, 1860-10-04

One Of the editors Of the Chicago Con9rf72-
f;ouaI Herald, has recently b.en as fur South as
Columbus, H.. Oh tue Mississippi River o.
the incidents Of lis trip, Nc quote the following:
. Our stsy d. Columbus was very short "a
did not have ti,nr to examine The town, but were
Introduced to rresbyteriaa minister md fur
tue frst time in that State held Il little conTer-
Bation on
PoL111cs IN krs1uckr.- fricnd, who freat-
ed us very cour:eouelf, said i: would not b.
safe TOT cay mai to avow himself :" Llacaln
man" in that part Of tho StA'e. "Wouid To-.
peop,c hurt him if lie diIt'' ne asked. ~
would rot t,e Responsible toz his SAFETY" was
the answer. He politely u7scd us 70 stay AMI
Hoend ths Sabbati, and preach. We excused
ourselves by saying it would NOT be sI'e for ns,
or xccouut Of cur polit!cs. "0h!" he said,
"you need not tell aay body what you are-'
lie was emphatic in denying that tho people Cl
the south had any ideA Of d'suniou. LIE sa'd
the iaasses were non Shareholders; and to ops
suggestion ttat tbsg we're under the influence
Of The few slareho:dera, he replied g. In common
things, bnt when yuu come 10 anything 80 serl-
QUIZ " war, and hare thy snuat 10 NE fghtlny,
tne case il uttered" We did rut dispute hun.
Poi1r1cs IN TuE CAns,-lt ID amusing to llz-
ten to the pniiical conversation in the cara ia
Southern Illinois, O. account Of the strange a.
visions OF the parties. 4 Dcugl4s mau will IT.
tack Lnco1a man. bat before they ire fur a.
RANGED il the wsr Of words, u Bell man pou 3
in 4 brsudsidc upon them balh, aud Hlll: tltT
are turuier to look q! the Ee.T enemy, Brick
irfid2e man nwakeus them With bcaad6sIe
fro, thu opposite quarter, aGd 80 the battle, Ike
proniscuous dog fight in tho street, gets ino-
croustr mixed up.
The Republicans claim TINT there is \ rarsd
change uf sentiment in their tAvor down in
Ez5ot. Oac gentlemen said they were circusa.
ling documents and making 20 mauy converts,
TINT leading Democrat thauked ffaa there we-e
torr hundred zen in this county who cou!i .:at
7ead, and they wer. safe 70: the democracy.
"ue was mistaken, liaweveT," said our com.
panlon, "ior ersn The men who cannot read
will receive our papers, acd ret their ne'ghbo:A
tn reat them, end 80 learn and accept our prin-
ciples."
st, PAu1. A.; AuoL111oSI3T.-We picked up a
we'll autLenti:atcd aGd valuable feet IN exegesls.
A mau isnc1:at OF the New Testament-A pro-
slavery man, We hetieve-clme tn Il Methodist
minister, saying that bo had heard Thu. Jesus
Christ hent back q fugitive slave. From bis
tfIosss 10 PRONOUNCE the name os the slave, the
minister concluded TINT be rrfer-ad to the care
OF Onea:n,us, nud he replied. "So, it WIS no1
| Christ, but st. parl, Of whom this IS Asserted
mad will READ you tle letter which he wro'e
abont IT," So he trEned 10 tbs eplstte to Ihiie
| mon, and read IT without one word Of comment
The snuu listened a!l through, and then exc'an
| ed, " Is that il? Why TIA: st. Psul pust hare
been eu Abo!itioni7t." Tha: such an impression
stould haye been mnde on the mind Of plain
man the first time he ever hesrd thai epi6,e, /:
worth the attention OF expositors. 1t is sait
That unsopt,isticated children are the bes
| Judges Of portraits; and 10 plain men mn,
sometimes be the best judges OF ttie meaning .
| tha Ifib1e