Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1857-02-10

              . 1 1 VOL III. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 10, 1857. JNU lo- ii O O P s . BY W. COOl'EB. . Hoops on barrels, kegs and pails, Iloopa on boxoi, tuba and bails. Are urticloa liidlspotulljlo But hoop an thoy pu(T out a woman's drons, Making tlio woman look so muoh loss, Arc things nlmost indefensible. Hoops, when their sturdy clasp confines, In brown old casks the richest winos, Aro objects of admiration But hoops ns part of woman's bagjngo, Aroliko the hoops of a painted savage, . Avilo abomination. Hoops make useful, protty toys, for uclivo little girls and boys, But hoops on woman gentle, Ara things to sncor at and to scon. And liko the whoop of a whooping-cough, Neither nsoful nor ornamental. For while dear woman bones her skirts, And with a skeleton Hants and flirts, S'.io has so much to carry, Man finds it hard with her to talk, And harder still to sit or walk, But hardest of all to marry. For when a smitten wretch has seen Among tho lost in crinoline, Tbo ono his heart holds dearer, Oh 1 what a child to ardent passion, To fool that thro' this hollow fashion Ho noror can bo nearer t That instead of timidly drawing noar, And pouring into tho thrilling ear, ' ' The flood of his soul's devotion, ' He must stand and bellow in thundor tones, Across half an aero of skirts and bones, As if hailing a ship on the ocean. And if by chance tho maid of his choice, Shall faintly hear her lovor's voice, And smilo hor condescension Why ho captures a mass of hoops and rings ; Skeletons, bonos and other things, Too horriblo to mention. Thus lovely woman hoops to folly, And drives man to melancholy, By her groat frigid zones ; Then lot hor have a warning voico, Between her hoops and hopes makochoico, And give the dogs her bones. AN AMUSING STOItV. That "thoy who dance must pay the piper," is a saying well illustrated in tho following anecdote, sent to ns by a friend for preservation in the drawer. "It may not bo new," ho says, "who; e tho parties are known for the story lias been told in print before, by ono who was at ono timo a resident of thocountry whore tho circumstances occurred but it will ba now to tho groat majority of your readers :" i Sam happened to nrrivo at tho ploasant villago of S , ona mild autumn evening, and " put up, " at an old tavern ; and as he entered "ho heard music and dancing in an up-por chamber," tho landlord, who vas an old acquaintance, told him that a bull was going on in tho hall abovo. "Come, Sam go up, thorp will bo fun and good music." " Can't do it," Sam, " havn't tho trimmings; (ho was a hatter, and knew tho valuo of trimmings,) look at my shirt. " Twouldn't do." " Xever mind that," said his friend, " I mn give you a shirt of my own," and stepping into an adjoining room, he brought out a shitt big enough for Daniel Lambert. Holding it up" ha said : " There, now, is a comfortablo, roomy shirt for you." " Oh, that won't do, I shall loso myself in it entirely." " Well," said tho good-natured Bonifaco, " I guess, after all, I can do bettor for you. One of tho cirls in tho kitchen is ironing some shirts for ono of tho boarders, and I can got you ono that will fit, any how ; just hold on.-' Ho presently ro-appearod with a nice shirt Of quito another pattern, into which having thrust himself, in an adjoining bedroom, ho mado hasty toilet and entered tho ball-room. Bolng young and good-looking, ho found as many partners as ho wanted, and had a selection of tho pretiest girls in tho room. Tho other rustic beaux and tho homely belles, didn't seem to liko it much. The jeal ous lovers went so far as to say : ' " I'll cut tho comb of that conceited cock if bo don't mind his eye ! Moan whilo Sam felt that ho was tho observed of all observers, and his prido was not a little elated. Presently thcro came a toot! toot! of an ld-fushioncd stago-horn in tho distance. The coach lumbered up to the inn; tho driver threw out tho mail, and went into the bar-room, it being his gtopping-placo at tho inn for the night. : . " Won't you go up stairs and join tho dancers?" asked tho landlord ; " they 'ro having a great time up thcro ; don't you hear the fiddle going, and tho floor a tremblin ?" In those days stago drivers woro tho most "popular" cast of tho community; and, our hero knowing this readily consented, lie called to tho maid for a clean shirt. She camo in with tho answer that tho landlord hadlontit to Sam to (lance in to-night, not knowing or thinking thnt the driver "would want to use it that night." Hero was a "protty kottlo of fish " his only clean "sark " loaned" to a stranger to take his lace in tho ball room, to which tho landlord ind just Invited him I He was tearing m., nd after a few olwcrvations which wore rath. tr more nervous than elegant, ho entered the ball-room, his faco Hushed, and his voico somo-what husky with passion, and strodo into tho middle of the hall. " The music stopped, and the driver broko tho ensuing silence with tho sudden question : " Is thero a man by tho namo of Sam here?" ':'" "That's mo," said sam, stepping forward, evidently expecting some new ovidenco of his sudden popularity. " Oh I you aro Sam , then, aro you ?" " Yes, what do yott want of me?" " Nothin' in particulor, only when you got through with that shirt of mmo which you've got on your back and are struttin' around in, I'd just th"ank you to leavp it at tho bar !" . A loud laugh followed this exposure ; the cock's comb was cut ; his feathers drooped ; and amidst much cackling ho vanished from the festive scene." As TJsronTCXATE Has. Shoriff Ansel Wright, of Northampton, Mass., is something of s wig. A few days sgrt, a scurvy-looking jtmngcr presented him with a papor, earnestly boosing for money. Believing him an ira-'posterT Mr.' Wright handed back tho papor, saying : " I presume you wouldn't have asked me if yon had known mysituotion ; forwhoth-or you believo it or not every bit of property I kave. in tha world is m the hands of the Slur-iff!" Tho astonished stare of the fellow's tym at that moment was a sight to im. KI2ADIIVO SI? LC1UONS. BY NATlIAXIia WEST. As to reading sermons to public audiences, it may bo urged, that in this way a far bettor exjmition of tlio Hiiljiect selected for discussion may bo oxpected that greater elegance, and moro porfect accuracy in delivery will bo so-cured that tho speaker will encounter fewer embarrassments from impiilsivo feeling, and momentary lapse of mcwirij that tho labor of reading is not so exhausting and that speaking mcmoriter has the appearance of recitation, besides involving a severe task in committing, and compelling tho speaker to recollect language to the injury of his feelings. This is about all that can bo fairly said in commonda-ticn of reading public discourses. Tho piac-tico of reading sermons appears liable, however, to somo objections. 1. : Tho practice is not adapted to tho end designed. The objects aimed at in preaching tho (iospol, nro to instruct tlio mind, nnd persuade to immediate action. Man is not constituted in bis immortal being, as a mire reasoning machine, Jic does not apply truth to himself, tho moment it is propounded to his judgment. It is necessary, indeed, to con-vinco his judgment, but this is not all. Ho must be aroused, and spiritually nnd thoroughly awakened to see his danger and fee! tho importance of accepting and ndopting tlio remedy set beforo him in tho gospel for his recovery from sin nnd his eternal salvation ! A discourse, however, eloquently written, perfect in composition, chaste in language, nnd finished in style, fails to produce the cll'ccts required, because it is wanting in energy of exercise, in pathos of language, nnd in elo-qenco of feeling to wuko up the slumbering and sin-benumbed powers of tho human soul ! It is not previous cool reflection, but ardent engagement in the exercise, which inspires the speaker with tho true diction of eloquence, and hearers with that zeal and appropriate mental impetus, whi.h moves, awakens and expands their minds to that degree necessary to render them susceptible of lusting diviuo impression! Tho wax must be softened before it can receive the character to be impressed by the seal, clso tho wax will never express what is engraven on tho seal. Compare tho original of 'I Tim. 2:1'J, with Rom. 0:17 ; tlio word tupoa in tho latter passage is very expressive. It signifies a pattern, form, mould, &c, in allusion to the mould into which melted metals aro cast. Tho soul is tlio metal, tho gospel doctrino (tupou didaches,) is tho form or mould tho preacher is so to preach ns to soften melt and fuse the soul, and the Holy Spirit casts tlio softened heart, and melted luclings of the penitent sinner into tho gospel mould, or pat-lorn of Christianity, and after a little (lie new formed soul comes forth from tho mould bear ing upon its lorm nil mo marks and diame ters of a true Christian 1 S.o l'arkhurst un der tnpos, 7 ; and Doddridge on Uomans G:17. 1 his U mil ol conversion lsiiuite ot another sort than that which is accomplished by "just pre senting tho truth to the soul." resettling the metal to the lire! or presenting tho lire to tho metal 1 Is that enough 1 io, no ! tlio tiro and metal must come into contact, nnd the former must reduce tho latter fusion before it can bo run into tho mould. This is true con version. It is compelling us to boar the stamp of tho gospel, after a thorough transformation. It is not making the gospel lit to our depraved pattern ; but a process winch melts us down and casts us into that mould or pattern which was shown horn tho hand ot tho supremo Moulin' in tho Mount. Xow, it is contended that cool precise, beautiful, deliberate reading, is nottliu mode of preaching designed, nor best adapted to soften and melt the iron heart of tho unrogenorato sinner; no, nor to re-awaken to duty the torpid and lethargic professor of tho religion ol Christ. 2. Heading discourses diminishes tho use fulness of the speaker. This is a very serious objection. Often has the public speaker to be called upon to deliver a speech where time is not nt his command to prepare a written dis course. Various political emergencies, benevolent objects, local and moral institutions, nnd religious duties, ali'ord proofs nuniorous nnd nmplo enough on this head. The practice of reading the thoughts of tho speaker under such circumstances must unfit him for usefulness. And although the reading speaker may be profound in knowledge and extensive in learning, yot ho is heard with indilfercnce, when ono far his inferior in theso qualifications, who addresses tho assembly extemporaneously, is heard with rapture ! 3. Heading discourses is repugnant to real oratory. llhatoiiciaus mako a distinction bc-twccnoloquenco and oratory. Tho former relates to stj le and composition, tho latter includes theso qualities, but adds, delivery. Thus eloquence does not necessarily includo oratory, while oratory always includes eloquence. Bull'on and llumo were eloquent writers, but not eloquent orators. Burke, Sheridan, Brougham, J ellrcys, Chulmors, Clay, Calhoun and Webster, were both eloquent writers and accomplished orators. Pagan orators studied delivery. Tho story of Demosthenes, the princo of orators, so well known, is in point horo. When asked to delino tho chief quality in a public speaker, ho replied " delivery I " When requested to give tho second, his an-swor was, "delivery ! " and the third ho still answered, "delivery !" Thus Demosthenes, whose orations stand unrivalled for closeness of reasoning, and forco of expression, considered their grand effect depended upon delivery. Delivery in public speaking relates lo voice, countennnco and gesture. In reading tho voico is different from what it is in extemporaneous speaking. And whore is tho expression of tho reader's countenance? His eye. tho window of tho soul, is half shut, looking down upon bis paper. His illuminated faco, where is it ? . Instead of irradiating tho audioucowith tho light of his countenance there he stands in person liko a spiritless, speaking stntuo I As to gesture, tho readers eyes must, liko the magnetic needle of the ma-rinor's compass bo always in ono direction. Xo matter how tho ship may turn tho needle is still pointing to tho north ; and no matter how the reader may turn, still his eyes must follow tho lino on tho paper, or his reckoning is lost 1 Nor can an excellent reader now and then bo any thing other than rare exceptions to tho gonoral rulo. Tho fact is, bo no stretch or strength of imagination, or art, can a reader of public discourses bo considered an orator ! , to be co.stixi ki. Well Told. Stephen A. Douglass says a great deal about amalgation. Geo. Xyo, of Xew York, in his speech at Chicago, alluded to this propensity, and said it reminded him of an anecdote. Chas. Fox onco visitod a lady of rank, who, In a pet, said to him, " I don't caro for yon three skips of a ioupc." . fox was good natured, so he wroto tno following i ',; - ' ' J ' ; A lady has wiiil to mo In her own hrnso, ' . "I do not care fnr yon thresskipi of lonse!" ' I fiitgire the dour crmtare for whnt she ha said, ; For a My speaks mottof what runs in bar head I' ... "Of courw," said Gen. Nyo, "I tnake no personal applications." -The uproar 'was; tro- mtndou. WEALTH OF TUB STATUS. Tho following interesting official table is from tho report of tho Secretary of tho Treasury : ItUAL AXD rEKSOXAI, WEALTH OF TUB UNITED STATES 1850. Stales. Alabama. . Population. Value of rrop'y 083,102 $270,2:i;i,o::7 Arkansas California Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky . , Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts. . . Michigan Mississippi Missouri X. Hampshire. . . Xcw Jersey Xcw York X. Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania. . .. lihode Island. . .. S. Carolina Tennessee Texas Vermont Virginia Wisconsin Dis. of Columbia. Minnesota Xew Mexico Oregon Washington Utah Kansas Nebraska 23.1,117 , 3:15,000 401,21)2 , !)7,2!)2 110,725 !KI5,0!)0 1,2 12,!)1 7 l,ll!),000 325,011: 1,08(1,587 000,387 023,802 030,580 1,133,123 500,374 071,010 831,213 321,701 000,400 3,470,050 021,832 2,213,750 2,512,000 100,027 705,001 1,002,470 500,000 325,200 1,512,402 552,100 00.000 05,000 83,500 30,000 5,500 30,000 11,000 4,500 01,210,720 1G3,0(!0,OU) 203,750,831 3L,400,02l 40,401,401 500,000,00:) 333,287,174 301,358,404 110,000,000 411,000,108 270,425,000 131,128,180 201,243,000 507,030,005 110,503,580 251,535,000 228,018,731 103,801,320 170,730,000 1,301,151,022 230,003,272 800,877,354 1,0S 1,731,301 01,080,850 303,431,240 321,770,810 240,(100,000 91,100,030 530,001,807 87,500,000 23,508,703 20,000,000 7,250,000 7,775,000 1.050,000 4,250,000 2,350,000 1,235,014 Total 2G,004,312 Add, for property not valued for under valuations, and for the rise in tho value of property since 1850, tho sum of. Total wealth of U. S. $0,817,011,07: ,..1,500,000,000 $ll,3i7,011,O72, Pursii:n! t'iop l ly of OhiolSoC. Wo have been permitted by the Auditor of nLato toexamino the returns which havo been made to his ollice, by tho several County Auditors of Ohio, of the personal property of the people of tho State, as shown by tho last spring's assessment. By a comparison with the tallies prepared in Washington, of the national census of 1850, it will bo seen that Ohio has advanced in steady pace on the road to wealth and prosperity. The material facts as shown by tho returns received here, are as fol lows : Xo. 021.413 ....1,087,710 . . . . 5,750 . . . . 3,518,003 ....1,801.124 .... 207,505 .... 73.028 Value. $ i!G,2:il,127 212,551,170 Horses . . 1 Cattle... Mules... Sheep... Swino. . . Carriages, Watches. 307,00! 5,007,130 5,100,008 9,808,285 1,188,017 Pianos 0,070 801,500 In regard to Tianos, tlio returns show that the live counties which take the lead in this description of property, are as follows : Hamilton, which has 1,320 ; Cuyahoga 487; Franklin 220 ; Montgomery 108 ; Erie 157. Erie county, according to its size nnd population, beats the Stato for pionos, from which fact we infer that Sandusky is quite a musical city, and wo have tho authority of a very excellent and distinguished friend in the Auditor's Office, to confirm our inference. The counties of Paulding, Xobleand Fulton, have no pianos, but wo shall not presume that because they have no pianos, that the good people thereof havo no music in their souls. Tho election returns show that they have many a lad who can discourso most eloquent music from a violin, and many a lass who can trip the light fantastic too to tho music of a papered comb. But to proceed with our sta-istics : Merchant's stock $93,877,401 Manufactures' stock 8,220,700 Moneys and Cr's including book acc'ts Money invested in U. S. stocks. . Bonds of any other State than Ohio, of any County or corporation not required to list Valuo of property employed in Banking Valuo of all other personal proper-crtv not enumerated 74,887,818 403,300 1,535,510 10,418,G31 24,418,034 This makes tho grand estimate of personal property belonging to tho peoplo of tho State of Ohio two hundred and sixty-three millions, threo hundred and ninety-two thousand dollars (208.302.183), as returned for taxation. It is fair to presume that there is a largo surplus which either from purpose or accident, has not been returned at all. Allowing that wo have now in this Stato two millions and a half of population, tho avorago to each man, woman nnd child throughout tho Stata would bo considerably over 0110 hundred dollars. llemembcr tlio liguers givon abovo do not includo tho real property, tho houses and lands of tho Stato. Wo think the peoplo of Ohio havo every reason to feel satisfied with their lot, and to give thanks to God for tho manifold blessings he has vouchsafed to them. Cotumbiia Journal, . FnEAcmxo is a TiiEATEn. Bev. Isaac Lord, of Ipswich, England, has been preaching to immense crowds, on Sunday afternoons, in tho theater at that place. Ho docs not seem to fear contamination from bricks and mortar. When Thnlberg gave his concert to tho school children, hi Philadelphia, week or two ago, ono section refused to go becauso tho directors thought it was very immoral to visit a theater. . Qj" Annette, my dear., what country is opposite to ns on tho globo ? " " Don't know, sir." " Well, now," continued the perplexed teacher, " if I we're to bore a holo through the earth, and you woro to go in at this end, whoro would you come out ? " , " Out of the hole, sir," replied tho pupil, with an air of triumph, at having solved tho groat question." . , 03" The other evcning.onc gentleman pointed out a dandified looking individual to his friend as a sculptor. " What?" said his friend 'Jsuch a looking chap as that a sculptor ! Surely, you must be mistaken." "Ho may not be the kind of ono you moan," said the informant, " but I know that ho 'chiseled' a tailor out of a suit of clothes last week." ; 05" So quickly sometimes has the wheel 'i.inm1 round, that manv a man has lived to enjoy tho bonaflt of that chanty which, h own piety projected. ui'POKi:t miscovFitv or the TO U Kit OF llAUDh. A letter in The DmUm Tiwl-r, from Beir-out, dated Dec, 8, after giving an account of a visit by Mr. Place, French Consul nt Mosul, to tho plains of Arliela, has the following account of a discovery supposed to bo tho veritable Tower of Babel. Passing on, Mr. Plneo nnd his party nt length discovered what they believed to lie nothing less than the veritable remains of the Tmeer of JJtthel tho wonder of wonders, nnd the grandest spoctaclo which the eyes of men can couteniplato in this n;;o of (ho world. This proud tower, which was built in defiance of Heaven, nnd aimed to pierce the very skies, has lost in the course of ages its cloud reaching elevation. Six of its eight stories havo fallen and crumbled into dust, but tho two which remain aro so high that thru mi u lesct n for fifty or sixty miles around. The base of the toweris quadrangular, and each smo.HioutoOU feet long. The tower is "made of bricks and of the purest clay, and of a white) color, which is a littlo shaded with a yellow tint. Under a clear sun, and as a whole, this ancient monument of human skill and daring presents a lino blending of colors, which sots tho painter's pallet at defiance. Before being baked, tho bricks had been covered with characters traced with tho accuaacy of the hand of a writing-master. Xear tho top of tho letters the straight strokes were adorned with flourishes resembling tho heads of nails. All was neat , regular and severe ; and indeed, those who saw their specimens of ancient caligraphy affirm that the fathers of tho human race wroto a better hand than their children. Among tho interesting discoveries of Mr. Placo were certain inscriptions on fillets of gold, silver and copper and also upon a metal now unknown, nnd which has somewhat of the nppearanco of ivory. It has been submitted to tho experiments of an intelligent metallurgist, and its qualities will soon be ascertained.Somo very curious photographs, taken by tho expedition, completed their labors, ono of which was of the ruins of tho palaco of the famous Queen Semiramis. This ancient monument, situated on tho height of a mountain raised by the hand-iof men, overlooks the awful scliludjcs which surround Bako Van a body of water six or seven times larger than Lako Geneva. The following is tho Scriptural account of the Tower of Babel, which is found in the 11th chapter of Genesis: "And tho wholo earth was of ono language nnd of ono speech. And it c.imo to pass, us they journeyed firm tht East ; thnj fonn.l a p'nin in the land of Sliinar ; and they dwelt thero. " And they said ono another : Go to : let us mako brick, nnd burn them thoroughly : And they had brick for stone and slime for mortar. And they said, Go to, let us build up n city, nnd a tower, whoso top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lust wo bo scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And the Lord came down to see tlio city and tlio toner which the children of men builded. " And tho Lord said Behold, tho peoplo is ono, anil they havo all ono Inngungo ; an.l this they begin to do ; nnd now nothing will be restrained to them which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, nnd there confound thoir Inngungo, that they may not understand ono another's speech. So tho Lord scattered them abroad from thence, upon the face of nil tho earth, and th"y left off to bnil I th' d'y. Therefore is the name of it called I'abel ; becauso the Lord did thoro confound tho lan-jiiange of the earth." Wo have italicized some of tlio striking points. ROQUET AJVE) TKL' lUBLL. Tho day was a fine day, but an unexpected shower suddenly drove two or three little parties into the cottago for temporary shelter ; a Bible and a boquet of flowers lay upon tho table. A shrewd-looking man, ono of tho company approached the table ho was an infidel. I lo opened tho Biblo, nnd closed it with a smilo that was mingled with derision. Ho then took up tho boquet " This suits mo best," said, he, with an exulting nir, "for it hns no mysteries; lean understand it; its colors lire fair, nnd its scone delightful." Saying this ho pulled n llower from tho boquot, and stuck it in his bosom. A pause succeeded ; it was soon broken by an old gentleman, whoso meek and mercy-loving face was grateful to gazo on, and whose grey hair entitled hiin to resect. Ho had heard tho observation of tho infidel, and felt quito anxious to counteract its influence ; advancing to tho table, ho also took up tho boquet." How bounteous in this gift," said ho "is tho Father of Mercies," This boquet is delightful. How delicately formed aro these beautiful flowers! How rich aro their varied tints, and how sweet is the fragrance they exhale ? But shall wo forego the joy of inhaling thoir fragrnnco, and tho delight of gazing upon their beauty, because we cannot explain tho hidden mysteries of their exislcnce ? We know not how dry, husky, unsightly seed, when set in the ground, could start up in such glorious forms ? Wo cannot tell how it is that from tho same soil such dill'erent stems should spring, and on tho same (lower such varied tints appear ; nor know wo why some of tho fairest and sweet-test flowers should be thickly pointed with thorss. Theso things aro mysterious ; but if wo wait till wo can comprehend them, the dowel's will fado away, for thoir life is short. Let us gaze, then, on their beauty, and inhale their fragrance whilo we may. " And why Rhould wo not," continued he, putting down tho lmquotand taking up tho Bible "why should we not uso tho Word of God in the same way ? This blessed book nromnts us to all that is cood. warns us against everything that is evil, nnd, amid tho dark ness of tins had world, points us to a nrigiucr and better. Jlysterics it has dcepand awful mvstcrics which its almighty Author alone can explain ) but shall wo wasto our short brooding over them, and neglect tno greater part, which is quito plain, and overlook the manifold mercies it proffers for our acceptance ? Whilo tho Holy Scriptures rcprovo us in error and support us in sickness and death, shall we undervalue and neglect them ? Xever. Let us leave, tljon, the mysteries, both of pro-videnco and grace, till it shall please God to unravel thorn to our understanding ; and in tho mean timo, let us, whilo rejoicing that God's works and words both show that he is 'The Wonderful ! gratefully placo tho glowing flowers of tho boquet In our bosoms' and tho gloriou9 consolations of tho Bible in our hearts." . ' Wiikhr God is not. A clergyman nddrcs-ing a school on the omnipresence of tho Deity, asked Iho children if any one could tell him whore God is not to bo fonnd. A littlo girl timidly replied, " Tho Bible says, he is not in ill the wicked man's thoughts." ' Aiic'io or r-iT (jni'iwi'iKii!, ii I'ioiit-vi' ! lho'lisl l'lr 11 chcr. Harper's new Weekly says : Who Iuh not heard ot Peter Cartwright, the Pioneer Wes ter, famous lor lus c iinii in.ietr crs, nnd rcliir- ions z.'al, anil his native eloquence, nnd his quaint anecdotes, and a thousand pleasant eccentricities ? For hundreds of miles in tho Western Slates there is not a cabin whoro tho old preacher's name is not a household word Hiding out of Springfield, Illinois, 0110 after noon, Mr. Cartwnght's attention was attract ed by shouts from a buggy closo lo him on the road " Glory to God ! Amen ! Anoth- sinncr's down! Hallelujah" At first he thought tho sounds must como from somo persons who had just arrived from a camp- mooting, nnd were still under the influence of tho excitement ; but, ruling nearer, ho saw that tho tenants of tho buggy two men nnd a girl were convulsed with laughter, nnd evidently mocking at him. Ho reined up his Horse to let tlieni proceed ; but tiiey stopped too, nnd sang ns before : " Glory to God! Pray on brother ! Another sinner's down ! Pray on ! " Then ho tried to pass them, but loiind Ins horse too still, nnd they continued their shouts, "Hallelujah! Another sinner's down ! Another soul's converted ! Pray on brother ! " till tho poor preacher was distracted. Tho rest of his adveuluro ha must tell in his own racy language : It would bo hard for mo to describe my feelings just about this time. It seemed to 1110 that I was delivered over to bo tormented by tho devil and his imps. Just at this moment I thought of n desperate mud-hole about a quarter of a mile ahead, it was a long one, and dreadful deep mud, and many wagons had stuck in it, and had to be pried out. Xear tho centre of this mud hole there was a placo of mud deeper than any where clso, On the right stood a stump about two feet high ; all tho teams had to bo driven as closo to this stump as possible, to avoid a deep rut on the left, whero many wagons had stuck ; I knew thero was n small bridle way that wound round through the brush to avoid tho mud, nnd it occurred to mo that when ho caino near this muddy placo I would take the bridle way, and put iny horso at the top of his speed, nnd by this means get away from these wretched tormentors, as I knew they would not go fast through this long reach of mud. Whon we came to tho commencement of tho mud I took tho bridlo path, and put spurs and whip to my horse. Seeing I was rapidly leaving them in tho rear, tho driver cracked his whip, and put his horse at almost full speed, and such was llieir anxictv to Keep up to me, to carrv out their sport, that whon they camo to this bad placo they never saw tho stump on the ight. jho lore wheel of tho wagon struck centrally, on tho stump, and ns tho wheel mounted the stump, over went tho wagon. Fearing that it would turn entirely over and catch them under, tho two young men took a leap into tho Hind, and when they lighted they sunk up to the middle. Tho voung lady was dressed in white, and as tlio wagon went over, sbo s'irnn? as far ns sho could, and lighted on all fours ; her hands sunk into the mud up to her armpits, her mouth nnd lb whole of her faco immersed in tho inuddv wa ter, and she certainly would havo strangled if the young men had not relieved her. As thoy helped herup and out, Iliad wheeled my horse to seo tho fun. I rode up to tho edge of tho mud, stopped my horse, roared in my stirrups, and shouted at the top of mv voico : " Glory to God ! Glory to God ! 'l lallelu-jah ! Anothersinner'sdown ! Glory to God! Hallelujah I Glory! Hallelujah!" If ever mortals felt mean, these youngsters did ; and well (hey might, for they bad carried on nil this sport to make light of religion and to insult a minister, a total stranger to them. But they contemned religion, and hated tho Methodists, especially Methodist preachers. When I became tired of shouting over them, I said to them : "Xow, you poor, dirty, mean sinners take this as 11 just judgment of God upon you for your meanness, and repent of your dreadful wickedness ; nnd let this bo the last timo that you attempt lo insult a preacher." A KEAL WESTERN TOWN. Sioitx City. What will peoplo do when thero is no West to go to ? Thoy won't stay at homo ; nnd just as long as thoro is a river to follow up and a wilderness to explore, the bold pioneers will " push along, keep moving." The latest point of attraction this side of tho Pacific is Sioux City, situated on tho very confines of civilization, two miles below tho mouth of tho Big Sioux river, and tho present upper port of tho Missouri. The Sioux river marks tho boundary between Western Iowa and tho Indian Territory, nnd tho St. Louis Republican thus speaks of tho progress of Sioux City and tho region round about : " It is but littlo over a year old, yet it already contains about eighty houses and five hundred inhabitants, full of enterprise and industry. There is a steam saw mill in constant operation in tho centre of tho town, but it cannot possibly supply tho demand for linn-licr, and tho peoplo havo obtained considerable from St. Louis the past summer, at a cost of 0110 hundred dollars per thousand feet. Lots sell from thrco hundred dollars to fifteen hundred dollars npiece, tho farming in tho vicinity is valued at from twenty to forty dollars per acre. "Carpenters get four dollars per day, masons seven dollars. Money seems abundant A newspaper is soon to bo slarted there. A school house is in process of building, and tho materials for a new church aro now on the levco. A new City is nlmut to bo laid off opposite Sioux City, in Xobmskn, to bo culled Pacific City. Ten miles below this point is a flourishing villago, Oinaili. It has has about threo hundred inhabitants. Tho other important places in Xobrnska.arc Florence Omaha City and Nebraska City all of which aro growing very rapidly. Omaln City ha.s already outstripped its much older neighbor, Council Bluffs. Sects im IIraves. There is a morning coming when Kpiscopalianism and Methodism nnd Congregationalism, shall be abolished, nnd all stand on the sea of glass, r.nd worship Him shnt sittoth on tho great white throno. I ticking to the church of tUt morning. I. like that saying of Whitfield's : Father Abraham, havo you got F.piscopal-ims up there t' "o !" Havo yon got any Methodists up thcro ? - "Xo 1" " Have you got IndependnnU ? " " Xo ! nono but Christians, my son ! "Dr. Tyng. 07" In the museum at Ilifnlutin is flea skin containing seven misers' souls, seven rich men's conscienscs the "principles" of seven leading politicians, scvontecn old bachelors' hearts, nnd nil the remaining sweetness of seventy old t'nnids. 03" At a stranger's debut in Boston, they ask, "What docs he know?" In Xcw York, "What is ho worth?" In Philadelphia, "Who is ho?" In Washington, "What is ht 1 " and in Lowell, " I he married ?" Congressional. TIIL'IISDAY, JAXUAltY 20. fl:VATn. Mr. Trumbull nrnspntnd tbn cre dentials of the Hon. James Harlan, Senator elect from Iowa, who was qualified and took his seal. The official nolifieatinn nf tho death of Hon. Preston S. Brooks having b.en read from tho House. 11 mflvm' um? nrnnminced bv Mr. Kv.ms. Messrs. lluuler nnd Toombs nisi) spoko of the deceased 111 terms of sympathy nnd regret. Tho usual resolutions of sympathy nnd regret were then adopted and tho Senato adjourned , House. Mr. Keitt announced tho death of Mr. Brooks, saying that his disoaso was acute inllaination of the throat, and was so swift and fatal that oven his medical advisers believed him to be in no danger, till within the briefest possiblo timo of his decease. Mr. Keitt spoko of tho past history of Mr. Brooks mid closed by saying that "Earth never pillowed on its bosom a truer son nor heaven opened wide its gates to receivo a manlier spirit."Messrs. Quitman, Campbell, of Ohio, and Mr. Clingman spoke, and woro followed by Mr. Savage, who said, bo did not approve of much talking at any time, but he would do in justice to his feelings nnd those of his constit uents by remaining silent on this sad occasion. History records but one Thermopylae, but there ought to have licen another, ami that for Preston S. Brooks? Brutus stabbed Ciusar in tho Capitol, nnd vvhntovcr.inay lie thought of tho Justice and wisdom o! thedeed, tho world has ever since, approved and applauded tho act, so shall tho seeno in tho Senate chanilier carry the name nf the deceased to all future generations, long to bo remembered after nil hero aro forgotten, when these walls shall have crumbled into ruins. Hud ho been permitted to choose his own death, be (Savage) was convinced ho would havo fallen in soino great battle.At this point, a number of Republicans left tho House. Resolutions that the members wear crape &e., were adopted. On account of what was saidbyMesrs Keit and Savage, a number of Republicans refused to attend the funeral ceremonies. SATURDAY, JAXUaUY 31. Sexatk. On motion of Mr. f'iglcr, tho bill providing for the survey of the Ohio river and its principal tributaries, was made tho special order for Monday next. The consideration of tho Indian Appropriation bill was then resumed. Mr. Hale commented in severs terms on the conduct of Gov. Stevens, in proclaiming mar tial law and arresting the .liulgo ot tho l'cder-nl Court of Washington Territory. Ho was opposed lo placing a single dolhr in tho hands of such a nmn, and thought Hint in tho days of tho Roman Supremacy no outrago equal to this was ever perpetrated in the most remote province of tho Empire. House. Mr. Grow, from tbo Committco on Territories, reported a bill fixing tbo bounda ries of Minnesota, nnd authorizing tho people thoreof to form for themselves a constitution and a Slalo government. Housi:. Mr. Grow from the committco on Teritorics, reported a bill fixing the boundary of Minnesota, nnd authorizing the peoplo thereof to form for themselves a Constitution and Stato government. Tho bill provides for the adminission of Minnesota into tho Union on a footing with the original Slates according to the federal Constitution, nnd for an election to bo held on the 1st Monday in June, for dele gates to n Convention to form a Stato Constitu tion, and in tho event of tho peopb declining in favor of a Stato government, tlio Marshall sball proceed to take tlio census of .Minnesota with a view to ascertain the number of Rep- resontatives she is entitled to under tho present census. Tho sarno provisions aro in this bill ns in former ones of a similar character, relative to public lands for education, iVc, to bo assented to as obligatory on both Minnesota, nnd tno U. Mr. Growsnid tho proposed State embraces 70,000 square miles, leaving west of tho boun dary line 90,000 square miles, to lie hereafter erected into a government by the Indian namo of Dacotah. Mr. Phelps did not desiro to impedo tho progress of the bill, but wished to know how tnnch of tho proposed Territory lies oa tho west of tho Mississippi river. Mr. Grow replied about thrcc-rourth3. Mr. riiclpssaid thntMr. Grow had frequent ly advocated tho sanctity of compacts, and ho f'riiclps, wished to know whether Mr. Grow believed in tho sacredness of tho ordinance of 1887. Mr. Grow replied, certainly. Mr. riiclps resumed, saying that by the Cth article of that ordinance, provision was mado for fivo State? out of the north west territory, which havo long sinco been organized, now an other was proposed. Mr. Grow thought this camo with a bad graco f:om Mr. riielps' considering that Plntto county wns taken and inclosed wfthin the limits of Missouri. Mr. Phelps explained ho did not regard tho ordinance of 1787, and compromise of 1820, as sacred compacts. .Mr. liovce nsked whether .Minnesota nid sufficient population for a Slate. .Mr. lirow said it would lie atxmt itio size 01 Missouri, and that her population is between 175,000 nnd 200,000 persons. A motion to table tho bill wns then voted down by a largo majority. The bill wns tllon passed y a voio 01 va against 1 1. Mr. Grow, from tho Committee on Territo ries reported a bill for tho relief of tho peoplo of Kansas, declaring ail purported laws mssed by tho Legislature assembled at Shawnco Mission, null and void, for tho reasons that the members thereof were elected through violation of the organic act, and usurped powers, and enacted cruel and oppressive statutes. Tho bill provides for holding anew election, and nny person otrering his vote must prove by his own oath that ho i a bona fide settlor, and by tho oaths of two legal voters llrnt ho has been for more thnn one month preceding tho election, an actual resident of tho Territory, and fifteen days a resident ot his district Fines from $200 to 230, and imprisonment from one to twelvo months to be imposed on illegal voters. Distnrbanco or control of the pollsby armed or organized bands, nnd for willful reception of illegal volos y those appointed to receive them. Mr. Clingman moved o lay the bill on tha table, but tho House refused todo so by a vote of 80 ngiinst 02. ' Mr. Kcnible said he could not cnnwnt to sweco bwst the wholo coda of Kniws laws, r.nd mmrilud to Mr. Grow to wilhdmw hisi demand for Ilia previous qnestion, so mni no (Kemblc) might offer substitute repealing all obnoxious inws. Mr. Cnmnbell. of Ohio, wished lo make an smendmrnt allowing none but citiran of tha United States to vot. ; :. Mr. Fletcher wanted the bill to go whore it mignt bo seen and discussed. Tho bill was recommitted, and the-Hous took up tlio bill authorizing tho inhabitants of Oregon to form a Constitution and State Got-eminent preliminary to admission into the Un' ion. Tlio provisions of tho bill, with tho exceptions of the boundaries, are similar to thosei of tho Minnesota bill. It gives ono Keprpson' talivo to Congress. Mr. Grow said tho bill gives Oregon 56,000' square miles, and that tho population now was about 00,000. Mr. Whitney wished to confine the voting' to citizens of tho L'.iited States. He would do what ho could to prevent aliens from making constitutions for American) citizens. Mr. Lano replied that tha laws of Orcgetl did not allow aliens to vote, nor do they claim that privilege. Mr. Humphrey Marshall ofierod an amend' mcnt, which w.'U agreed to by a vote of 1 against 41), confining the suffrages at tho oloc-tion for delegates to frame a constitution id riti'nns nf tlm 1'nitnil Sfntoo The bill subsequently passodandthe Hou4 adjourned. Wednesday, Feb. 2J . Sepate On motion of Mr. Bigler, a resolution was adopted for tlio appointment of a committee to ascertain and report a mode of examining tiie votes for President and Vie President, and of notifying tho persons elected of their election. Messrs Bigler, Benjamin nnd Footo wore1 appointed on tho part of the Senate, and the1 House having concurred in tho resolution, isl represented by Jones of Tcnn., Washburn of Me., Fuller of Pa., and Loiter and Boeock. On motion of Mr. Adams, tho Senate pro ceeded to tho consideration of a bill to estab lish a department of law, and proscribe thd duties of tho Auditors and Comptrollers of thai Treasury. The Senato resumed the consideration ot tho Indian appropriation bill and p.rssed it with many amendments, among them the following becuring to the Acv lorlt Indians who emi grated to Kansas under tho treaty of Buffalo Creek, the quantity of land to which thoy wero entitled, including their improvements,' tho residtio of tho tract to constitute a part of tho public domain, separating the office of Govj crnors of Territories from that of Indian af fairs. Adjourned. mouse. J I10 House took up the bill estalx fishing tha collection districts of the U. S. designating the ports of entry and delivery; and codifying nnd remodling tho revenue sys tern generally. Tho friends of tho measure dosiro its imm diatc passage, tho subject having bcerf lieforS Congress for sevoral years ; others exclaimed that they had not road it, and hence wore not willing to act now on a measure of such vast importance. It was postponed till Monday next. . Mr. Pelton, from the Committco on Cora mcrce, reported back tho bill authorizing tha President to procure a suitable steam revenue; cutter and appropriating 15,000 for that pur' pose. Tho House concurred in tho Senate's amende ment, striking out tho original provision. It shall bo stationed fn Xew York, and used for tho purposo of rescuing shipwrecked persons. The bill now awaits the action of the Presi dent. Mr. II. Marshall, from tho Committco of J udiciary, reported a bill dividing Texas into two J udicial Districts. . . Dir. Lioicncr sum tno nresent . miim. vt- rous, is much complained of. Where docs ho live- ? : , Mr. Marshall, replied in tho Eastern Dis trict. Tho bill passed. Mr. Barber, from tho Committee on Judi ciary, reported a resolution that John B. Wat- rous, District Judge lor tho District of Texas, be iiiijwached for high crimo and misdemeanors. Pending which tho House ndjournod. Tho members will sit for 8 or 10 hours day if necessary, in order to complete testi mony this week. A deputy bergcant-at-Arms had cone from hero for witnesses. , Tho committco on foreign affairs in tho llouso will report the French spoliation bill; but its friends jill not attempt its consideration wing to pressure of othor business and want of timo for its consideration. Tho committee on elections have decided to report a resolution declaring vucant tho scat held by Whitfield of Kansas, but making no reccommondation relative to Mr. Rceder. " ST1.GY CHHISTSANS,V Thoro are nono such. It is as great a con- tradiction of terms as to talk of an honest thief. But thcro are stingy professors of religion in most churches. One mark of tlu men is their ingenuity in contriving excuses for not giving to the ennseof Christ. Ask them for a missionary contribution, and if they hnvflf heard of tho slightest error in tho management of the particular society to which they are nsked to give, they triumphantly pnrado that as an all sullioient excuso, torgetting that, all human instrumentalities are iRiporfeet. If they havo not lliat excuso thoy win tall? perhaps of their great sacrifices to support th gospel at homo. Ask them for t contribution to tho causo of Christian education, and they will tell vou of a donation they made vcars ngo to soma institution of learning, which was not managed exactly to suit trteir mrtiorrsf.- They will not bo cheated again. Ask then for money to send the Biofe to the poor, or to print religious liooks and tracts, and thoy wilt tell you that the nll.nrs or tho publishing so ciety arc not managed economically. This or that otneers gets too mucn salary, nnd tney will not give their precious dimes to be squan dered in that style. Ask them to take re ligious newspaper, and thoy have morermpen now than they can read. Thcirstocfc of news-luiicr reading nrolnhly consists of one or two" dolla r weeklies, fHVt with moral poisop, for' the ruin of their children. Tho simple truth in regard to these profes sors of religion is that they lovo thoir money moro than tUcy lovo their Savior : Tbbre ex cuses aro mere pretence. Thoy may chent thoir own consciences with them, but they ne- eeive nobody clso. Tho trne ehrirtin Tntet t give to the cause of Christ He fcets it t b a privilege to give. He regard himself merely as a steward of tho property (rod hns given liim J and his experience is that it is more bles sed to give than receive. Fre. frefbyUria ' A KTSb-itEAr.Tr.D Kkgro "Pompet. ir yon willing to I damned if it liiiH rV Ibe Lord's will ?" inquin-da ptoafe friend. . O, yes, niassa and more too i-1 m willing yon be damned (eo, nmtna 1" replied Psqipey. r fj- Lorrg word", like king! dtc?. fro quently hido something wrong about tbo ' understanding. -.-- -- 1 i ... mk i4 'X'-i Uf The best eapibrf to W-gi K!V on is ft capital wifij. . -.., 1 . .