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From the Philadelphia Mercury. ]

From the Philadelphia Mercuryl
The following details of an affair that caused
much sensation in upper tendon" of this city
recently, and which has been carefully kept from
the daily papers, will show the effects of the teach
ings of the +" social equality" party.
II is said that the loyal" people who live in a
select portion of Broad street have q church
where they worship, and all illusions to " miser.
from their prsyer-books. 1t is believed that they
have railroad running direct from Broad street
TO heaven! Be that as it may, it is a pleasant
place on happy autumn afternoon, and the ele.
filed with all the dainty beuteie which plenty Of
money and enlarged taste could procure, present
ed the appearance of a little domestic paradise.
Mr.. A. made Miss D., certain congressman
and Mrs. s. constant guests, and soon became
filed with their pernieious doctrines.
He was q widower. and with only one child,
beautiful girl named Cecelia. HIS coachman was
o huge negro, runaway slave from Virginia, and
he determined TO prove the soundness of his
social equality doctrines So he employed
Mr.. Guinotte to teach the negro music and
French, and ZIP" (the negro Mr.. M named
Seipio Africanus, but the stable boys called him
Zip Coon) learned his music rapidly, and Mr..
NJ placed him every evening in his parior:
and used to place his hand on the shoulders of
the huge hsrky, and say to his admiring guests,
" is not this man and brother" Ii soon
began to be noticed that some of the more
thoughtful of the young ladies who visited the
house grew shy, and that mammas put their
heads together in out-of-the-wsy places and that
Ceceiia and Zip" loitered by themselves late in
the evening under the arbor.
Something was wrong. Curiosity was excited
to the highest pitch. What could be the matter
in Mr.. As hospitable mansion? Mr.. A.
closed his shutters. DR.. B-'s carriage rolled
up to the door and after much search very old
and very deaf German nurse was procured. She
was puzzled by the young complexion of the new
conner, and insisted upon having some saffron
water. In vain the attendant made motions and
shouted in her ear. Saffron water, she said was
always used in Germany fo- a dark complexion.
At length the doctor showed her out of the room.
This was more than Mr.. A had bargained for, I,
and hastily packing his trunks. left the city, and
two months age he died in India. The poor old
man Is at rest.
1t is curious that of all the friends who had
drank Mr.. As wine, Only two-the congress
man and Miss D.--remained TO share the shame of
pretty Cecilia. When asked what should be done,
the Congressman said Marry by all means.
Color is nothing. The Pyramids Of Egypt were
erected sby men whose tawny color and brswny
arms would shame pale Americans" Miss d.
was called into the chamber. and said: Friends,
unite your hands as you have your hearts! Nature
delights in an endless variety of forms and colors.
My roam horse is just as pretty to the eye, which
has been tuned to the endless harmonies Of crea.
tion, as a white horse"
An Episcopal minister was called in; two
bridesmaids, with orange flowers in their hair,
stood up. Zip" was dressed in blue coat,
with metal bottoms, and the two were made one
flesh. Since the affair, the front of the house re-
mains closed moss and lichens cover the win
dows and door steps, but the curious traveller,
who peeps through the lattice gate, may see Ce-
ella watching her child at play upon the grass
and the huge negro father and husband lying at
full length asleep in the sun. What the mother
thinks OF her present condition, or Of TIE here
after, is unknown TO Us.