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A LOUISIANA ELECTION INCIDENT.

heard another good thing to-day,
while lettering in the cosy room Of
good old Mr.. Barclay, the Journal clerk
of the House. 1t will be remembered
that the Election Committee of the
House went South last spring to lnyes-
tigate the election frauds in Louisiana.
While holding a session in the Teche
country there appeared before them a
strapping big negro, coal black, ignor-
ant as heathen but naturally bright
and smart. The fellow was looked up
on as a conceited idiot by the intelli-
gent citizens of the place, but withal
he had great influence with his people.
The negro appeared, and after an
swering numerous questions, the fol-
lowing took place between the Demo-
cratic committeeman and the witness
Ques.-Did you vote at the Presi-
Dental election?
Ans.-Yes.
Ques.-Whom did you vote for?
Ans.-Grant and Colfax.
Ques.-Why did you vote for them?
Ans.-Because they had good princi-
pies.
Ques.-Well, what are their princi-
pies?
Ans.-As l understand, they were
for good and harmony, and / always
vote for any man whose principles are
for good and harmony.
Qucs.-Were any Of them black
mene
Ans.-Yes.
Ques.-Are you sure?
Ans.-Oh, yes
Ques. Well, which of them was the
black man?
Ans.-Why, Massa Colfax.
Ques.-How did you know that he
was black?
Ans.-Why, plenty of people said
so, and then his pictures proved it.
Ques.-How did his pictures prove
it?
Ans.--Why, the medals distributed
to the colored men had likenesses of
Grant and Colfax. Grant looked
white, but Colfax was a darkey sure
pop, or else the picture lied.
About this time the Republican
members, who showed evidence of
nervousness, during the conversation
related above, interrupted and obtain
ed leave to put question to the wit
ness.
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Then = said she promptly, 81 don't

"Then," said she promptly, 81 don't
wash another rag for you.n
''Stop,n said I. "Susan / will do
the best / can for you. Greenbacks /
have none but ifmy heart and hand
will do, they are at your service"
"Are you in earnest?" says she, look
ing little suspicious.
"Never more so, says /.
'sThen," says she s'as there seems to
be no prospect of getting my pay any
other way, ! guess III take your Of
fer.u
Enough" said /.
s'We were married In week: and
what's more, we haven't had cause to
repent it. No more attics for me.
gentlemen. live in a good house,
and have somebody to mend my
clothes. When was bachelor, gen.
tlemen, | used to be as thin as a weas.
ell. Now / am as plnmp as a-poker.
In conclusion, gentlemen, IL you
want to be a poor ragged fellow, with
out coat to your back or a shoe to
your feet; you want to grow old be-
fore your time, and as uncomfortable,
generally, as hedgehog rolled up the
wrong way, advise yeu to remain a
bachelor.
If you want to live decently and re-
specially, get married.
/ have got ten daughters, gentle
men Overwhelming applause) and you
may have your pick.
Mr.. Spicer sat down amid loud, and
continued plaudits. The generous
proposal with which he concluded So
cured him five sons-in-law.
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Mana bubble on the ocean IS rolling
wave.
Life-A gleam of light extinguished
by the grave.
Fame-A meteor dazzling with it's
distant glare.
Wealth-A score of trouble and con-
suming care.
Pleasure-A gleam of sunshine pas
sing soon away.
Love-A morning stream whose
memory gilds the day.
Faith-An anchor dropped beyond
the vale of death.
Charity-A stream meandering from
the fount of love.
Bible--A guide to realms of endless
joys above.
Religion-A key which opens wide
the gates Of heaven.
Death--A knife by which the ties of
earth are riven.
Earth--A desert through which pill
grims wend their way.
Grave-A home of rest where ends
life's weary day,
Resurrectl0n--A sudden waking
from quiet dream.
Heaven-A land Of joy, of light and
love supreme.
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Just been reitted with Power Press and new type,
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When Patrick first tried peaches, he
said he liked the flavor, but the seeds
lay hard on his stomach.
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THE DUTCH wTDOWER.

"Mine froW was no better as she ort
to be, till shust before she died; then
she was SO good as before,' remarked
Mr.. Vanderhorn to his neighbor.
"Your wife was an amiable woman,
and you do great injustice to her men,
ory,' said Swartz.
"Vel, vot you know SO much about
mine frow for?"
II was not intimately acquainted
with her, but am sure that all her
acquaintance loved her."
"Vot right had they to love herr
May be-"
"May be what?"
MAY be you loved mine frow, too.n
'Why do you speak so Strangely"
"Vy, Won day, pig ugly man,
shust like you, came into our house
and kissed mine frow right before her
face"
"Were you present at the time ?"
'sTo be course was"
swell, what did you do ?"
II kicked him right behind his
pack.n
"Did he resent it?
"Yaw he proke me and te looking
glass and all te rest of te erockery
in tie house, 'cept de fether bed, into
one tam smash"
"What did you do then ?''
"Then | cried murder! murder. and
/ called for te shudge and de shury,
and te police Office and te constable to
come, and he run'd away"
''Do you intend to charge me with
taking such unwarrantable liberties
with the campanion of your bosom ?n
me no charge noting for it now,
because she be ted and buried"
II will not allow you to make such
insinuations. You are an old tyrant,
and everybody said you were glad
when you wife died"
Everybody pc one tam liar"
81 saw no SYMPTOMS of sorrow.n
"Me felt more wusht than If my
pest cow had tied"
"Your COW? What crmparison -
"She was great loss-a heavy loss
for she was so big as dat spreading
out his arms) and she weighed more
tan two hundred pounds"
''Look out, old man, you will see
trouble. / doubt if your wife was ever
kissed by any man after her mar
riage. AT all events, you must apollo
gize for what you have said to metz
''Vot is apologize ?"
: "You must beg my pardon and say
you are sorry If you do not, will en-
ter acomplaint against you and have
you arrested,u
II Pc sorry ten.n
''Sorry for what2n
"Scrry yon kissed mine froW."
''You incorrigible idiot? This is not
what you must say, for I never did
such thing"
"Must | say that you pc sorry that
you never did such thing.'
''No-you must take back what you
have said."
"Yaw-I must take back what you
have said"
While the Dutchman was in Giilem-
ma, his friend Hans Bamberger came
along and finally succeeded in recon-
Cling the parties when the trio ad-
journed to a neighboring coffee house.
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The Pacific Railroad has six monster
locomotives specially to shovel snow.
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These ports have foreign commerce of $780,,
000, geo, and an enormous domestic trade, besides
which we have the immense internal commerce OF
the Empire, radiating from these points, through
its canals and navi gable rivers.
The cable being laid, this company proposes
erecting land lines, and establishing speedy and
trustworthy means Of communication which mus.
command there, everywhere else, the commu-
nieations of the Government, of business, and of
social life especially in China. She has postal
system, and her enly means now OF communicating
information is by couriers on land, and by steam
ers on water.
The Western World knows that China is a very
large country, in the main densely pe0pled; but
few yet realize that she contains more than third
Of the human race The latest returns made to
her central authorities foI taxing purposes by the
local magistrate make her population FoNr hun
dred and Fourteen millions, and this is more
likely to be under than over the actual aggregate
Nearly ali of these, who over ten years old
not only but do read and write. Her eiyili-
zatGu is peculiar, but her literature Is as exten-
sive that Of EuTeps. China Is a land of teach
ers and traders; and the latter are exceedingly
quick to avail themselves OF every pTofered facili
ty for procuring early information 1t is observed
in California that the Chinese make great use of
the telegraph, though it there transmits messages
in English alone. To-day great numbers Of feet
steamers are owned by Chinese merchants, and
used by them exclusively for the transmission of
early intelligence. If the telegraph we propose
connecting all their great sespOrts, were now IN
existence, it is believed that its business would
pay the cost within the first two years Of its sue
cessful operation, and would steadily increase
thereafter
No enterprise eommends itself as in greater
degree renumerative TO capitalists, and to our
whole people. 1t is of vast national importance
commercially, politically and evangeieally.
f4@The stock of this Company has been un-
quaIifiedly recommended to capitalists and bus-
ness men as a desirable investment by editorial
articles in the New York Herald, Tribune,
Voggd, Tinss4, Post, Express, Iadependsnt, and
in the Philadelphia North american, Press,
Ledger Inquirer, Age, Bulletin and Telegraph
Shares of this company, to limited number,
may be obtained at $50 each, SO payable down,
SIS on the lst of November, and $50 payable in
monthly instalments Of $3.50 each, commencing
december l. 1868, on application to
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The Chinese Government having Through the
Hon. AnsOn Burlngame) conceded to this Com
pany the privilege of connecting the great sea-
ports of the Empire by submarine electric teIe-
graph cable, we propose commencing operations
in China, and laying down a line of nine hundred
miles at once, between the following ports, viz
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Mistellaneuas.

Atisffllanfons.
u L L c T R l c
- TELEGRAPH IN CHINA.
THEEAsT INDIA TELEGRAPH COMPANY S
OFFICE,
Nos. % q % Nassau Street,
NEW YORK,
Organized under special charter from the State
Of New York.
CAPITAL. ............'-..S5,000, ,0oO
$4,000 SHARES, 500 EACH.
DIR &c TO r. s.
Hos. ANDREW G. CURTIN, Philadelphia.
PAUL S. FORBES, of Russell & Co, China.
FRED. BUTrERFIELD, off Butterfeld C
New York.
ISAAC LIVERMoRE, Treasurer Michigan Cen
trail Railroad, Boston.
ALEXANDER HOLLAND, Treasurer American
Express Company, New York.
Hon. JAMES NoxoN, Syracuse, Nv.
0. H. PALMER, Treasurer Western Union Tele
graph Company, New York
FLETCHER WESTRAY Westray, Gibbs &
Hardeastle, New York.
NICHOLAS MICKLFs, New York
OFFICERS.
A. C. CURTIN, President.
N MICKLES, Vice President
GEORGE ELLIS Cashier National Bank Com
mOnweaith, Treasurer.
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OFFICE r s.

GEORGE ELLIS Cashier National Bank Com
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monweaith,) Treasurer
HON. A. K. MCCLURE, Philadelphia, Solicitor
Smyrna times., 1869-08-25

JOSH BILLINGS ON VELOSIPEDES. S.-The ve-
losipede IL a wise instrumentalty, with two
wheels placed cOnsecutively, one wheel before
the other, and the other wheel behind the fust
one.
They revolve on their axes, similar to the
world, from east to west, and have already
reached the shores of the Pacifck Ochun.
They are az crazy to ride az a grind stun.
The ladies will all use them, jist az soon az
they can settle the question, in what way they
shall occupy them.
Just now there is dispute, whether they
shall occupy both sides ov the velOcipede at
once, or whether they shall remain on one side
ov them at once, similar to the anshunt custom
ov occupying the noble animal, the boss.
1t IL to be hoped that the matter will be laid
before the " wimmins right committee, and
that nothing ov a one sided natur, should be
allowed to hinder a woman from fllingh her
destiny.
| beeav in throwing everything wide open,
to fair competishun between the two sexes,
velosipedes az well az medisin, and may the
! best man 10in.
1t might look little odd (fOr the fust day.
| to see the ladies divided by velocipede, but
in the great advance of prices and morals VIII ch
are now at work in the world, nobody but a
darnd phool, or fogy would object to It'll
we are ever to reach perfecshun in this world
we hev all ov US got tu hav a fair chance at botE
sides ov things.
hav examined the scientifck principles o.
the velosipede, and find that it IL just az simple
az bread and milk.
The rotary cohesiveness which exists in al
circumlOcutory gravitations acting in CODjunc
ton with tie simple law of attraction, preserve
the moshun of the velocipede within its prope
and natural revolushun.
Smyrna times., 1869-08-25
The Removal of the Capital.

The inhabitants of st. Louis. Mo-, are, to
use familiar expression, moving heaven and
earth in order to effect the removal of the capi-
tai of the United States from Washington to
the Mississippi Valley. On August 10th,
meeting of citizens was held at st. Louis to con
slider what preliminary measures should be
adopted, and resolutions were passed asserting
that the agitation of the subject had become SO
general as TO be national In its character, and
that positive and definite action should be TAX
en-. TO obtain wise discussion Of the facts,
National Capital Convention was called to meet
in st. Louis on October 20, 1869, each State to
be represented by delegates equal to double the
number of its Presidential electors-thatis is two
from each Congressional District and four at
large. These delegates are to be appointed by
the respective Governors of the States. The
Territories are to be represented by two dele
gates appointed by the Governors, and the
| District of Columbia by two delegates appoint
ed by the Mayor of Washington.
In order to form some idea OF the amount o
money required to erect public buildings at st
Louis, it may be stated that, according TO sta
tistics furnished by Secretary McCulloch, tn
total sum expended in the District of Columbia
from the time the seat of government was es
tablished there to june Both, 1868, for publl
works of every description, including buildings
naintings and statuary, was $37, 800, 353. III
, real estate belonging to the government, exclu
, ding the public buildings, was assessed in 1876
at Sl3, Az, ,293. There has been no assessmen
: since 1858. The extent Of territory owned b.
the government, including grounds, parks, gal
dens and navy-yards, according to the Secre
{ tairy of the Interior amounts to 578 acres.
a As an inducement to remove, a prominer
4 citizen of st. Louis has offered to give til
i Government 500 acres Of land in that city, an
3 erect buildings suitable for Offices for clerk
f and rent them at the same rates as are no
:, Maid in Washington. Taking into consider
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The GuiIIOtine.

Pierre Momble, the St Denis murderer, was
guillotined on the morning of the 5th in
the Place de la ROquette. He savsgely killed
his mistress, who had long lived with him as
his wife, from feeling of jealousy, which, &C
cOrding to the oath of the police agent who
was the object Of his suspicion, was unfounded.
Momble was a man of low organization, and
had he killed the woman only would doubtless
have obtained extenuating circumstances. But
he also hacked to pieces with a hatchet in the
dead of night her son, a lad ii years old, who
was sleeping by her side. NJ. Alex. Laya, his
advocate, in vain attempted to persuade the
jury that the boy was killed accidentally. M.
Laya subsequently had an interview with the
Emperor at st. Cloud, to solicit communication
for his client, on the ground that he was a
coarse brutal man, scarcely responsible for his
actions. The Emperor kept NJ. Laya with him
three quarters of an hour, listened most atten
| lively to all he had to say, showed a thorough
knowledge of all the points of the case, anC
concluded the audience, according to establish
ed usage, by saying he would talk the matte
over with the Minister of Justice. The con
clusion cone to was that the law must take it
course At the execution an unusual and hor
rlble spectacle occurred. By some inaccurac
in the mode of strapping the criminal to th
plank his neck did not come into the groov
exactly under the knife, and one Of the execu
TONER assistants had to pull the head violent
ly into the right place, aud hold it there till
was cut off, when it fell into his hands. Th
name OF the present eXecutlOner-IuOHSleur {
: Paris, as he is grimly called by old usage
: NJ Hedenrech, and it is stated in the pape
for the first time that he was once surgeon
the navy. About 10000 people were presel
e to see Momble die. The cabmen of Paris a
+, always the first to know of the hour fixed Fl
e an execution, and they canvass the jetene
9 doree and their fair companions as they tul
, ont during the small hours of the mornin
4 from Boulevard supper rooms, to take a rit
e for louis and see the sight. A great deal
custom is got in this way.
Smyrna times., 1869-08-25

INFINITY. 1t has been often said that the
mind of man is incapable of comprehending
the infinite. This may be true in a certain
sense, because we may entertain reasonable
doubts whether we really and fully understand
anything. AS far as the visible universe is con.
cerned, we feel much less difficulty in compre-
hending its in6nity than in oonceiving that it
can possibly be finite.
AS to space: Can we by any effort imagine
the existence of boundary, blank wall, an
impossible limit, where there is no further ex-
tension of space 2-where winged messenger
or angel, sent on the errand OF penetrating
deeper into space, would have tc turn back be.
cause there was no more space to penetrate
No; we cannot figure to ourselves such fna
! limit to the extent Of the universe, such ring
fence enclosing all things created. Ii is fal
easier both to grant and to understand thai
space mast be infinitely extensible. !.
| Then again, as to ime we cannot conceive
its actual stoppage. The events by which w
measure time the motions Of the heaveni!
bodies, might alter, nay, might even cease; tn
planets might all fall into the sun; suns nigh
coalesce or group together, making new heav
ems and new earths; still there would be
change, a progress, which is only another mod
and manifestation of time. Even supposin
(what is impossible to suppose) that no NOR
motion or event took place in the universe
that the great All were still, stagnant and dea
Time nevertheless, that is to say Eternity
would not cease. Immortal beings would "
possess and enjoy an everlasting Now of lii
and happiness Here also we can more readi
admit the infinite than conceive the finite.
Smyrna times., 1869-08-25

REAL CHEEK An exchange contains the
following advertisement: Wants a situation,
practical printer, who is competent to take
charge of any department in a printing and
publishing house. Would accept a professor
ship in any Of the academies Has no objec-
tion to teach ornamental painting and penman-
ship, geometry, trigonometry, and many other
sciences. Is particularly suited to act as u pas
tor to small evangelical church, or as a local
preacher. He would make no objection to
form a small but select class of interes ing
young ladies to instruct in the highest branch
es. To dentist or chiropodist he would be
invaluable, as he can do almost anything
Would cheerfully accept position as a bass or
tenor singer in choir. Would board with a
family, if decidedly pious. For further parti-
culars inquire at Browns Saloon"