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VOLUMK XV.

CAPE MAY, STEW JERSEY, "WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1869.

WHOLE HO. 7BS.

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^nt-ect j'oetrt. MACS MAT. E . . au tta air la ailad wilb amato rlalaf too Ito laaty baocra, to toto f»to oraola* km '■ "a aaaotooa aaso itoJaaD'rr and tto aooaaol atiiT avalaa, rroto tto ton art l»ai ntvalac tollowtaa Iliad •Ilk loialy, Wiaklti Baldcoa, btljbl Iota, tool aright d,M« ■aal.a.to atou , ntahlot atatvy aylrodnr. tot tto aaooa of tooltoU— !i o,^!tU, pr"laaa, youac Maud Hay. ■ roll of baaaly oa a rotoAod, aaattritoi; anil. Uha kladltoy dait,, ■ LI pa Ilka dowj, ari—oa loa^kad.', ,ht>ltln( o~ar Itro towa ol poarU. tot to aa«ala toad apoa or tram Ualtklaaocd aad tot aoJt ao qooaoly arulptotod ataa Bro«DI ta otlad aortk-a raradlar a ad Ita loo| 1 laat Aid.a rur i I n walllat fkr tot aoatlng aad My to.rt I tool taalaod kick. , A. a paol 0< ailrary laugkUt told aa Maod. aty Hilton, o il. wo tuiord ood wolkad t#«rttor fat to ' wa aat aad lalkod logalkat oa Ikal aoa- j Bat tko aiiyl. aaw ay doillof aad Itoy ao- ' AadJtU JiiTto'iapb ..totora wtowd ' lot lora toyoitd Iko akUa, ' f Aad atat aoaaaar tod drportol oaot to walk ' lo far«dlaa , 1 "to™ c ahova krr twaib. " ' " *<M" C akodowa fall, aa tka rt aolaf J, M •hadowa

to Aad totllo tklokloc of try d af ling oo tor aaair Aod llrrl tto ha.y prraron of ay IwT.l aad loat Mood May DUaMl^ti «U 'to^aaatt. to tkat bailor, *" weSeirte ^ rw o".l.r"koyo."d'.l^rrd ■ OriffiHat A Selected. [TrooiUtod fioa Iko Datok tor tto War..) . MtiMMor the mnxr— .No. a. _ A ahctrl tliaLtn w to low tto toa uU Tul Utile town of BiHgeu, lltere It * imnll - lalADd ill Ito rlrrr Klilnr, and upon ^ which laUnd Itore ttanda lo-dajr a Ma round lower. About fifty foet bljsh, and P« of which there la told the Intereat1ns legend, which I am now ahout to Haito, who wni Dry many yrara itl ago, the Blahop of FuMa. «nu dealrotn ** of obtaining llir then racant archUahoprle of Mayrttce, and wu determined lo employ aU jtogaiWe meant and artlaa fieeg lo nccorapUah hla dealm. Ilia a, brlbtriea were ao well arranged, and hU argumenl* ao pfaunlbte, that notwiibaUndlng ttofo were other more ceaaful and r-eelred Ito appoinlmenl. " A* anon a* to had merited hla ad- « vanecnn'tit hla ambition, pride, wick- _ and more apparent. He wa a particularly gerero and nppreaaigc on hla ; poorer aubjecla. Heavy laxra were oxtortod from them, la order that he might erect largo and cxpeaalve buildings and natkfy bit lore of aplendor.— ^ burthen upon tho jnor people was Impoaed. that he copld poaalbty think - of, Below Blngrn, near Bingenloch, be built a atrong tower, oppoatte the IS atrong cattle* of Ehrenfrbi and RhincJf atoue, and In tbe middle of the river, u to that all patting vr-sela might be '£ eari<y atopped and obliged to pay toll. J Soon after tto building of this euatom- _ to— 0, there happened a great aeardty in tto crop* along tto Rhine, aod paru tlculnrly la the bUhopric of Fnlda — U A terrl'dc droughl pantod U» firtda; i Term in deatroyed tto little grain that rt had germlnaled, and uniTrrml CtmltK*k threatened." llatlo bought up all that - w— left nl" Ito ptvtrl.w. year'a harregt, i. and nrytorely locked it op, away in hit • ginneries. Fearful diatmw and nilaery aprcad among >A* power ciaaaia ail - over tto country. In thla n rev salty Ito unhappy |oopk atormed Hatto with tto moat auptdicaUagp— yegaaod petiti w.a, for bread. Even hla council and ftiruda adriaed aod urged him to * pity the deplorable tnuditinu of ».e poor, but all prayer* and ruplicutionap wore futile. Tto people at laat tocaue doq—nte, and one day a crowd of atarving men, 11 women aad chUdreu, after vainly wiNUUng bread before Ito Mahop'i palace, Ibrecd ttoraaelvr.1 violently hi- ' to hit apart mint where tto Biahop and _ hla gmwta aat at a luxurioua banquet. and raqneated U-n to go m a ««-,

Thla terrible not of araeliy cakad down tto vengeance of Heaven on tto tto bunted bam crept tho—and* of even fell upon tto "" Hatto tried to dofimd himself, aad hlx ,1, eermntg killed them by the hundreds, tot their number only appeared to tou ercqae and tto Wnteh began to reeog,a nizettota higher Judge had undertaken to roreng* hi* crime. The Blah- '• op haatonod to a boat and stopped at Uw Tower, which, as I have already said, wu built oa an aland, in tto hope that to would be able thua to evade hi* pursuer* ; tot thla wu vaun. " They '-am after hi*a lu kgtona and gnawed and eorapielaly perforated the Tower with incredible quickness, at Tto mice fall upon IlaUo, entirely devoured him, and then disappeared. Tto Tower is still called tto Moose <4 Tower and no one inhabits or uses 1L lu gloomy, dilapidaUd wall, still stand u a memento of tto terrible act and . ju.t punishment of the wicked Biahop ( of Foida. IlkxBT R. EnxvKix. VM tka Ware. a IXISUTIMinCBrsCH. g For some time past I hare been thinking of writing a letter fur your valuable paper whose weekly visits are i looked fur by ua with considerable Intereat, tot could thlok of nothing that ' I supposed would interest your tesd- , era. It wu my privilege to spend Thursday, Nov. 11th, al the Old Tcu1 mint Church, that being tto time and . , place fbr tto mooting of the Mouinouth County Bible Society, and some Itrma , I gathered at that time may be worthy , This church, noted tor lu antiquity, ' . being nearly ISO yean old, and noted none tto leu from tto remarkable lib 1 and character of Ito man whom name . bears, stands on tto road leading , from Freehold to XngtlsMown. nenr J the ground where tto famous bottle of Monmouth was fought, and in tto ^ grave-yard adjoining, lie buried some whoJHl In that great struggle for . American liberty. Tto church, In ita , ge octal plan and exterior appearance, hu not been altered since 1U erection. The outside la plain and peculiar. The t entrance is at one aide and tto |«ilplt cppoalto tto door*. Tto pulpit la one of Hie 'mall, olddiublooed kind, so ttot it seems at least halfway up , lugn uisi ii neems at ie.au oatrway

from the ftftor fo the calling, so ttiat , ooo speaker at tto late Bible meeting -> remarked that it wu an exalted po-i- . %l Hon for an bumble man to occupy. A wide gallery extends around three sides ! , _ 'if Ito church, adding largely to its capacity to acvominodale the people. In •r, the altar stand* tto old ronununlou table, lu top eontlsling of a narrow oak ' I'toiik. At this table Tennant mid his ' _ Sarrament of tbe Lord's upper. U|>- 1 on one occasion, Bralnard, who wa» , laboring u a missionary among tto ( -J* Indians of New Jersey, brought a number of his Indian converts, and they, with the white rfhriatiana, partook oi tto Sacrament around this old . hi table. d> U ndcrtbe middle aiikof ttochorub. ' in shout half way from the pnlptt to the door, lie tto remains of tto great and | !•' good Rev. Willlani Tennant, a man , ><- whose Ufa wu full of interest, aud . whose iloep devotion aecompliihrd •' much for tto ennse of God. For many r* years he was pastor of this old church "* and went from these scenes of labor I'- to the reward on high. I suppose aU ■>' of your renders have beard of bit wonll- dcrful trance, wl— i to wu tor so long c '* * l'®« uneooocious, sppsrenlly dead, id when tto body wu sonar hurled wbtlu tto spirit wu beholding things imp:.--t« si hla In desetibo. Msuy InddcuU of . o- his life are not so generally known.— h As a prescbrr to wu veryv earnest, . of<o becoming so atoewbed in his subit- Jccl u lo forget his text When such re was the cat* to would turn to a certain , »- young man in the congregation and . Is uy, "Job Hslsey, what were tto words , re of tto text?'' Being remluded of them >0 to would proceed with tto dlsoourse. 1 J- lo tto pulpit, lock of where tto .peak- - er stands, ore three wooden pegs Jut- ^ " ened into the walL Itsru his custom . >• to hang hte cloak upon one of three, his hat upon- anoltos and skm in- >. t.-nsely interested would sometimes ^ M lake off his wig nod hang it upon tto c* oilier. r. I* it any wonder that around that ; x otd church cluster such holy assoeia- * '• ntions* I. Mt it an honor to stand in 0 that old pulpit where Tennant used to " 7 stand, and sprnk lo that crowded andir- ence of tto ralna df the Bible. ,, ir desirable, at some future ttme I ,i ' i will give you some fiKts gathered from c It tto tomb Ktoora In tlic old gram-yard. , "> Till tton, adieu, B. U, ,, 1 Keyport, N. J., Not. », m l Mark Twaix relates several ance- " dots, of a famous Kar, ua—sl Morgan, 8 I, who never to any other man tcB a big- l' v G« »»ory Uma to eonid. Somebody 11 o ret" teBdngef me.,unre., wton Mor- ^ u porated uwan men in California. Tim 11 0 socletyPitrTd a man to blast a rock, Mid •' r ho wu iwmcfaing powder i* a bole T With a crowbar when a premature ex- P piosi.w followed, sending tto man and ■ . crowbar out of sight. Both came down h again all right, however and tlw man ' w«m to work again promptly. Bet . • wu gone only Oftren mln- , _ utea, the company "docked'' him for .. j lost time. This same Morgan had a p horse so fact that to kept ahead of a „ ■ ; a dro-i of nOa not wirfistantllng hi. dog ^

he Tto cue hi hand wo. ooe of severe ™ uaaoit upon ooo of tto offlcers of tto ™ ship to which Jack wu attached.— •N Judge B -wu upon the bench; to wu a small man, very Mat in dress, - extremely fastidious, resting firmly r* upon his Judicial dignity; toinglflrstclau lawyer, aad inclined to be solfn" soflUeot aad orusty. No afornry "" ever t— tared to take liberties with JodgeS of tto a C. Court, at Portland. Jack sru a principal witness " In tto present caso, and a more perfect 3 spsdmen of the unsophisticatnl sou of * the ocean I never uw. He wu born 10 on the sea, and dnring a life of fifty- "• I three years had acarcaly spsnta twelvemonth on shore; gaunt and square le shouldered, his swart face, grizzly courts hair, and general appearance, 3 contrasted strongly with that of tho smooth faoad stem little Jodgc before ■ him whoso every silver thread wu laid carefully in Us appropriate place. - ■J Jack's Whols mien aad. bearing wa. that of tto man who ha. made up hi. P mind to take hit chance, do his duty, and trust tto result to Providence— ai to had been wont to do al! bis life. Now Jack wu called to testify against hit shipmate, as he had wit- ' ncsaed tto assault, and had interfered to terminate it; but he was anxious to 9 ten u little against his chum as pos- " slide; and, furthermore, tos often dowu ■ and excuse what to did tell; and thi* " led hi^ to be a little rambling in hi* ' testimony. Tto Judge hod been rnak- ; ing notes with a pencil, and an Jock wu wandering offinto an uunco-uary 1 explanation, to lifted his head, and | evidently forgetting fir the moment tto exact standing of the witneu —with his mind partially ujion Ui» I notes — to testily oxclai mod: j "Como, Witness.--"'' m, ad yropo.itam.' — don't wander so." Tto witness stopped, ami looked up at tto Jadgs woodnringty. He repeal od tto abstruse word* to hlnuelf sneariy u to could prouauncu them, and ^thon, with carne-l simplicity, | "Yer hoaiour, what doss ttoui words j mean?" "Nevermind, never mind. "returned the Judge, witli an impatient wave of i tto hand. "They are technical terms used in law, not fur men lu your pod- , tion to undcratand. Go on— go on." I There wu a titter in the court- room as poor Jack turned, rather crrat-fAlIm ' rather

_ to tto examining Mtmi il. Pretty ' soon tto witness sought to explain that shipmate, when he mado the as- ' .ault, wu not hlnucIC .Said he. half ' to the council, and half to tto jury: "Tom were pooty hanl on for it. 1 HeM spliced the main-brace, an I doubled tto tab, an' tapped the admiup at this jioint, "Stop, witness! I don't comprehend. | do yon mean by 'doubling the lull,' 'Upping tlic admiral, and tto ether equally ambiguous expreMlou?" Jack's oyes suap;*nl Just a single spark, and tton his face wu as calm and sareue u tto bark of an old gnarled ask. "Why, yer Honour," he replied wtyl i patronizing respect and dcfarenoc. "them's technide terms, used on shipbosrd, which It nren't expected a* mm Jn yer Honour's position would imdcatand." While his Honour wu sutwldinga titter broke loose in ths eourt-room tlint would have swelled to a ruor If the shtrtffhad n ol sternly and loudly commanded "Order! " -FnANKLDCR Brady Wit— When .a youth, Frank Rn went to Lontlou, entered a printing office, and inquired if to could gH employment "Whrrenre yon from?" uked tto foreman. ''America," was the reply. "Ah," said tto fotsnun, "fast America! A bid from America seekemployment its a printer? Well, do you really understand tto art ol printing? Can you really. set' type?" Franklin ahqipcd up to one of the ami, in a very brief spare of time, •rt up ttofWIowlng passage from tto chapter of John: "Nathaniel said u*to him, ou> any good thing come ont of Nazareth?— PWHp "id nnto him, come and sec. ' 1 It wu done to quickly, so accurately. and contained a delicate reproof, so appropriate and powerful, that it at gum him ch v meter sod standing with all ths ottice. Tiikrx is no totter, faost than a contented mind. A breeder of merino hi Vermont had s large native cosset, wbieh b* Talnrtl highly. His cam* la one morning and IwfCrmed that ths old eosmt had twinL- ' 1 1 ndesd," mid to, " I am glad. She will bring up two u well as one."— Soon after, tto son reported One of tbe twias-dsad. Ths father replied tlutt " one left would bo worth more In tlw fall than both. " In tto afternoon came tto bitaMgrore that the other wu dead. " I am gted," said be. "now I con fatten tbe old sheep.!' ported dead. " That is Just what I wonted. Now I have gut "rid of tto breed" A voyage around tto world pan now made m eighty days, by tto UWwK route: Start from Philadelphia pTocoed to San Francisco hv tto Pacific Railroad, taking scran 'days; to Yokohama In twanty-ooc; to Hong Kong fa siq thimre

ere A lady, who signs hersstf " A Marlb" tyr to Ute Hours," oflbre tto fbUtnr- .— ing sensible saggratlons to young bs men: as, IMsr grntlrmen between tto agra of aly "eighteen and forty-five,"listcotoaftw st- wtadt of gratuitous remarks. When df- you make a social call of an evening, ry , on a young lady, go away at a reason1th able hour. Say you comsat 8 o'clock; at an hour and a half is carta! nly u long res at tbe most fascinating of yon in coti>rt vrrsatiou ran, or rather onght, to dosire to use hi* charm*. Two hours, cn Indeed, esn bo very pleasantly spent :y- with music, chess, nr other games, to ro- lend variety; hoi, kind 'in, by- no jt means stay longer Make stork r ly call*, and como oftencr. A girl— that *, is a sensible, true-hearted girl-will lie enjoy it better, and really value your r* acquaintance more. Just conceive ths Id agony of a girt who, well knowing the - fouling* of father and mother upon tto is subject, hear* tto clock strike ten, and fa yrt must sit on the edge of tor ehalr, r. in mortal terror tout pa|fa should put is his oft repeated threat in execution that of coming down and inviting tlic ' y gentleman to breakfast. And wc girls I- undcratand it all by experience, and d know what it is to drratl tto prognt»- ! 0 tic of displeasure. In such cares a sign : I- of relief generally accompanies the chu.. 1 n Ing of the door fa-hind the gallant, and • one don't get over the feeling of trou- ' s bie till safe in tlic arms of Morpheus. 1 Even tbeu, sometimes the dreams are ' k troubled with some phantom of an an- ' f Dy father and distressed (for all psr1 ties) mother; and aU because a young ' t man will make a longer call than be » • onght to. f ■ j Now, young gentleman friends. I'll 4 j tell you what we girls will do. Foran ' - 1 hour and a half wc will tie most lrre»- ' I istably charming and fascinating, then I i j to ware, monosyllable responses will fa- 1 1 . ( all you need expect. And if, when the t > I limits sliail have Inn paired, a start- 1 , liiig query shall to coming down atait*: | J1 ■ I and, taking your hat, meekly depart * - o scidder mid, It is to be hoped a c I J wiser man. Ito not get angry; hut " r tto next time you come be careful in » i j keep within bounds. M'e want to rise r . : early these pleasant mornings and im- 1 1 prove tto " shining hours;" but when a i forced to be up at such uuroasouable ° cn houre at night, exhausted nature will

ty speak, and, u a natural consequence, mt with tto utmost speed in dressing, we lv can barely get down to breakfast in xir tiuic to escape a reprimand from pa|m, J wlio don't to! I ere in tonux— as tbongli j i be never was yoong. and s mild, reprov- 1 u" I ing glance from mamma, who unih tij. j stands a little better poor daughter's j I facliuD, but must still disapprove cut- ] I now, youn^ men,' "tVi'iTik about there d. I things, and don't for pit/, sake, don't 1 he j pshaw!" but reire.iee tbe safb side of :r — m IS America a bcauUfut woman is an , r!. acknowledged qtn-en of society. Thl* i is possibly the only sort of royalty or • [I, nobility we have, for the influence of i teaming, talents, genius, or wealth, • p. partikeof democracy or repuhlicnuiam , 1n soma way, wtoti wc observe their i n. workings in society. But the buaull- i fill woman reigns supreinein-itie social I a circle, and wtiBesto possesses the great ' m power, wc are gratitlod to ohacrvo (hut I she wields it with no pet"_ tyranny, i ly hut with a grace and d<l-c table de- I meaner that always charms snd never t nfTend*. Anu-rlrain and Rnglishtnen t si frooly Uy their fortunes on tho slur of c a, beauty, but Frenchmen seldom manor t d beauty's sake alone. A. to EnJ- o land, we have only to allude to the d K marriage* of tto English Duke of Ab- C i-rrorii's daughters to afiurd a slgnlli- s omt proof of what beauty does for a < „ family. While five of these young la - ; dies— by no means liberally dowered i I by their father— ore already married o j to wralthy jiecrs. snd tto sixth Is en- » gaged to tto tolr of a duke, the clglit t le daughters of a marquis (who are p B wealthy, but homely, ond reside In tlic * v, same county) are without husband*, c Since the days of (he celebrated Gun- a T nlngs, no Eimily has In this respect * been so fsmoiuas the llamlltons. lu- | ileetl, the latter are the more remoriL-i-ble of tto two; for while them were p but two beautiful Gunnings, there are s lt (-even todies Hamilton, and all of o tliem ore tontiti. «. One Is the wife <y a tlw Eari of Dalkeith, tto heir or Bold [ n Baccleuch; others on tto wives of the s i- Earls of Lichfield, Durham and Mount li 0 Edgceunbe; another 1s tto nOtneed L sj bride of the cWfcal anil of tto lhtkc of d Is Marlboro, while Ito yoangest ws* * d nmrrted a few weeks ago to the young ' o _ Marquis ol Donsdownc.— 7I< Vap. p is s Ax IxriKXtoi'S Exi'edibmt— Here c , is a story qf Y'aokw Inrantkia : Isaac 1 It s. GtPV of Usbon, Conn., wantol to d „ extend a water pipe through an Oadi-r l „ drain srvrral fact hdow the surfac<-, I T but how to get the pipe through with- a d out taking up tto drain was the difll- r ., cully to lie surmounted. After study- a H log It up for a while, Mr. Geer hit up- I <m this admirable plan. He opened c „ tto lower end of the drain, caoght n p cat ami attached a small Hoe lo her p leg, tton thrust her Into tto upper ee l « * and gave a most unearthly "scat!" S - sudpussj n'lfrared al llMffpaBCHg f * as quick as her k«s coo Id rarry tor.-'- c (O Tbe pipe was drawn through tbedrahi . >; to mearn of the line, and Mr. Geer p Iiad the sartsfaetbra of saving ten dol- j « * fare by tto fperottop. t r A eek-botsd "sousodfau srraropxl " with hU grectogrocev, on, Berry , to ' "

.r- At tto splendid city of NIcSta, in v- Hilhynia, in tto year 325, assembled Ig Ito firet of thoso great (Ecumenical Councils whose decree* have so often »f controlled tto destiny of Christianity w and of mankind. It wu an occasion n of triumph and food congratulations, 5, 6* the Christian church Iiad Ju»l ris n i- np from a period of nnesauipled hu- ;; miCatloc and suffering to rule over tto Roman world. For nearly throe ccnturira Sinca tto death of ttotr Divtn. - Head his pious disciples hsd tolled in , purity and love, persecuted or scorned t by tbe dominant pagans, for tbe oooversion of the human race; and the 3 humble but persistent missionaries hsd r sealed with Innumerable martyrdoms I aud ceaseless woes the final triumph of I their faith. Yet never in all its early t history hsd tto Christina chureh j seemed so near its perfect extinction r* . ill the universal perscculiou of Dlm-lc- , tlan and his Ciesars. when tlu< [ajm I rulers could boast with an appearance i of truth lhai tliey Iiad extirpated the J hated sect with fire aud sword. lu tto year 3M, except in Gaul, every , Christian temple fay lu ruins, and the i terrified worshippers nolongcr rcntured I to meet in their sacred assemblies; the , property coittlsrauxl by the pagan 1 magistrate*, the chureh mentis- rs had ' perished in fearful tortures, or tied fbr througlrout all the human world uo 1 dared openly to call liinuclf a ' Gradually, with (to slow prevaleuee > of .Colt *tan title the Greni, u his vieto- 1 rious legions |<iwl steadily onward 1 from Gaul to Italy, and from Italy to ' Syria, the maimed and bleeding vie- 1 tittis of |*>rsecution came out from their 1 ami bishops and people, ' purified by .ufli-ring, eelebrate^ onee I ! more their holy rites in renewed tiro- j ' the year proceeding the Hist CEcumen- ' IcsH/iiuni-illhat the Ea*l-rn (^liri,tlail* | ' ulntieu had two burned to a* he* toed from their 'distant rrln-at* in Ito I « I ed ttoir distant j

monasteries of the Ttobald or the I , sands of Aratria. from Africa or , era! synod at Nlcira. la h gists t. fbr . tlio Christian world. . Tto bishops, in number three bun- , dred and eightron, togeUa-r with many . j priest* and other officials, assembled i ( i riJUuUl at tbe_<-nll of tlie^ Emperor. ! 1 ! public hall in the centre of the city.— j i Few particular* are preserved of the f proceedings of the great council, and •tons of ito historian* a general conI eeptioii of its character. Yet we know i that it wa* the purest, the wisest, as j 1 well as the first, of all tto sacred ay- 1 1 nods; that it* members, tested In affiio- 1 ' tion and humbled by iierseentiou, pre- 1 served much of the grace and gentle- I of the Apostolic age; thai no lictoo anathemas, like those that fell ' from the lips of the papal bishops of Trent or L'onstanee, drilled those of 1 Ilosias or Easeblu*; that th» pagaD doctrine of |iersecutinii hod not yrt j ritual, into the Chrhitian chureh; ' that no vaiu superstitious were incut- 1 rated, snd no cruel deeds enjoined; that no litre* or Jerome of Fragile died I at the stake to gratify the luile of a ' dominant scet, and that no Luther or was shut out by tlic dread of a similar fate from sharingin tbe earliest ■ council of the Christian world. Tto proceedings went on with dignity and c moderation, and men of various shades ' of opinion, bat of equal parity of life, heard with attention and respect; the rules of tto Hainan Senate were 1 probably imitated in the Christian as- " sembly; tto Emperor opened tto eoun- 1 cil in a speech lucalcating moderation, 1 and an era of benevolence and love, ' *ecmc<lM|plU to ojien upon the triuui- 3 pliant entach. ' A striking simplicity marked the ' proceedings of llie first council, ilosius, bishops of Cordova, presided, the c only representative of Spain, Gaul and Britain. A prelate ojiened tbe * | mccUug with a short address, a hymn ' sung, then Csnaunline deliveml ' well-timed speech on harmony , and c the general debate began. It was con- ■ always with vigor, sometimes t with rude asperity; but when Lite war of recrimination rose too high, tto Em- ' who seems to have attended tto ® sittings regularly, would interpose and 1 calm tto strife by soothing words.— " question of clerical marriages wa* -t and it was determined, by ' arguments of Fapbnntla*, tto c ascetic, that tto lower orders 1 should be allowed to marry. Tbe Ju- 1 rtodlcllon of tto bishops was defined ; 1 all were allowed to be cqaal; but Rome, ' Antloch and Alexandria, ito chief ' cities of the empire before ( tonsuntino-. 1 pic ww" built, held each a certain suThe primacy of SL Peter ( was never mentioned; Ito worship of | (fnocn of Heaven, >n yet un- : known; but tbe earlier form of the NT- i cent Creed was determined, snd Arias i was condeunned. Twenty canons were i passed upon by tto council, many of , ! which were soon neglected and feirgat- c and -when, after sitting for two | months, tto assembly separate.], every a uas fell Usat Uss genius and eloquence p I of Athanaalus had controlled both Em- A \ pcror and Chureh.— From" fXcumcn- . : Icai Councils," by xdoicck ijtwPU&tt' i Msuinc Jar Or. ? Tb. nresnus froaT "die tofasrec us ] fbrthe yror ending Mareh 1st, 1870, , U expected to he at least #3,0U0,D00 in '

tfaittaMMgMMSML J Otd Aunt KezfahN daughter's basil hand's boy (by tto first wife) was as groat a a sneak as I crer did sec. Yet he wu smart fbr all that. He drove aped- ,, pferfa art fbr a spell up and down the , river-road, and tto folks that didn't n 8rt shaved by him, to my Dorian, must have had their eye-teeth well cat t °*nr "" shared by him myseff but ,. «». «°d that was when Jeroshy— ,. "h° w*« gola' to destrict school in a them dsys —bought a milk -poll of hits a with a potent strainer, that wa'nt _ wo'th a tinker's srell, It ws'nt c worth shucks. i 1 heerd of him t'other day in York; , tow got in with the folk* down there f lu Wall street and he1* goin' it steam. ; f Aunt Kcziah used to asy to wa# a ! , " trollop," and I guess he Is. But j ( there's tli is about Yortt. nobody ever . asks any question*, or if they do, they , don't git tm answered. I remembe-, as though it wa'nt iong- ( er ogo'n yesterday, how Adonlrom ' (that's tho man I was spealdn' of who j , was rehitod to Aunt Eezfah) years ago | got to eomln' Into my young orchard { I down ou tto edge of the soft maple , , swamp, where I had a couple o' gold- , en-swecte growin', which Mis* WBk- , rrson (who was llrin' in tliose days) I thought ail tto world oC That was . when to was quite a shaver, snd long I afore to took to peddlio'. I kind o* , suspiciotied his taktn' them goldro•wrote; so one day when I see hla a •hylu' round tto edge o' tho swamp, preteodin* as if be was arter bfackberrles, I slipped inf corn-cnb and took dowu ooe o' ttom long ox-goods o* liard-beam which I always keep a •casonin', and I trimmed off tto little ( cud so It wu« mighty limber and nice, j and took a turn down round by the | | swamp, krepln' a little behind an old I Stock 0' corn-talks that hod been left ! 1 over from the year afore. Pretty soon I saw the feller at It; hut I let him get Hirer or four stowed j upon him. Then I slip* round tto ' * j Stack, nalerui a* I could and says I, ' " Irj" iwe culled liirn "Iry''forshort), j I " what vou arter?" says 1., I " Woodehurks," «»» be. He was | mighty sharp, oa I said. " How many j j you got?" says I, and I kqrt a cooiin' j ^ ! " Well, not such ao everiastbi' sight,'' says lie: and whether II wu n 0 says

3 j something in my eye or a tight be _ j ratched o' that limber ox-good, he . kept niuvln' pretty sharp to'rd the r And I kep^movin' down upon him loFable sharp, too. givio' a little whisk . hack and forth to that ox-goad, which made a music that I'll ventar' didn't I seem pleasant to him. Pretty soon he made a dive fbr tto . • and lie made n push to git through be- ; twren the two bottom railf. Bat I tbev wns sot pretty nigh together and . his jioekets pretty well bulged out, so . that I'd come up before be could - squirm through. He had on a pair o' , snuff-colored trowsc's. with a couple . | o' big patches on the seat, and they . j en* strained pretty tight, and I star- . ted tto dust out on 'cm with that oxgoad uncommon lively. Tto golden-sweets began to pop "Thetn** pretty yatlcr woodebneka,*' ■ I," try." A ml I cut bim agin across the seat o' them trowas's, that eouldn't ha' been better stretched for a good trouncln'— not if the school-marm bad had him across her kiiec. "try," ssys I, "It's an uwk*ord place to come for woodehurks, and them golden -sweets,' • says I, "my Anil I hit him another cut u to squirmed through finally, and says I: "Don't you ever come here woodcbuckln' ag'in, lry, a' long as you And I don't believe to wlIL As I said, he got to poddlin', and wu slurp al thai; and t'other day I come across him, ridln' up ooe o'your avenitt York, with hit hair parted in the middle. I 'spoaebe'd pretend that don't remember any thing about Mr. Wilkerson. and about tton sonffcolored trowsc's, snd bow that hardbrant switch o' mine must ha' tingled It's extraordinary how things change! Hemamed Betsey Bor'stick't darter: tnany's tto time when I've tor sllppin' round bars-fool behind old Deacon Pitkin's coruer-etoxs, a wipin' tor fingers into tto corners o' old Weat India boxes to get a good suck o' sugar. You remember, Jcrusby. how Aunt Keziah used to soy — (Positively, I won't write another word. Mr. WWftrsdn hu been suffrom tto rheumatism In Ms right shoulder, snd to* asked ssa to write down hla Journal thla weak — u to talked iL But I don't see any good that can come of such talk. Ha might ran on in this way fcr on hour without saying anything about tto or fanning; and I'm sure that, with quinces not done op yet, lote of tilings about borne lo see to, I con be better business. Talk about women's loving gossip!] Dm kajo.— Wears not saoagh gratefbr dreams. Dreama are a Mod of foretaste of tto diosmbodlod state. — to tto most ctoiinlng ftsstaan. We move without walking. We see impossible things without Wonder.— We fly to tto air, sad walk npoa tto cillng, sou tslk'wiih birds and toast. find fait* ran at gold b tto rood, and golden* full of pssudsss, and nightingaies ring to ua, as we ait tmdsr tto droofing petals oftto rare or jamaarina, and whisper, Jast u tto sliver adge Ot maoBatt Up*, etc., ate. Dreamt therefore are tto relkf of prosaic fito ore a toft sad (sottr nsaMfW the cares snd perplex: tit* of IbtaRfe. Yho would not g* far tassel mteh thiugs, awake, uerery moratag to may Be stfD snd ma in his drream? Droauixare. s«.x.f that things wtoch S-IT.'TSr—- — Jt .

; rgSSx a& [ xuuriSL r«u iZX I ■»., "■rtssrrt r.»i"H ■ "zzzz rtSStor"*^ WriMistttoarotmsre, L Tswrenfattosravtost. (WrisSri ssslwssl j lines, vte«te» la mis, ire, rerei : '1*. • I Dau retasslsa ssttm fssta. I I. fas Writ J win* I oaiusriresstii IV n m . 1 lr?^rJr™y*'"ni teu Sire sau. amy riismsa j t »*^h wssp.su* arisa^^ St aril s sfa. ...si Its*. *■4 whss* •■* sari ream '■■art Sj Sssls* sasMseee, WMIa safris |M ***** *«, ■N*— ' imgto su'sufsust vstax """ miM cu tu wtr la svas. us Ito tead1* as art tfri - 1. 1*. [bus fa Hsa**r. ( T he Gattotor. ^ A strapping faUow-tto setoolmu h i ito*to^I!|e,toeH-the Begin life with but HUls stow, you may Inoeare It ofWrwank. U

he What roof covers tto most noisy he tenant? Tto reef of tto mouth. ht Tto noblest right eo earth Is a man talking reason, and hit wife totrnlnm to him. Why fa a pockrt-h.nft.wMif Uto a snake? Bseanse lt bslangi to a gsnc- " ration of wijrire. |M, Lady Moategtfa sbd: "My todkht. like old faro: t r-tek h to «, pfaro c. and lt breaks out in tnntha al /'unri defines hippoptogy as tto sat,d log of horecflreh. and bypeirtsj u tto ,u saying borsstksh I* gsod. Id Many a good kits to* tow nipped „< inttobud bysfcar^weldeufaenoe fa bringing s fight Into a mow. •y Beondsl Is a Mt of falsa money, ma.', r- to who pomes it frvqntntiy U as hod t- u to whs origtesBy utrin tt. The first thiog a too toy* to tor >' brood, and not ths last thug a cfiild .. says ta Us father- "StoO ont." Visitors to a reran* snaestor's of- ,, floe told to "earea la," sknilil II II I '■ tto revsns U Isltnl il-to-d It to . safe nfa to BMfrwsto. says tto jafnirer, to Slid— a man *s d "Coiouel" when yoa cannot reenll his - ysSSSEte I: they go away ta transports." '• A negro talng csagto atototog from " a henroost, excused hfumrfr to eayteg that "he only came dor to aeD tf dr chlckene steep wtd dor era* open." In Cork, tto erier oftto Court, anxious to dtopcrae the crowd around the • bar, axchdmed, "AD ye htodegtmrd. » that Un't lawyers, quit tto Court " it A female writer mjs:-" Nothing _ r. looks wore* oa a lady tton dome'. [. .tucking.," Allow us to otocrra that A celebrated Nngtoh pant one* ad's rartlaod that to wnnM eapfty " Ido.-* v far any Occasion. " a lltolrii >, sought Mmstorriy sftox, MR wtnto! alineriroey rso^frSsnWritoVO^fe*. f ortve h^ much thriT^mtWt* ■«- - fected totto pnMIe atori fry' mm turnf- Sri^ wd^to wto?«|S2?ier * er^'rtIrftfarv^ v ta-i^fi re-aiid-twenty yxM. rfhle life.that at fifty to wu worth tot Bttfe * ■••• 'ton #40,000. ,r An old lady wns «ton toe grnn,!- *• to®!, tn tto eosJTrfwtototto chief - of tor clot, wu fafarotod. -J, ... r.u gnat tiuag of a Wsktw," - **IJ tto good fady, "fan h ws* Steal « lore to him." _ ..rTT [: ■ y** **' *** • tol wMhnmtWi bssfa'ta^fasu: , of Mm, 'wntmgtWSNtotoamliwa