Year: 1867

tuat mere no eLPeRse attending the act Of regis-
tration. Let prominent men in the several pre-
cincts urge upon their neighbors the necessity
Of performing this duty without delay.


FRED. DOUGLASS AND HENRY CLAY.-:sI remcm-
Der once" said gentleman to me- q being on
board of one of these Ohio river steamboats, on
the way from Pittsburg to Cincinnati, when we
had on board that great Kentucky Senator, and
then Presidential candidate, Henry Clay. As we
were about to sit down to dinner q noise arose
at one end of the table, and looking toward the
spot, saw several men with bowie knives in
their hands. The Captain it seems was on the
point of introducing to the dinner table two very
respectable negroes, and the Southerners swore
they would kill them if they took their seats
One of the negroes said, in calm voice, that
neither him nor his friend desired to take seats
at the table with the whites and that they only
approached because they bidden. There
was something in the tone of this man that
moved Mr.. Clay, who spoke warmly, and even
eloquently Che was regarded as the 1eading orator
Of America, favor Of allowing the men to take
their seats. .Nhe majority sympathized with him,
through the few who had resisted still muttered.
But now that i, was settled that they should do so
the two negroes respectfully declined to sit at the
table. 1t was, they said, of no Importance to
them, and it would offend some, and they prefer
red side table. This arrangement was at
length adopted. 1t then whispered ,tbout
that the two nag. oes were the distinguished
negro orators, Frederick Douglass nd Charles
Redmond. This having been corrOberated, the
men who by their deliberate behavior had won
the sympathy of the company the boat, were
invited to address them ON the upper deck
They consented, and there was in the afternoon
large assembly, to hear them. And with such
power, with such simple and touching eloquence
did they speak of the wrongs of their race, that





many of them being Southerners ; and Mr.. Clay
himself once said to me that he did not believe
the man existed in the United States who could
have spoken more eloquently than Mr.. Douglass,
and that it disgrace to civilization that
such man should only have gained his freedom
by flight, or that the which had produced
two such orators should be cnslaycd. .'-Ffaziers
Magazine


SLIGHT MIsrAKg.-A little incident transpired
in family circle up town the other evening, that
is too good to keep, and shall be confded to the
readers of the Herald. The kitchen of the excel
len. family of which peak is presided over by a
good looking domestic whom we will call Mary
Ann, she rejoicing in the attentive devotions of n
young servant, employed by a neighboring family
named John. Now, such Johns re. .tions
with the fair Mary Ann-they were engaged !"
just like anybody folks-that he in the hatit
of entering his inamorata's domains without the
formaty of knocking. And be it known that the
Lord of the mansion had been absent several days.
and was expected home in the evening train. On
that evening the Mistress of the house sat in her
boudoir, painting with the expectation of the COM
ingo her husband Shortly she hcard-or thought
she did-his familiar footsteps at the side door,
this usual place of entry), and dashing down
stairs in the darkness, she precipitated herself
into his arms. There was an earnest embrace.
loving, lingering kiss was imprinted upon the
lips of the representative of the sterncr sex. He
answered not, hut pressed her closer to his heav-
ing bosom. how long this would have gone on
is not for us to say, had not an adjoining door
been thrown open by the pretty Mary Ann, with
light in her hand, and what a sight was revealed
to all three? Mary saw her handsome Mistress
in the arms of her own lusty lover, John; the
Mistress saw not her expected spouse, but Mary
AIMS young man. and John-well he was so
dumbfounded (supposing he was hugging Mary
Aun all the time) that he couldn't see anything
In the midst of the muddle the husband entered
and the taJledu rirant complete. He soon
comprehended the affair, however. and had too
much good sense to scold his wife for her care
ieSsness or to keep so good joke to himself,
but he never imagined that it would get into the
papers Ae.) Correspondence Of tie
Uontreot Herald.


BRIDAL CHAMBER.'-The following is
from the Madison (wisconsin) Union: A few
days since newly-married couple came to Mad
ison, and visiting one of our frst-class hotels,
the bridegroom, in n manner showing his newly
acquired Importance in life, called for a room.
the best the house afforded. lie didn't want any
common fare, but the best they had and had the
money to foot the bill The landlord pleasantly
inquired if he not from the country and
just married? Yes, he from the country,
and just married, and he wanted the best room
in the house, and didn't darn for expense


Then you want the bridal chamber ?" said
the landlord.


.sWhy, yes, - said the bridegroom, not exact
" comprehendng the matter, q guess so-at
any rate send it up, if don't want it my wife
may?'