Multiply the amount of salary apper
taining to each office in the gift of gov
ernment by two, and what will be the
I effect upon the number of applicants?
Increased “love of their neighbors.”
Take the pay attached to office from
the honor, and bow many of the “pubic
servants would stick to their posts?
The “Honorable” few sctenced to be
lied there.
Can any man, while filling an office,
stiller his pockets to remain empty?
Certainly. By making a settlement
for his wife.
When a candidate comes “before
the people,” how far is he before them,
and how far are they behind him?
Generally, too far before to be “smelt
out,” while they are too far behind to
look over his shoulders.
Are the polls open, or closed, when
an independent voter’s mouth is shut
by his head being broken?
Plaster his independent poll with a
“consideration” and leave the answer
to himself.—[Reveille,
N. Jersey-Vote on the New' Con
stitution. —The whole number of
votes cast for and against the New
Constitution in New-Jersey at the late
' election is 26,232. These were divi
ded—‘Constitution’ 22,976, ‘No Con
stitution* 3,256 —majority in favor ot
the Constitution 19,720. There were
69 rejected votes. The vote of New-
Jersey at the Presidential Election in
1840 was 64,385. So it appears that
less than one-half th- voters went to
the Polls al the election of the Consti
tution. The new Constitution goes
into effect on Monday next. —[N. Y.
Tribune.
gJ»Punch says, be once saw a father
knock his boy down, and he thought it
the most striking picture of son
down he ever beheld.
Lieut. Francis E. Barry, U. S. N.
died at St. Louis on the 18lh of Aug. j
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
