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Specimens of sydneys Smiths Table
talk.

Specimens Of Sydney Smiths tablc-talk
are given in his Life, though not SO LIBERAL
ly as might have been expected. We give
some extracts from them and from tho most
characteristic passages Of his correspond
ence rs illustrative Of his +" own peculiar !"
wit and humor, his proper inviduality Of
thought and phrase.
Some one asking il the Bishop d
was going to marry! Perhaps ho may"
said the Cannon, "yst how can q Bishop
marry How can he airt! The most he
can say Is, will sec you in tho vcstry Of.
ter seryce."'
"It is a great proof Of sbyness to crumble
bread at dinner" in his opinion. "oh, ]
see you are afraid Of me-" said ho to a
young lady who sat by him." You crum-
bic your broad. do |. when sit by the
Bishop Of London, and with both hands
when sit by the Archbishop"
or the Utilitarians In general, and one in
particular, he says: "That man Is so hard
you might drive broad wheeled wagon over
him and il would produce no impression IL
you wero to bore holes in him with gimlet
am convinced sawdust would como out oi
him. That school treat mankind as If they
were machines the feelings or affections
never enter into their calculations. II every.
thing is to be sacrificed to utility, why do
you bury your grandmother at ALL Why
don't you cut her into small pieces at once,
and make portable soup Of her :"
"Dcar Bobus," hc writes to his brother
in 1918, "pray take care Of yourself. We
shall both bs n brown, infragrans paper, in
thirty or forty years. Let US contrive to
last out for the same, or nearly tho same
time"
To Lady Holland ho writes in 1870
a aWo liked Mis-. II was wrong ut
her time Of life, to be circumvented BY SIS
diagrams; but there Is some excuse in the
novelty Of the attack, as I believe she Is the
6rs, lady that ever fell q victim to Algebra.
or that was geometrically led from the paths
of discretion" ..
To Lord Murray, In 1921 :-"HOw little
you understand young Wodsowood! Gn.
vcn,or Of the Wedgcwood ware.) II he
appears to lovo Waiting, it is only to catch
fresh figures Tor cream jugs. Depend upon
il. he will have jeffrey and you will enjoy
an argillaccous Immortality.
Arrived at Dover, soon after tho construc-
lion Of the " shaft" he mentions Il as % q
staircase, BY which the top Of tho cliff Is
reached with great casc-or at least, wha,
they call great ease, which means tho loss
Of about a pound Of liquid aosh, and Us
much pulling and blowing as would grind o
bushel Of wheat" s.
"Mr. jeffrey, ho writes to the Countess
Grey, "wanted TO persuade me that myr.les
grew ou,-of.doors in Scotland, as here. Up
on cross examination, It turned out they
were prickly, and that many had been do
stroyed by the family donkey. I
Luttefell,n he writes 10 1929, from the
Combe Forcy Parsonage, " came over 10. q
day, from whence know not, but though.
not from good pastures; at least no hao
not his usual soup and patio iook. Inefo
was . forced smile upon his oounssn ano''
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even roasted or fried beet root, would not be
fouad preferable to boiled."-Ag. Ershangs.

Coon BurrER. Butter produced from
feeding on corn,fodder, cut when green is
harder, ycllower, and worth moro by the
pound, than when the cows are fed on hay.
Corn fodder, If cut when green, and web
cured, is the best feed for milk cows except
carrots.
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A Srrrcu. The editor Of Yarper's Nag.
a:ine pulls the following scrap from his
"drawer !"
"Many . verdaut Congressman, fresh
from his constituents, has found the floor OF
national bear garden quito different thea
trs for the display Of bis abilities, from tho
tavern or the store up country, whcro ho
has been wont to hold forth to his admiring
friends. Mr.. Collier, who became ono Of
tho leaders in tho Lower House, was taken
all aback when ho was 6st on his legs in
tho hall. lie rose and said: 'Mr. Speaker
"'The gentleman from New York. said
the Speaker.
II began. to grow dark In front Of tho
rising member, but he managed to eIclaim
again, 'Mr. Speaker
Tho gentleman from Now York. said
tho Speaker.
by this timo attention was arrested and
the sudden silence was even moro confound.
ing than the uproar in which he had risen.
Once moro he cried out, and now on tho
verge Of despair, Mr.. Speaker
The gentleman from New York, said
the Speaker, with tho faintest smile Of COM
passion on his face.
tBu, no words camo 10 boar tho thoughts
Of the embarrassed member, and turning to
q friend sitting next to him, hc burst
forth i<s a. ,r
'Isay, Ellsworth, do you know where
can charter knot hole for fortnishtP
That was his maiden speech. Ills next
was decided hi. and ho speedily rose TO
the from, rank Of speakers In the House,"
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UNION AND EASTERN JOURNAL

Ths Uaea sni Eastern JOarpd s paenshsd s,sry
RKisAf, At No. I, Central block, opposite ne bda
House ss--rnns--12,0opR Anaam, Or tl,e on Paid VIZ
In Shrse months froua he time of .aosenons. sns'
soplss cents. II ". d. PALnss, ths American Nese
paper Agent IL the only aaaorIsl Agsnt os this pap
In The ssses ss Neg Iorh Boston, and rhhsdsphA AsS
|. daly empssefcd ~ sAAs aiverosensne and sasssrIp
tions al the sAme rAtes ss required ~ Ne. hs omtC
ArS-yss YOrk rribans hailiiAss s0stss, seoAy
building PAiLa<skAis, N. W. ssrnsr rAlri and SAs-
aut street. ....H.
MARcUs WATSON, Printer.
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Tur franklin GoLD DIcosos.
Pennington Chronicle states that operations
have been commenced In earnest with
strong crew and proper appcrstis, in tho
Now Sharon gold diggings. The editor says
he was shown low days siuoc,a iiuc speci-
men, Of about IS mlue, the proceeds Of Il
fcw hours wsshing,--oue lump containing
the yalne Of % cents.
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Salt River.

Somo may be curious rs TO the geography
Of this place. I, has been described in a
letter Of Bayard Taylor which we copy be-
low:
"Salt River, where !, debouches 10, their
Ohio river Is no, more than finy or sixty
yards In breadth, but very deep. l'never in
iordable even in tho dryest seasons, and
being navigablo for fourteen miles above
tho mouth has no, been bridged above this
point. We descended its steep and difficult
banks, embarked our carriages on fiat
fery.boat, and were conveyed across. Tho
view looking up the river was beau,iful.-
Tall elms and sycamores clothed the banks,
dropping their boughs almost 10 The water,
and forming vista OF foliage through which
tho stream curved out Of sight between
wooded hills. ! longed 10 be rowed up il.
While on the spot ! took occasion TO enquire
the derivation OF tho slang political phrase,
4" Rowed up Salt River" and succeeded in
discovering il. Formerly there wero ex-
,ensive salt works on the river, short dis
iance from its mouth. The laborers employ
ed in them were SET Of athletic beligerent
fellows, who soon became noted far and
WIDE for their achievements in the pugilis-
tic limo. Hence il became q common thing
- H.. 81 sI,. nhsn ,.,han
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nirht. BY the howl of the wolf and the shrill cry
Of The panther celebrating the rites Of his Church
sin temples not made BY hands," whose roofs
were the blue sky and whose floors were the moss
covered earth. There for half century he la
bored, with not wish for the glory and the gran
deur be had left behind him and when death
came TO take him to the Eternal Abodes, his loss
was bewailca by many fourishing Catholic COM
munities. And these communities are true to
their lsud, as the needle is to the pole. Nowhere
does their burn patriotism more ardent than that
which burns in their bosom. When the trying
hour of the Mexican War came, and call was
made upon our citizen soldery to go forth to fight
Catholic enemy-Catholic Cambria responded
to the call by giving one IN ten of her citizens.
And those citizens never for a moment disgraced
tho American name. They wrote their history in
crimson stains, from the PLAN of Vera Cruz to
the crowning field, upon the heights of chapulte-
pee. Let no man tell us after what we have seen,
that the most earnest Catholicism and the most
intense patriotism are Incompatible"
eve are not unaware Of the possible risk we
run, in thus frankly expressing our sentiments.
We have ever been told that some Of our support
comes from members of the Order, and that our
best policy would therefore be silence. To all
such advisers we have only to say-lt is not neces
sary for US that the Rock Islander should live; but
it is necessary that long il does liveit should
speak fesrlessly what We conceive TO be the whole
truth ~
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The Smelling Committee.

The ssSmelling Committee" gotten up by the
know-Nothing Massachusetts Iegislaturehas eau
sed great deal of fun in Yankeeland at the ex-
pense of the secret organization. The Hartford
(Ct.) Times says;
ga photographic caricature has been got out in
Boston, "a copy of which has been left at our Of
fce,) representing the operations of the Smelling
Committee. One fellow has his nose up Chin
ney; another is peaking into clothes-press /; an
other into cupboard filed with small potatoes !;
another is looking at and rosary with great
surprise another rs head and shoulders in bas-
ket of dirty clothes; another is stretching his neck
to peak into an clubhouse and two are crawling
under beds, peaking about with their noses in
close proximity to the furniture there. This is
plain,v the condition of Know Nothingism. -
In another paragraph it thus alludes to.the
matter:
"In the Boston Know-Nothing lithographic
carricature is a member OF the Smelling Commit
tee y looking into cupboard, where he discov-
cred a pile of very small potatoes, which be de-
clares were placed there by the Pope Of Rome to
insult the Massachusetts, Legislature. %
Againit says:
"The Know Nothing Legislature of Massachu-
sets cannot well explain the object of their singu-
lar examination of the females in the Catholic
schools. Did they want to find where the danger
to our country lay. when one of them urged that
he might be allowed private visits to one of the
nuns -
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We published esterday, the report of the Com
mittee of the Legislature of Massachusetts, with
reference to the conduct of Mr.. Joseph Hiss. a
member of the House, and which, of itself, deyel-
opes sad state of morality. 1t was such men
as Hiss, reeking NTH moral leprosy, who raised
the cry of immortality and licentiousness under
which the famous Nunnery Committee was APP
pointed. The acts of that Committee are known,
and all good men, both in Massachusetts, and
throughout the nation, blush at the scandal But
now comes still more ptiable and disgraceiul ex-
hibition. The report is made to the Legislature,
and the recommendation for the expulsion of the
ieper adopted, when, with shameful effrontery. he
presents memorial asserting, IN one breath, his
innocence, and the next almost admitting every
crime charged, but justifyng himself and claiming
exemption on the ground that ike criminal con-
duct acas the practice Of most members Of the Com
nsittee, and demanding the opportunity to prove
it. We copy the concluding portions of the me-
mortal. It's author. be it remembered, was, until
very recently, the Chief Instructor Tsuch is the IT,
tle] of the Know Nothing order in Massachusetts
1t furnishes fair specimen of Know Nothing
morality, and exhibits Joseph Hiss, by his own
confession, leprous and lustful beast, having on
ly the form of man. He says
Your memorialist proposes to show that the con-
duct with which he is charged, has not heretofore
been considered by the members of this Com
mittee and others, members of this House, mas
much if the opportunity is given him he win show
by such testimony, under oath, as in the Supreme
Judicial Court of this Commonwealth has hereto-
fore been found sufficient to authorize DEGREES of
divorce for the cause of adultery, both against
husband and wife that the Chairman of your very
honorable Committee of investigation. both while
with Committees Of this House, as well as while
connected with it as member, and while acting
in said several capacities, has done the same acts
with which your memorialists stand charged by
the report of your Committee
And your memorialist, if permitted, further
proposes to show by similar evidence unner oath,
that other members Of the honorable House, both
while upon Committees and during their connec-
ton with the House, have been guilty of like i'm
proprieties and ndiscretiuns as those charged up-
on your memorialist in said report.
Aud your memorialist respectfully represents
that having been charged with doing no more
than can be shown that others, members of the
same body. whose age, standing acauircments.
and reputation have entitled them to his respect.
and to whom he might and ought TO look for ex-
amplc-that it is unfair and unjust, without any
previous warning on the part Of the house, that
said procedents were net to be followed. that he
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important,

II 10 now reduced to q certainty that the duty
Of slecting United States Senator, will devolve
ON the next legislature of this State. This is an
important fact which the people should not for
get. when selecting their candidates for members
of that body. They should be men of sterling
honesty. who if elected will faithfully carry out
the instructions of their constituents and steadily
resist the approaches of that willy Know-Nothing
demagogue, Simon Cameron. - Simon,'' although
compelled for the present to "point down" is full
ly determined to exert his utmost to procure the
election of sufficient number of the faithful on
she second Tuesday of October next, to enable
him to :" point up" when the proper time arrives.
This must not be; for although Simon" appears
determined in spite of nature and his stars" }" TO
be statesman, it would be deep and lasting
disgrace to the people of Pennsylvania, to allow
themselves to DC represented in the United States
Senate, during the next six years, By a man who
is natural and political Known Nothing, and who
destitute Of every qualification for properly dis
charging the duties Of the Office. would occupy his
time in making it pay. by procuring fat govern
ment contracts for himself and frien.'s- His aids
are now busiiy engaged in every section of the
State in making the necessary arrangements for
she campaign. A word to the wise is sufficient.
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Our Prospects,

Fr,u. the moment that William Penn 6rst set
foot en- the soil Of Pennsyvania, up to the present
time she has been the home of liberation, and the
asylum Of the oppressed Of every cline, and we
cannot bring ourselves to believe, that the dan
gerors and proseriptive principles of Know-Noth-
ingism, principles inconsistent with the plghted
faith Of the nation, and worthy to be held only by
she lowest and mesnest Of mankind, ever will find
. permanent home and abiding place on her soil
How far we are correct in this opinion, the result
Of the present contest between Democracy and
Knov-Nothingisn will determine. The contest
e one Of much Importance, and is well calculated
70 excite the interest of every friend of Republican
institutions. Proudly conscious Of the purity of
shsir principles and the rectitude OF their inten-
sions, the Democracy place their sole reliance in
shs intelligence, patriotism, and discriminating
Justice Of the people" )" while on the other hand,
shs old and stale story about the prevalence of
the Pope, and infammatory appeals to the worst
passions that find place il the breast Of man, con-
ssitrss the q order Of exercise" of Know-Nothing-
isn All true patriots, without distinction OF par
~. are arraying themselves under the standard
of Democracy, while daily desertions from the
ranks Of Know Nothingism, show that its hour of
triumph is over. The aspect of the political hor-
1son 1t the present time is cheering indeed, and
the Democracy can go into the contest confident
Of success, if they improve the advantages that
ara placed in their power.
We trust the Democracy of little Cambria will
not allow their minds to be diverted from the mag
nituds of the contest, by questions of local char
actsr, and of minor importance They should re-
member that they have part to perform in saving
Psnnsylvanis from the infamy of second triumph
II Know-Nothingism on her soil, and that the
contest is not mere scramble for power and the
smolumcnts of Office, but ir defence of the prin-
eiplcs on which our free institutions rest. We
say then, Democrats of Cambria buckle on your
srmor for the contest, and go at once to work with
the firm determination, not to allow yourselves to
be seduced from the path of duty, by the efforts
Of men who are now loud in denunciations against
Know Nothingism, but who were willing to hold
soft dalliance with it. when they thoughtit would
pay to do 30, and whose only recommendation is.
that they have here tofore been traitors without
art, and hypocrites without deceiving.
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should be singled out for the heavy penalty of a
vote of censure of this House.
Ard be therefore respectfully prays, that if he
is deemed unworthy, for the causes before meE-
toned, Of q seat in this body, that the eases Of
Others to whom he has adrerted, and which at a
proper time and place heis ready to specify and
verify, may be investigated and passed upon by
the house in order that it may be that his acts,
even as reported and unjustly charged, not
without parallel, mitigation and excuse, by pre-
-cedent and contemporaneous acts.
In fine your mcmoriast claims that his conduct
ought not to be found exceptional and punished,
with penalties, If upon investigation it is
found no other or different from that Of other
bers of this house, who still retain their seats up
on this floor.
All which is respectfully submitted.
JOSEPH HISS
The Legislature, after the presentation of this
memorial, concluded to reconsider the vote expel-
ling Hiss, and it is now more than probable, il
his assertions are to be believed, that other menu
bers will accompany him when he is finally ex-
PEELED. He offers to prone, not has oacn innocence,
but that tie acts scih aoAich he is charged are The
common practice among members. Such. then, is
the Know Nothing Legislature of Massachusetts,.
1t remains to be seen if they will dare to meet
the investigation into the morals of Know-Noth-
ingism, which Mr.. Hiss demands.
There are sixty Know Nothing clergymen in
the Legislature of Massachusetts,. ECcaing DR.
aus.
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Truth is Mighty and win Prevail" !"

Whilst the sickening manifestations of q forlorn
ana putrid political organization is hurrying,
amid unrixed mercies to the Tomb of the Capu-
lets. whittier those who had given vitality the
delusion, had sunk and mouidered, it is refreshing
and encouraging to know, that there are those
who are not afraid to proclaim justice in he Lords
pasture fields
Westward the '.Star of Empire takes it way
from the great west the following sentiments are
herAlded. They are dictated by as sound heart
ss ever beat beneath the waistcoat of an honest
Pennsylvania. Hear Pershing:
Inquirer wants us 20 show that the spirit
Of the Catholic Church is not opposed TO our in
stitutions- We huu,bly submit to him that we
not here public journalists, to attack or de-
fsnd any Church, Dot even the Church of our
choice. What We do defend is, our Catholic citi-
ssns from the charge that they are unpatriotic,
and in the hour of need would be untrue to the
Republic. What says history2 Where is the
Catholic ofhce-holder who has betrayed his trust
because he loved Rome more than his country
When has their Catholicism made them untrue to
ths land whose Constitution they are sworn t,
maintain Where have Catholic citizens been
deaf to their country's call in tae honr Of danger
Which has been truest to the Constitution and tiae
Union Puritan Massachusetts or Catholic Mary
isnd and Louisiana We speak of that which
We do know when we assert the patriotism Of tht
Catholic masses. 1t was our lot to have lived
ssaany years in the most Catholic county CT the
good old Commonwealth of Pennsylsania.--To-
wards the close of the last centery, young GALIr-
zsx, scion Of great Russian horse, frsock
courts, palaces wealth. titles, honers, home friends
and country. ali for the sake Of the Cathode fsish
he left the Old World with its onp azvl van.
itics behind him. He came to this New World,
and plunged into the yet scarce-trodden forests
which crowned the SUBMITS Of the Aneshenies.
Jncrs be lived aud be laborod, masking his home
s1so log cabin Il the pioneer; iulei 70 rest a.
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GKrnssroRk, WAYNE Co.. IND !.

Mr.. EpIroR. II base brother, NArHANIEL
M'DEyIrr, who lives somewhere in Pennsyl-
vania, Cor so have learned, who ha e not
heard from for some forty years. Any one
knowing anything in relation to his wherea-
bouts, or should this happen to meet his eve,
viii confer great favor by addressing note
to this place, to the subscriber at Greensboro,
Wayne county. Indiana
SAMUEL MDEyITT.
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The Oldest Postmaster il the United States.

The Oldest Postmaster In the United States.
The Baltimore Sun gives list of the oldest
Postmasters in the United States, at the head of
which stands the name of John Bickel, of Jones
town, Lebanon county. Pa. In letter to the
Post Office Department, lie speaks of his appoint
ment as follows
ssMy fathers name was John Bickel, AMI was
commis -ioned John Bckel, Jr.' NY father was
in the revolutionary war, and lived to be eighty
nine years old. He died about nine years ago.
/ was appointed postmaster under Jefferson's adj
ministration, by Gideon Granger, on the 2sd of
September, 1902, so that have held the Office
fifty-threc years next September. ! am now
eighty-two years cid and do all my business my
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THE MORALITY OF KNOW NOTHING
ISM

JAMES NJ. RIFLE. Secretary.
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LU d8ES Is CASH
MARBLE WORKS.

MARBLE WORKS.
TN T. undersigned would respectfully announce t,
the citizens OF Davenport aud vicinity, aud to al
those wishing TO purchase MON NuMENfs TO the mem
ory thcir deceased friends that they be ppe,
by calling his shop, Main 81 between First ant
Second, side, where he will DO pleased furnisl
CUT STONE of every description ,asl uw as ii can b,
bought in the Western coantry.
Italian aud American Marb for MonumL nts, HEAL
end FOOT STONES. Also superior article of FREI
STONE, .Sc., vel: cheap. w. W. KENNEDY.
Davenport, jane =, 'a53-25
For Lease.
4 NUMBER of lots situated In various psrts ofth
- city 70 lease for term of years. apply to
J1ly " GEO. l.. DAVENPORT.
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poots ano Shoes.
STAND FROM UNDER!
BOOTS AND SHOES!

7 AM am now prepared for thef Hand winter trad Q
With from eco TO $1,000 pairs of Boots and Shoes
comprising one Of The most extensive stocks eve r
brought 10 this mark made up solely for this trade
during the last three MONTHS under the personal SUI
peryisisn Of an experienced workman. All those
persons in want Of good Boots. good Shoes good
Caters, slippers and last, though not least,
GREAT AND GOOD BARGAINS
will dowcll to call the suscrber.
Fine Ladies slippers only twenty-five cents per
pair. Gents fine Boots, S2 ,50 and all other goods in
proportion. Don't all rush at once!
One door east of Burrows e. Prettyman.s store,
Front street, davenport, Iowa. JAS JORDAN.
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