, 1864-05-07


SLAvERY.-The Cincinnati Commercial
in late discussion of this subject. says
whether slavery is an element of weak.
ness or strength does not so much enter into
the reasoning Of the masses on the subject
as the fact that II has arraycd itself against
the Government, set at defiance the Con
stitutiOn, trampled upon the flag, nulli6ed
the laws. and plunged the nation into .
bloody war, solely to establish for itself a
Government on the ruins Of one that wa.
permitted to entirely control. As the wal
progresses, this fact becomes more apparent
and necessarily brings all those who stand
by the Government aud insist upon full
and complete vindication Of its honor and
authority, its antagonistic relations TO an in.
st tuition. the existence of which they would
otherwise regard with apathy. Il not indif.
ference. The longer the struggle is con.
tinued on the part Of slavery. tho sharper
will become the hostility Of the people tC
il. IF the popular verdict is made up to
day or next year, that slavery must die, Il
will be because those who mopopolize it in.
sist that the nation shall not live, and moi
so much because there is quickened con
vietion on the part Of the masses that Of il
self il might be permitted to exist"
As class, women afc always aristocrats
Except in respect Of costume, there arc nc
sans cUL'ttcs among ladies. They may tax
democracy, but they mean gunocracy ol
some other form Of aristoctacy. DR.. John.
son noticed the same thing in a lady Of BIZ
acquaintance, who was always prating re.
publicanism. Let us try it, said the
Doctor. Here. Madam. Is your footlnan
he is civil aud well dressed let us ask him
70 dine with us!" The lady rejected the
proposal with scorn. That's the way you
CO." said the Doctor; "you are willing to
bring everybody down to your level, bu,
you don't wish to bring anybody up to il y
We never heard what the lady said in re-
ply.
The Paris correspondent Of the New York
Commercial says that NJ. Mercier, the
French Minister at Washington, now al
Paris. has asked to be transferred to some
other position. ahd ii is thought that an ar.
rangement may be made by which the trans.
fer can be accomplished. NJ. Mercier will
probably go to Munich. and NJ. Bource,
now at Athens, to Washington.
At the request Of Gen. Butler, President
Lincoln has granted full and free pardon
TO Cincinnatus w. Newton, Of Norfolk,
who voted in the Confederate electoral col.
lego for JEFF. Davis rs President Of tho
Southern COnfedcracy. He lis a brother oi
Major-General Newton Of the Federal
army.
The fJllowing peculiar g noti." was found
posted in little town in Delaware:
Reward.-Lost or strade from the Pre-
muse Of the subscriber, sheep. all ovei
white. one legg was blakk and half his body
All pussous shall receive FIVE dolls to brinc
him back. He was q she goat"
The scaflold is sort Of monster created
by the judge aud the workman, a spectre
which seems to live with kind Of unspe,k
able life, drawn from all the death it has
wrought.
Life runs not smoothly at an seasons
even with the happiest; but after long
course. the rocks subside, the views widen
and II flows on more equally at the end.
The horrible expression "Bully boy will
a glass eye" is considered endlrSblc when
rendered "Taurine youth with vertical
optic"
Ask not the name Of HIM who asks you
for a bed. 1t Is especially he, whose nam,
is q burden to him, who has need Of an
asylum.
If you have not been mau's deter
mined accuser in his prosperity, you should
hold your peace in' tho presence Of his ad
versity. N3
Indigestion is charged by God with on.
forcing morality on the stomach.
A primrose is not necessarily prim, nor