventing bad thought* huntInto language. Never utter a word anywhere Which you would lw ashamed to speak in the pretence of ladies or of thn most rellgiou*. than. Try this practlco a little wldta, and you will soon have co'mrnnmW yourself. Wk should becareftjl to practice, nud treat tho humblest menial will) courtesy as "delicate as wo would shgw tho children of afiluenco and honor.— ^ So shall we transfuse In thsm a corrcspomllng refinement, which will tend eventually perhaps," to rnnko llicm purer in moral* and moro (derated In mind, ■ 9 • 9 <* m 1 ...... A TilouoiiT,— As tho sea assume* tho most beautiful color* when tho ray of Uio setting sunshine* upon It, so also (he world fissurute the nioet beau* tlftil, npiKaranoo when! the light of shine* into our hearts. Then wo feel to My with: David: "Let everything tliat hath 1 treat h praise the Iterii'1, _• 1 » ■ . . . Beitrttlftri thing* nre suggcstlra of a jmref nhd hlglihrflfe, and fill tu with mingled Invp and fear. They have a graclousncM that wins us, and excellence to which Wo Involuntarido reverence. ' Tincgrjuri&t of all cunning Is (flap- 1 pear . blind to the snare* laid for us; ' men are never. *o easily deceivtel . as 1 when they nra endeavoring to decora I otlier*. ) Tint lima ov Lirn.—The perfection of thn creature ttmilsb In WfUlftg nothing but the will of thn Creator, i 4 / WvXcoMr. Is the I'ceicW'r. •. 1 V. \>V.iv j 'j*-: ' ^ ' v. c i 'i zi\

I Siu\ciiTiiK8^tiTDnK^ -Tlic Old TV*taiucut is comprised of 30 book*, WO chapter*, 23,214 rerecs, 012,430 ■word*, and 2,72$,iW letter*. 1 TJie Now Testament Is comprised of 27 books, 250 cliaptcr*| 7,957 vems, 181,258 Worthy ami 836,280 kttcri, which, when trammed together, mike h total of (10 books, 1,180 diopter*, 31,-» 173 U'ncs, 773,007 words, und 3,300,* 480 letter*, and a grand total of 4,723,000. .-•The wool clip' of 1807, In Ohio, amounted to 21,814, GOi jiound*, being ucnr two millions more tlinn In 18C0. The ninber of dogs In tllff State raric* from 170,000 to 185,000-average for Die test ten year* 178,000, They kill or wound sheep to the value uf $1*23,000 a I year. Orchard* embrace 310,000 acre**, | and yielded In 1807, n lad year, 0,303,- ! 002 bushel* of apples, 1,402,849 buih'r I* 1 of |wadics, nnd 125,702 biuhch cf jxaira. Tlic fruit crop. In money, ia cqilal lo the wool clip. • Wheat uccuplc* 1,100,000 acre*, com 2,182,000, meadow 1,5X0,741, lohicco 15,777, grape* 0,030. , A miuucan Sunday School Union —The American Sunday Scliool Union lias had from t'O to 100 Miiwdonnrk* In the ficldduring tlio yenf, nr>d his planted 1,700 new schools, where nunc existed before, with 71,000 scholar**, besides aiding 0,000 otlier whools, wllli 307,000 •chulara. During tlic jmt 12 year* 20,714 new schools liavc bccnorganlud with $40,IH>1 scholars, besides vhitiug and aiding more than twlcv *■ many mure. Ninety jKTomL of theso school* live nnd become |wn»anent nuclei of ehmxlu-s. One Missionary In the North -We»t, only nine year* in Die scn'uv, ha* orgnnlxed 1 ,4l>Jucw Vehoolt nnd cm now rottnl more thuu fifty churches tliat have grown out of *ch(*)is whleh he ha* planted. Til i: C'KNsv'h fou 18074- The follow ing ta the result of tbo «v»nu* takyn during.imff, by the Bureau of Stallstics through the agency of the revenue , officers, and just published:— New England Stales— Whites, , 3,480,327; colored, fl0f701. Total, 3r ] ni,(w. I'lra Middlo States— Whites, U,072,- , 017; colored, 352, 4 Gil. Tut.il, 11,42.1, 1HL , TJilrtccti Soutlirni State*— Whiles, 0,701,108; coluivd, 3,881,352. Total, 10,010,400. • . 1 Thirteen Western niid l'aelfic States ' —Whites, 1 2,350,081 ; colored, 31i,4l«* 1 Total, 12,007,574. . 3 Nine Territories— Whiles, 435,774; colored, 54,170. Total, 48tl,li50. "Total nimibrrof pwpht in tfiii Uniud 3 States in 18H7— Whiles, '32,100.820; 3 rotated, 4. 4UI.37 1 . Total, 30,743, IW. Total in 181*1-' While*. 2i1,1 173,575; col- 1 • i red, 1,103,505. Total, 31,4 15. Oy l. A Wisconsin Lvmukk Hixiion.— 1 T/ie Jl»n1suli Timet given the folluwing liiti're*sting«ta(irilc*of lltelumlrolnisl- | ik-m of the St. Croix valley firf I be year 18G8: * • '' j The totrl value of lumber product* . marketed fur the yiwr is $1 ,007,0307=I'ifily .^25 raft* left Stillwater during j tlic season, Co*th^ to run to market an average of $1,800 c;tell, rmfmmtiiig to $505,000. Each raft requiring 23 , men to man It, giving employment lo " 3,000 men. During the summer ten steamboat* were engaged almost constanlly lu lowing raft*. In tmo instance the streinu-r Grey Kiglc took to St. IaouI* a raft citllhtiiting over two * million feet, making tho trip and re- ' turn lil If' fldfS: Tlw average wages ( |reld men on raftfi ira* $35 jht month. 1 Highest price |>akl for log^ nt Still- 1 water during tho season of 186$, was $15 per thousand feet; lowest, $10. 1 Average price, $12 per thousand feet. Tho amount of log* estimated to bo cut on tjm St. Croix nnd its tributaries during the winter of 1808-11, will lio fully 122,000,000 f«-L It U estimated tliat there will l«e employed In cutting log# i)0nq hterl n/id U50 horses nnd oxen. The avcrtfgfc fate of vrngr* paid for l.dwr In the wood* Js $35 a tltotith. stattktjt* ok Railway Bolltnq Htocks.— ' There am in dally uso on lite 37,000 mile* of railway In life United States nut less than 1,250,000 truck and car wheel*, under 8,500 locomotives, 0,500 pisscngcrcnra, 2,700 Iwggngo ami uxptvs* cars and 100,000 freight cars. The nvallaMo statistic* 'show thai pasAetigvr car* utake an annual . mileage of 28,400 miles, or 88 75-100 miles per day of 320 day* per atniUnij the average load borne on cadi car wheel in be 3} tons. With thli load tlic ntcrago uso of a wtrol is 45,000 mile* or 1 58-100 year*. On train* running at express speed the average life doe* not exceed ten months1 service, while wheels under tender trucks have a life of righted) inonDis. Under freight servlco In tho Stnlo of New York, with an annual train mileage of 1 1 ,483, 1 23 m lies, t miu port! ng 75.5 tons of freight per trait), the annual mileage per car was 14,340 miles, each wheel Waring an average load of 1.47 tons, which give* 3.08 year* as tlio life of a freight wheel, corresponding with the experience of one of the principal rpad* lu tlio State, lint assuming the ave* rago life of car wheel*, tinder all kind* of service, as being fly© yearn, tha total mmriwr of wheels wom,9ut annually In the United State* will not boles* than 250,000. At an average cost of eighteen dollar* per wheel, allowing one InOf for their value fbr the old wheel, Iho annual lo** may lx* 'stated nt $2,250,000, " J A COXY1VIALLY disposed genllonwn, rrtlrod late, walked lndej»endtly and pomowfial noisily up stair* and along Dw corridor to lilt, room.— V Why, wliAL a nolso you make,'1 Mid j hi* wife who heard with *om© anxiety , tho lieAvy ltr*d of lite l*ooh > 41 How heavily you wnlktv ! 4 Well, ray dear," J was tlio gniff resiKvuse, 44 If you can 1 get a lnrrrl of whisky up itairiwlUi ' any less nolso, I should like to see you dolt" * , A oolohrd tedy boosting thio other ' day of Uio progress raado byi b^r oon \ inarithmsUc, exultantly *aUl that hs j was 44 Iff lh6 mortiflcollon tablfe i • v'.tte, -A; h * ' ii "i y .

coNcui:09. *Qt l ■' 4 fil it! '■» » * * >*omanfy . cent coed after 4ba- holiday rcceiz, at* , 12 o'clock today, *■ — • ^tV 't*y 1 In Die Suuate, tldriy-nlrtb Bcnutor* answered to thdr namca^Numcroui commuhlcatlons.wcri reoriVcd and petition* presented, "after Whldi, Mr, Morton offered a rrsolutloo forWddirtg tiro landing pf a .luhmarlne cable lu any pait of tba United State* territory . wl Uiout lb* consent of Congress, which f was referred to tho Committee on Die Judiciary. A rcaolutioo'' requesting tho President to name tlio authority by which lio had Issued tho tvernt amnesty proclamation, called forth considerable discussion, -but wa* finally adojited. Mr, "Wlteou offered an amcudment to tlie Banking law;' refcrriug c*jrolally to Interest on de^oidta and lis© { certifying of checks." Mr." Pomcroy j Introduced a bill Ui establish an ocean' ; mall service with 'Mcxlco/wbich wa* referred. ' A bill toauthoria tho New York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph C6tniiony *to bud cable* upou tlio shores of Die United States, wn* referred to D>c Comnxlttcc on Commerce. Mr. Stewart introduced a bill tanking the Htatc government of Gcorgin protista uaI only, v, In cxecuDva session, it Is understood, the nomination of Alexander Cummlug* to be Commissioner of Internal ltercnuc, Wns laid on Uw table. Tho Senate, after the executive session, adjourned. In tlio House, Mr. Washburn© presented renolutions from the Committer on Appropriation*, directing tho steppage of |a)-incnti to Wells, Fargo A Co. until their reported neglect to carry the overinnd mall* according to contract cau be Investigated. Objection was made to tin? consideration of the lYsoluttun at this time. Mr. Banns, of New York, offered a resolution that it would disturb values nnd interfere with the revenue to contract the currency, or fix the time fur the resumption «>T *;xx4r ;>ny:iumts until gold and legal tender* shall* liavc more nearly njqwoxi mated in raluc- Several personal ex'planallom were made relative to the frankirtg of doctrmenU'hy memTlio II ou»e thro went Into Commute of llic Whole, and speeches were ruadc \ty klr. Wlndorn, of Mlnursota, nnd otlien*/ ' " ' ' WkuNryiiav, Jan. 0.— Ih the Srn-_ ate Mr. Edmund* rejwrtcd from Die Judicbuy Committee u substitute for tho bill to prevent military officer* from civil office*. The Air Lino 1 tall rpad bill was D»ci) taken uji. Mr. Slu'nuaii made n long sjktx-Ii in Its favor and its further nmsidcnitluti wak ]Kwt|>o»ed until Monday, lit llic Homo the Naval Appropriation bill was tV|H>rted from the coinin ittev nud ottlored to lie prititiil. It appropriate* $15,273,072, which 1* » reduction of two million* on Dwnpproprottion iiflait jxnr, TJie House then went Into Committee of Dw Wlioto on * tlwIViision bill, and Mr. Wnalibume took tlio floor. At tho conclustan of ruldiw tl» bill wn* reported- and passed. The Con *uis r Ap]iroprtatltfii bill was also considered, nnd a length v • argument ensued on mi amendment ta ' m ud n mission to Home, whleh was rejected* Tlic bill wns then reported and iKfctponcd until Monday. The House then adjourned, TttuiL<i»AY, Jan. i.— Jit 11k Sam to Mr. Nye Introduced a hill to fiwlljtam conimtinimtlon Mwecn the Eastern and Western Continents hy hying it cabfe lwlwcen the J*0cttle. coast oral Cldua. Tlic Wll reported from Dm? Judldoiy Committee lo prevent tbe holding of civil offices by military officer* or of two office* at oi\yv by tho *amo ]icreon wns taken up. After some iteInto on tho List cLinio tlic hilt went orer ou the expiration of tbo morning hour. After some , forthcr tinlmpori-, ant buslm-sa the Senate adjourned. In the House, the bill to bicreasr tho effidencj' of tho medical department uf Die Navy was hid on the table. A bill appropriating $1,000 for the rejnrrrnl of the remain* of Mr. Coggvsliall, Into illnliter to Ecuador, to 111* home in Ohio, nnd a similar appropriation for the relief of hit widow was passed. A resolution itoppltig payment* to Weils, Fargo A Co. for carrying tho malls overland toihe Xadflc coast, wn* "offered by Mr. Washburne, but after a lengthy debate upon It objection wns made. In Committee or tho Whole Mr. Cobum made a speech on the resumption orspedo payments, and Mr. 8hank* on hi* proposed recognition of Crete, The House soon 'after ndjoprncd. FlUPAY, Jan. a— In lb© Senate, Mr. Spencer, of A Libama, Introduced a bill to encourage Dm production of cotton by authorizing govcnimenl to purchase lu It wn* referred to the Committee on Finance. After some ftirt her debute on tbo bill for tho relief of Mm. Murphy, of Alabama, Iho- Senate nd- - Jourocd until Monday. It) the House, under the call or coin - uflttee*, bills of a private character wero passed. The Naval Appropriation hilt was made a special order fur Monday. In ''Committee of thu Whole, Mr. Jenckr*» Civil Service trill was discussed. On rising the Military Academy Appropriation Wit wo* posvit It appropriate* $271,538. Tbo House then again went into Com ml Dee of the AVhole, and Mr. Beyer (dent.) miulo a speech in *mwer to Mr. BUlne on tho rwult of th© Uie election*. Tho House at tbo clow mourned until Monday. A Ranr* Soliloquy.— <♦ I wonder whit make* papa telt iitch nice itoric* to rl*ttors ahont hiding hi*' master's ratair whwi - lie was k boy; and about running awny from his schoolmistress wlwa *!»e tried to whtp Win, and then •lint me np In the dark closet all day. wiien I Just try to be a* smart on ki>i a* lie wm oh fAm^ ' ^ Mitfc PAittWOTOX any* that Ike, became chameled of a syren !n has led her to the menial halter. He dldnH appear the hast composed. On the Uokbr hU.waddtag cards were UUU CMblU with wings, T .