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CASES OF CoNscIENcE-There is man in
Benedicts, Me-, who raises large quantity of
apples every year, and sells them for fifty cents
per bushel, as he thinks that is about what they
are worth, while be might often get four times
as much. Neither will he sell more than four or
five bushels to one person, as be is determined his
apples shall not be speculated upon. We also
know man, says the Machias Republican, who
sells his potatoes at fifty cents per bushel and no
more. He says the Almighty revealed to him,
face to face, that if he made practice of that his
potatoes should never rot, and he says they never
have.
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A DEAD MAN BEFORE AN Arkansas CoUR1

A DEAD MAN BEFORE AN Arkansas Court.
An Arkansas correspondent Of the New Orleans
Reapne tells the following story Of the rigid man
ner in which justice is meted out to man in that
region: Some years ago man without family
or relatives lived in county in this State and was
possessed of an estate worth $4,000 He went to
New Orleans and was absent for years without be-
ing heard from. The Probate Judge granted ad'
ministration upon his estate, wound it up, and dis
charged the administrator The man at length re;
turned. he had been to Mexico. He applied to
the Judge for his property, when in open Court
the following dialogue took place: Dead man--.I
your Honor please, want my effects returned to
me, as you see am not dead yet The Court
I'I know-that is, I as man, know you are alive
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AIExANDER n. STEPHENS.

On certain occasion Hon. Alexander q. Steph-
ems, of Georgia, was engaged in political discus
sion with Hon. Benjamin q. Hill, of that State,
when the latter charged him with saying that he
(Stephens) could eat Judge Cone for breakfast,
himself (Mr. Hl) for dinner, and Governor Cobb
for supper. To which Mr. Stephens quietly re-
piled: II never said it but if had, the arrange
ment of the meals would have been somewhat diff
ferent. should not have taken Mr.. Hill at din
ner, where he has placed himself, that being the
heartiest meal Of the day. In fact, should pre-
fer him for supper, in accordance with the wise
rule of medicine, which prescribes light diet to
sleep on"
At another time, Mr.. A. R. Wright, of Geor.
giia, is said to have drawn the fire of the "Great
Georgian in the following way: Mr.: Stephens, at
the time of the great Know Nothing conflict in the
South, was accompanied by a favorite dog named
Rio, and the intelligent animal was almost as well
known on the hustings as the statesman.
Mr.. Wright, at the close of political speech
turned to Mr.. Stephens and said: "Sfr, | demand
a list of your appointments. / intend that the
people shall have information. l want to know
when and where you are to speak, for 1 intend to
aog you all around this Congressional District :"
'aThen," retorted Mr.. Stephens, pointing his
long, thin finger to his dog sleeping on the stand
at his feet and lifting his ffeEke voice to its high
est note, "then shall send Rio home. One dog
at time is enough"
Among the thousands who have read the speech
of Vice President Stephens, of Georgia, against
secession, made November IA, 1860, there are pro-
baby few who have heard Of an amusing incident
that followed it. At the close Of the speech, the
leaderof the opposition party, Hon. Robert Foonbs
arose, and after complimenting Mr.. Stephens as
one of the purest patriots, moved that the meet
ing give three cheers for him and adjourn, which
was done. Governor Herschell V. johnson, who
was present, met Toombs on their return to the
hotel, and said to him, in substance Sr, your ac-
ton tonight, coming from so prominent seces-
sonist, deserves all praise, and [, for one, cannot
forbear to congratulate you upon such handsome
conduct and admirable behavior" r....
Toombs put on that droll look which always
precedes his best hits and said, dryy, ''Yes, al
ways behave myself at funeral"
An overgrown political opponent once undertook
to sneer at the diminutive size of Mr.. Stephens,
and said, II could put little salad oil on you, and
swallow you whole" To which Mr.. Stephens at
once replied, "And if you did, you would have
more brains in your bowels than you ever had in
your head. ."-Ha7pers Magazine.
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From the New York Jsumal Of commsrcs.


They manage things neatly at Washington.
Suppose thatthe purchaser ofisupplies inohs d
the departments wants four sugar and such things
forhis private pantry, he does not necessarily buy
and pay for them as common people do. No. Hs
gives an order (say) for two dozen hair brushes,
$24 and do do combs, $12 total $36. Fhese
are supposed to be for slicking mp, the heads Of
secretaries, commissioners, chiefs of bureaus, DO,
80 that after their arduous abors of the day they
may 60 forth into Pennsylsanis avenue with their
smbroid locks Tor wigs} arranged in The mostra-
kish and captivating style. Oddly enough, the
order goes to grocer X The grooen not, dealing
largely IN hair brushes and combs, lperhsps being
actually short of those articles, thinks il would
be- just as satisfactory to al concerned II he sent to
the department one dozen brushes, IS, and do. do
combs, $a-total, g.; and. ordered his porter 10
take to the private residence Of the government
purchaser the following nutzicious substances:
One barrel -four, $40; sugar, coffee, 60, $l7+-
total $27. A person skilled in addition will per-
ceive that these items figure up $S6, fsame as two
dozen brushes and combs would have donel The
government purchaser, having ordered IN writing
brushes and combs, as aforesaid, finds Il mnch
easier and pleasanter to certify that the txo dozen
of each had been received, than to have the aom,
sugar, &C., wagoned back to the grocers, make
corrections on the books and incur no end Of both
ct. This plan Of layiugin in groceries is capable OF
indefinite application. Bureaus, adeboards, sofas,
wardrobes; carpets, drop-ights and gas fixtures
may all gradually swell the personal effects Of these
buyers, and be paid for as brushes, oombsand
what not For such men to retire at the end of
three or four years service with $4,000 to $780,
200 would not be remarkable. 1t is only a ques-
ton of buying enough hair brushes and combs.
. Another curious problem that they work ont
very prettiy at Washington is how TO get horses
and carriages at government expense. Various
solutions are offered; but the best is that invent
ed by the commissioner of I'm important bureau.
His department has official horses and carriage
These he sends round to his ewn stab3e-vhere
they cost to take care Of (ay) $40 a weak. This
money is paid out Of department funds. When .
carriage is really wanted at his Office, hack is
hired, and that goes into contingent expenses !"
Neat, isn't it? Well worth taking patent for.
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THE BoTToM OF THE OCEAN.

Mr.. Green, the famous diver, tells singular sto-
ries of his adventures when making search in the
deep waters of the ocean. He gives some sketch
ss of what he saw on the river banks near, Hayis
1.-THE banks of coral on which my diyings were
made, are about forty miles in length, and from
ten to twenty in breadth. On this bank Of coral
is presented to the diver one of the most beautiful
and sublime scenes the eye ever beheld. The wa
ter varies from ten to one hundred feet in depth,
and is 80 clear that the diver can see from two 10
three hundred feet when submerged, with little
obstruction to the sight. The bottom of the ocean
in many. places npon these banks is as smooth as
q marble floor; in others it is studded with coral
columns from ten to one hundred feet in height
and from ten to eighty feet in diameter The tops
of those more lofty, support myriad Of pyramid
al pendants, each forming amyriad more, giving
a reality to the imaginary abode Of some water
nymph In other places the pendants form an.
after arch and, as the diver stands on the bottom
of the ocean, and gazes through these into the
deep winding avenue, he feels that they ell him
with as sacred an awe as if he were in some old
cathedral which had long been buried beneath old
ocean wave Here and there the coral extends
even to the surface Of the water as if those loftier
columns were towers belonging to those stately
temples now in ruins. There were countless va
rieties of diminutive trees, shrubs and plants, in
every crevice of the corals where the waters de-
posted the least earth. They were all Of faint
hue, owing to the pale light they received although
of every shade, and entirely different from plants
I am familiar with that ,vegetate upon dry land.
One in particular attracted my attention; it re-
sembled sea-fan of immense size, of variegated
colors,, and of the most brilliant hue. The fish
which inhsbit these slvery banks found as diff
ferent- in kind as the scenery was varied They
were of all forms, colors and sizes-from the SYM
metrcal goby to the globe,Eke sun-fsh; from those
of the dullest hue to Interchangeable dolphin; from
the spots of the leopard to the hues of the sun
beam; from the harmless minnow to the voracious
shark. Some have heads like squirrels, others
like cats and dogs, one of small size resembled a
bull-terrier. Some darted through the water like
meteors; while others could scarcely be seen to
move To enumerate and explain all the various
kinds of fish which beheld while diving on these
banks would, were I enough Of naturalist so to
do, require more space than my limits would al
low for am convinced that most Of the kinds OF
fish which inhabit the tropical sea can be found
there. The sun-fsh, the saw-6sh, white shark,
blue or shovel.nosed shark were often seen. There
were also fish which resembled plants, and remain
ed as fixed in their position as shrub. The only
power they possessed was to open and shut when
in danger" . .... ..... u.f.> -..., ...
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A NORTHERN MANS OPINION.

The editor of the Lancaster Pa Intetllge,cer
has recently made trip through some Of the
Southern States he was not favorably impressed
by close inspection of the Virginia colored people
for he says: ..
The blacks in Virginia seem to be more discon
tented than those of the other States that we have
been in; at least we saw more Of them idle, ano
complaining of rates of wages and want of work
This may have been owing to the season OF the
year during which our visit was made. The rates
of wages range from six to ten dollars per month
in all the Southern States. To this is added ra
ton of three and half pounds of bacon and
peck of meal per week, hut to live in being also
furnished them and very little work do they fo1
the money. We presume Northern farmers, who
would go into the fields themselves and say to the
blacks ''come," might get more work out Of them
but they are constitutionay opposed to labor, and
require constant driving. We we're greatly aston
ished at the immense profundity ftheir ignorance
They are utterly improvident and unable to take
care Of themselves. The rags in which they are
clothed would astonish the most accomplished beg
gar in Italy. They are expecting the government
to do great things for them, and have got an idea
into their heads that from this source they are
each to get forty acres of land, mule and farming
implements, and provisions enough to last them
until they can make crop off their lands. They
conceive that the government owes them this. u
they get that mule it would not live three months,
but would die of starvation; half Of the blacks
would be even too careless to lead the animal to
water. The planters can trust very few OF them
with their stock, and they require constant watch
ing It seems incredible that any human being
would let his dumb beast die for want OF water,
yet we are assured that it is often done by blacks
who attain to the ownership of horse.
John Randolph, Of Roanoke, tried this experl'
ment of fitting out freedmen with farms; by his
will he freed his slaves and directed that they
should be settled in a colony in Ohio; each to be
provided with house and lot Of ground and farm
ing implements. They were, moreover, to be un.
der the experimenting care of white man unit
they got fairly started in their new career. IwaE
all done as directed, and to-day, after the lapse o
twenty or thirty years, not one OF those freedmen
owns the lot that was given to him.
What mockery it is to give these people, with
their present degree Of education and intelligence
a voice in the administration of our Government
Colored suffrage South will not long continue to be
reality. 1t may exist in name for few years
but even then the vote will be but the echo Of thai
of the white man. The freedman always agrees
to what white man says; in all our conversations
with him we were never able to meet anything bu
the most ready assent to every proposition which
we advanced, no matter of how contradictory Of
absurd character.
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ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.

Several years ago ayoung Lady in Taxewsn coun-
ty was wooed by young man. He obtaind her
consent and the consent of the old folks but three
days before the wedding she took freak into her
head and went of and married another man The
young man was heart-broken, and packed up his
effects and went to New York city. There he hid
his grief, buried himself in business and engaging
in speculaiois, became wealthy. A younger Sis
ter of the girl that had tilted him, moved by gm-
pathy, commenced a correspondence with him to
mitigate his SORROW. The correspondence became
interesting. The young girl grew up, and. syears
rolled ON, .ripened into great beauty. The sight
of her photograph awakened In the young mans
bosom the love that heshad supposed crushed for
ever, and he proposed to her; and was accepted
Her father was widoEer. and was anxious to get
married himself as soon as his daughter was outef
the way, so he urged the match forward. The
means of the lover now admitted brilliant we'd
ding and preparations were made for it They
were to be married last Wednesday in Style and
depart Immediately for New York city A few
days ago the e1pectant bride received aletter from
her betrothed, stating that be had entered into q
speculation that would keep him in the city, so
that he could not possibly be with her at the time
appointed, and asking her to delay the ceremony
for day or two. BE also referred to the time he
expected to be united to her sister. Provoked to
think that he still remembered bis former love, the
young lady wrote him, in passion, and, sitting
down, at the same time wrote to cousin Of hers,
farmer in Iowa, who had long loved her, telling
him she had broken her engagement relating the
circumstances to him, and ending by saying that
she was all ready to be married, and if he would
come and be there at the time set for her wedding,
she would marry him. He complied. Her be-
trothed in New York, astonished to receive her
letter, closed up bis business as best he could and
came to Tazewell county by the next train. He
reached the village where she lived, and was has
tening up to the house to fulfil his engagement,
when he was met by some friends who told him that
his bride had just been married to another man.
BE tainted away on the spot and was taken to the
hotel, When the bride was told Of it, she was
overwhelmed with remorse, but it was then too
late. She was legally married to her cousin. The
New Yorker, twice heart broken, left for his home
without seeing her, and she passed through the
city yesterday, on her way to an Iowa farm, look
ing very detected, and like anything but bride
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paid to the prevailing religion oftheeountry. And
ifysa asked4 csptain shout 1t aA, he could only
siifng sinng his shoulders aud Say, eWtlat am I to do2
r tks men go ashofe, I shall lose . lot H them;
and the ship must be manned" lnaeertain case,
where fWo men Of war were 5king together-att
Sp;thead, # em on memory siservs te captain Of
one of them set lis lace against this Aux Of visitors
while ,hia ueishbss permitted tfeeH. IL sn hour
Or two theersx Of the mhospihbe gentleman's
vessa were in . state Of mntiny, and he hurried
off ingfeat tszdtemeus 10 report the fact to the
portaanirsly The port sdmrsl belonged TO "the
oldsehed.. iinsalf, and sceed With decision. The
moment he knew the circumstances he hoisted q
signal, Fifty women from tile Vengeance to be
sent to the Bellerophon, /" and order was speedily
restored, Such .~as the navy Of which Dibdin
was atanca H. sgs apd she AAnacreon, Az a he He
psrfDmea beth pAstawish spiuti; and one cannot @
wonder that the Hanmhf f4ppes school should have
proAasted against sush Absrds being countenanced
By bythegOsarment DbsaAsN MagaIse .1irag,
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Fnsr SooErY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
stranger, visiting southern California town, was
taken about the streets by prominent citizen to
see the lions and Eonesses, and thus tells how they
were interpreted to him 49,. *.,,.,
''You see that man over there?" he remarked
to me, upon one occasion, at the same time point
ing with finger which resembled the tongue OF
an OK cart, to dilApidated looking shrimp With
yard Of tobacco juice coursing its way through 2
ditch In his whistera. I answered In the afirma-
tive. 'sWeI, sir, y = rejoined my cadayerpus COM
panion, "I'mgo to introduce him to you. Hes
the smartest man in this tovn-he shot fellow at
q ball about threa aweeksago2 .Ashor TINA afteL
my companions 64 fell upon my shouldsr. Ike .
and bringing his enormous index
finger 10 bear upon hped Of about 800 avoirdu-
pois, be ejacuhtsd, there's man ] want you to
knoW-he shot q Mexican right through the head
last Wednesday" Hardly ten minutes bad elapsed
when down came the ponderous fist Of my ruffian
acquaintance upon my ssm, NTH, There there's
old Puck; You must know him; doggoned my
buttons he's abrick, youbstyow bottom dollar
he put charge Of buckshot into q Dutehman last
week, and dug o hole into his head big enough TO
saw wood I'M I was On the point Of making
same expression Of sympathy for the unfartunate
Teuton, when my attention WIS turned 10 lymph
attic looking female, right acroas the street, with,
t'There by juniperi there's the smsrtest girl In
thissdsn you ought to know her-her fathers
iackass took the first prize at the far last faEyou
bet she's smart. T wanted to ask him # she'd
shot anybody within week, but for fear that l
might ret rdose of buckshot which would dig q
hole in my head big enough nssx wod IN, 1 at
fected indesuibable anasement at tothe brilliant
creature. to the much Joy Of mycicerone. Z -
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.iHEAD,s MXxIMs.

Franklin said, .Time is money" Now I tried
to pay note With time; tried pay; my gro
GER bin with time; Itned to pay my printer the
same way, and the only satisfaction got was, that
SIT Was time TO pay up !" They didn't see it as
Ben. did at all 'Tme is money" only when it
"passes." s-a. s..
Necessity is the mother of invention. Now,
I have known her, personally, all my lite, but i
could never inyent any way to ret living without
work. no 100. III. " -
Going to bed is good institution; getting up is
thunder, and I'm down on the man that invented
h sHbnidt TO be healhy;to trise with the lark, )"
lie you hive not been On 1larkn thenight before,
when il amt healthy. 1t IS said, too, THAT the
early bird catches the worm, - but You don't want
any worms they ain healthy So you need not
hurry about getting up. %
g By taking the various remedies for different dis
eases advertised in the papers, you will healthy
invalid and will help healthy growth OF quaeks
You will also assist IN supporting seme doctor, and
stter short time, the undertaken q -, -:
When you are hungry, it is best to eat some
thing. If you board BY the week OF. month, the
more you eat the nearer you win come to getting
your money, worth. &s-s .
Train up q child in the way he should 60, and
when. he is Old he viii not depart from it ;" Then
most people don't show much for their training,
that's all ..-i s,', 70" ID -
."conteutment is riches, " perhaps; but it won't
pay board and washing. ,.,,v.
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Of air, have become unneryed by the awful silence
of the upper night, by the comets fearful compa-
nionship, by whelming immensely and iu6nity, and
YEARLY let go his hold, to drop earthward. II.
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REaARKABLE nEn0RIRs.

Maghabeochi, the founder Of the great library at
Florence; had % wondssfdla q meuaoythat Gibbon
styled lin t.mnseamn memory grs AT one period
Of his6fs, Seneca could rspeaf tho thousand words
precisely - they had been pronounced Gassend
had acquired by heart SIX Thousand Latin verses.
IN order 70 give give bis memory sufficient exercise, be
Has IL, the habit Of daily pecitlg Gx hundred
verses from Different haeuakeso SaHpdersoh anr
ether athsmsti&san Rasa abletuiepeat al Hmacss
6des, and q great part Of other Latin authorA
LACroze, after listening to twelve versesin a many
isngusges; could not only repeat them IN the order
In which he had heard them, but could siso trans.
pose Them. Pope haa an excellent tneinbry, and
usany parsons have, amused themselves BY looking
through hs writings and pointing cat how often
he had brought it into phy. sHswas able to turn
with great readiness telt the precise piece ina book
whsre'hs had seen any pasage! tast; had struck
him. John Leyden had avery peculiar facility
for getting things B rdte, and lie could repeat cor.
rectH any long rdry document, such as Deed Or
Act of Rariisment. after having beard i read ibut
if he wanted any single paragraph, he was Obliged
to begin at tie commencement and proceed With
his recital until he came to what be required
There was French novelist who, bang printer,
composed 7olume in types, and thus the book
wss printed without having been Nriten. Bishop
Warburton had prodigiots memory, which he
ta1ad to an extraordinary degree: Bis Divine
Legation would lead ona to sdpposs that he had
indefa6gably ooIected and noted, down the innu-
-merahsfacts and quotations there introduced; but
the fact Is, tat his only note book was an old al
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Then Jennie took off her apron, and wrapped it
about the child, saying tendery: 'Thisis all sister
has to make you warm, darling, but she'll hug you
close in her arms, and we viii say our prayers and
you shall go to SLEEP" ,..~.r .>,..,~5.t;s.tg-.
''Why, how can say my prayers, before / have
my superb asked little Johnnie.
Sister hasn't any supper for you or for herself,
but we must pray all the harder" }" solemnly re-
sponded Jennie. .g..., s... e.
So the two baby-wanderers, alone in the wide
heavens, unawed by darkness, immensely, and 81
lence, by the presence of the great comet and the
millions of Implying stars, lifted their little clasp
ed hands, and sobbed out their sorrowful ''Our
Father" and then that quaint little supplemental
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