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BY S. B. CRAFTON. SANDERSYILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, EOYEMBER 30, 1852. VOL. WO, 45 THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN IS PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING, TERMS! If paid strictly in advance, per year, $1 50 If not paid at the time of subscribing, $2 09 These terms will be strictly adhered To .WITHOUT RESPECT TO PERSONS, AND ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE SET TLED UP EVERY YEAR. • Advertisements not exceeding twel /e lines, will be inserted at one dollar for the first in- sertion, and fifty cents for each continuance. Advertisements not having tne number oi in sertions specified, will be published until for- lj 'sales of Land and Negroes by Executors, Administrators and Guardians, a e requited by jaw to be advertised in a public gazette forty days previous to the day o! sale. The sale of Personal Property must be ad* vertised in like manner at least ten days, Notice to Debtors and Creditors ot an es tate ir ust be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Coiii t of ordinary for leave to sell Land and Negroes, must be published weekly for two Citations for letters of administration must' be published thirty days—for di. mission from administration, monthly Jor six montho— tor dis- mission from Guardianship, forty days. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published monthly for four months—for cstab- lisliin* lost papers, for the f ull space oj three months—-for compelling titles trom Executors or Administrators, where a bond has been giv en by the deceased, the full space of 3 months. Publications Will always be continued ac cording to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered. All letters on business must be vosl-paid MISCELLANEO US, BUSINESS DIRECTORY, * LAWSON & GOD?E.ES“i Commission Merchants) 93 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GEO. [p. A. LAWSON. J. E. GODFREY.] LOUD di CO. . Factors and Commission Merchants, Wo. 118, BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA. L W, C, Loud,] [P. H. Loud. [from THE CASSVILLE standard.] To the Citizens of the State of Georgia, At a recent meeting in the city of Macon, of a number of your fellow citizens from va^ vious sections of the State, to consider the propriety of asking Legislative interference for the suppression of the traffic in intoxi cating drinks, the undersigned were ap pointed a Committee to address you upon this all important subject. , The following plan of operation for effect ing the suppression of the traffic was pro* posed, discussed and adopted. 1. That the citizens of Georgia, who fa vor this object, petition the Legislature at its next regular session to repeal the pic* sent License Laws, and to leave it to the citizens of the several counties to determine by vote regularly taken, whether the liber* ty to sell intoxicating drinks within their respective limits shall be granted or denied. 2. The same Legislature (of 1853) shall be asked to instruct the voters at the next regular election in October 1854, to indorse oiTtheir tickets, “sale” or “no sale”—that, thus the general sentiment of our citizens may be known, and, if the majority of the voters demand, a law passed for the entire suppression of the traffie. 3. That for the purpose of securing an efficient organization for carrying out these objects, a convention of the citizens favora ble thereto, in which every county may be represented, be called at Atlanta on lues- day, 22d February, 1853. The object of "this circular is to call the attention of our fellow citizens to this sub ject, and to secure a representation of all the counties in the State in tne Convention he»e- in proposed. We cannot within the compass of this paper, adduce a tithe of the reasons, which might be argued in favor of this movement. Let it suffice to insist that vve are urging nov. 4, 1851. 42—ly BEHJNT di ?OSi2B,. Factors and Commission Merchants Savannah, Ga< P.tt. BEHN,] [JOHN FOSTER, fcb. 10,1852. 3—1 v J © IE 3XALLBRY > Draper and Tailor. Dealer iu Ready-Made Clothing and Gcntle- eii’sfurnislnng Goods. 155, Bay street, Savannah. Ga. fob. 10, 1852. 3 -ly FHZZ.1F KUAN. Draper and Tailor. And dealer in Ready-made Clothing, shirts' stocks, suspenders, hancTk’ffs, gloves, Marino and silk under shirts, drawers, Bryan street, Savannah, Ga., fob. 10, 1852. &,c. No. 98, 3—lv ~J. T. JONES. Manufacturer and importer of Guns.Pistols, Rities, Sporting Apparatus, &c., No' 8, Monument Square, Savannah, Ga. in i sV«j 1V‘ fob. 10, 1852. . t. DA&HER’S Cheap Dry Goods Store, No. 146, Congress street, Savannah, Ga, (Late H. Lathrop’s) A well selected stock of seasonable staple and Fancy Dry Goods, are kept constantly on hand, and will be sold cheap tor cash. Please call and examine feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly BOTBW33LL diCO. S E Wholesale and Retail Stove, Xo. 173, Bay street, Savannah, Ga. DEALERS IN LIQUORS, WINES, GROCERIES. $c S. E. BOTHWELL.] [ R - GAMBLE- feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly JOHNSON &CO. SCRANTON grocer s. Savannah, Ga. Savannah. our fellow*citizens to the performance of a long neglected duty. It is an ohv ious ti uth tbelorce of which every good citizen will at once feel, that it is the duty of every citizen to do whatever lies in his power to advance the public weal. We now assert that the pubic interest will be advanced by the sup pression of the traffic in intoxicating drinks, and if we can then make it appear that we have the right and the power to suppress it—that it is our duty to do so, will be con clusively established. Who can for a moment doubt that our interests pecuniary, political, social and mor al, would be greatly beuedfed if, from this dav, no more intoxicating drinks could^be procured in this State? Hut let us look at the subject a little more closely, and notice first what effect the suppression of the tra ffic would have on our pecuniary interest?. _ The thousands of dollars now spent m gratifying a debased appetite, would he ad ded to the profitable capital of the country, and would produce annually, a valuable re turn. That which this money purchases is destroyed in the use, never to appear again in any productive form, while if it were used for improving the. land, or for establishing manufactories, or expended upon interna! improvements, the wealth ot the. State would be increased, profitable employment would be afforded to the poor, aud new channels of trade would be opened. Every class of our citizens would partake of the benefits of a wise investment of capital, and none more than the vender, who would., find an adequate compensation for the destruc tion of the business, in having new sources of wealth opened to him. The change pro posed, thus looks eveu to his permanent in terests, and many who sell are sofu y con vinced of this fact, that they are willing to forego this source of gain, if others won.I voluntarily or under the compulsion ot law, relinquish it. These would be a few of the results of a profitable investment of the money now spent annually in drinks, and which it burn ed up or buried m the ocean, would be no more certainly a dead loss to all the econom ical interests of the community than it now character, and they annually make heavy draughts upon the wealth of tbe community and th us reduce the absolute capital. Their poverty and thriftlessness throws them and their families as burdens npon the neigh borhood or country, to be supported by pri vate or public beneficence. Their vicious habits and inflamed passions lead them into crime, and our courts of law and officers of justice, our police, our jails and penitentia ries, established mainly for the prevention and punishment of their crimes, are sup ported by a tax, enormous in the aggregate which ^abstracted from the capital of the sober and industrious citizen. Let us add to this expenditure the corruption and con sequent decrease in value of our negroes— the loss of property by their dishonesty—its destruction by fire or other casualties, origi nating in the carelessness of drunken agents, or laborers, or carriers, and we will feel that tbe suppression of the traffic, the source of these evils, will largely promote the pecuni ary interests of the entire community, and thus advance the public weal. Nor would tbe suppression of the traffic be less advantageous in a political point of view. The immortal Washington said in his farewell address : “It is substantially true that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of a popular government,” and the senti ment finds an eoho in every patriotic bo som. Ours is such a government, and its stability depends essentially upon the self government of its citizens. But intemper anee of any degree destroys all self-control by firing the passions, debasing tbe habits and dethroning the reason. Who can safe ly Wist his character, or his property, much less his political liberties, tbe conservation of which dependc so entirely upon a sober judgment- and a sound patriotism, to the keeping of drunkards ? And yet the ine briate has quite as potent a voice in the popular government as the pu.est and wis est patriots. Let intemperance corrupt and degrade the masses, and our liberties will beuuder the control of those who have in capacitated thenise'ves for a wise direction of the government or a injudicious choice of law-makeis. By as far as men of this class have sway, by so far are our institutions placed in jeopardy; diminish their number and we lessen the danger; and all experi ence teaches that we can remove this oause of apprehension only by suppressing the orrog shops—the centres of power to unscru pulous and aspiring demagogues. Every patriot owes Ibis duty to bis country. Our limited space forbids that we should unde' take to portray specifically all the so cial Jand moral evils, to which the liquor traffic gives rise; nor need we do so. “Tbeir name is Legion,” and they lie open to the observation of all. Half the domestic want and wretchedness, and more than half the social vice, and the secret and open crime, which shames our moral sensibilities, de trac t from our high cbaiacter as a people, and deluges the land with tears, resultfrom the intemperance of either tbe past or the present general ion. To abolish the liquor traffic will he to introduce sobriety, indus- aocl thrift—to restore brotherly love which our civil rights and our Constitution al law-are adjudicated, the Supreme Court of the United States. Chief justice Taney Simple Division* We heard a story tbe other night on the subject of “Division” that we thought ‘some’ has said; “If any Slate deems the retail ! at the time, and never having seen it in try and domestic peace—to dimmish pauperism and crime—to send a flood of joy through the heart of many a poor wife and shame and internal Traffie iu ardent spirits injuri ous to its citizens, I see nothing in the con stitution to prevent it from regulating and restraining the Traffic, or f"om prohibiting it altogether.” Mr. Justice Grier has said : “It is not necessary to array the appalling satisfies of misery, and pauperism, &e., &e., which have their origin in tbe use and abuse of ar dent spirits. Tbe police power, which is ex clusively in the States, is alone competent to the correction of these great evils, and all measures of restraint or promotion ne cessary to effect the purpose, are within the scope of that authority. All laws for the restraint or punishment of crime, or the pre servation of the pnblie peace, health, and morals, are from their very nature of prima ry importance, and lie at the foundation of social existence. They are for the protec tion of life and liberty, and necessarily com pel all laws on subjects of secondary impor tance, which relate only to property, conve nience of luxury, to recede when they come in contact or collision. Salus populi su- prema lex. The exigiences of the social compact require that sneli laws be executed before aud above all others. It is for this reason that quarantine laws, which protect public health; compel mere commercial reg ulations to submit to their control. They restrain the liberty of the passengers; they operate on the ship, which is the instrument of commerce, and its officers and crew, the agents of navigation. They seize the in fected cargo, and cast it overboard. All these things are done, not from any power which the State assumes to regulate com merce, or interfere with the regulations of congress but because police laws for the pre vention of crime, and protection of the pub lic welfare, must of necessity have full and free opertion, according to the exigienev that requires their interference. If a loss ot revenue should accrue to the United States from a diminished consumption of ardent spirits, she will be the gainer a thousand fold in the health, wealth and happiness of the people.” We believe, fellow-citizens, that the ar guments now set forth are irrefutable, and ^hat they fully establish our right and our duty to suppress this obnoxious traffic; and it may bs further added, that if we have the power to do so, and refrain from exer eising it, we become participators in the, crimes, which originate in our neglect of duty. Let us no longer shun our duty. Our country burdens for the support of the pau perism - and for the prevention and punish ment of the crimes, orinating in Intemper ance in our several counties, give us a claim to determine whether or not within our own county limits, the traffic shall be continued, Let us demand that our legislature shall first repeal the License Law, so that no man can legally defy the moral sense of the people of an entire country, and that then it shall be left to the citizens of ibe respectiva coun ties to say, whether or not the traffic shall be carried on in their midst. Let the peo ple, as the sovereign power, claim and ex print, we are tempted to give our readers the benefit of it. A Southern planter named pretty well to do in tbe world now, was some twen ty years ago a poor boy on the eastern shore of Marylaud. One of the strongest and moat marked traits ot his character was an inordinate love ot money. This however is characteristic of the people of ‘them dig- gins,’ where they practice skinning strangers during brisk seasons, and skinning one a notber during dull times. In due course of time P. was of age, and thought it about time to get married. He went to a neigh boring village, and in the course of events was introduced to a daughter ot Judge B, ‘Dang fine gal,’ said the embryo specu lator tohis friends who was gaining him an entrance among the elite •Very.’ . ‘How much might Judge B. be worth. ‘Why about $10,000,’ was the reply. ‘Anil how many children has Judge B? continued the inquirer.’ ‘Only three.’ ‘Three into ten goes three tiroes and a third over,’ mentally cyphered P. Here was a chance—a glorious chance, and he im proved it too. He made love to the beau- thul and unsophisticated daughter of the Judge with all. the variations. Strange to say--for he was as uncouth a looking cub as ever went unlicked—his suit prospered and they were married. The honey moon passed off, as all other honey moons do, and they were happy. I he bride was lively and chatty, and often made allusions to her brothers and sisters. Star tled at a number of names he thought should not be in the catalogue of relations, one evening at tea, he said- - ‘My dear, I thought there was only three of you. •So there are, by my Ma, but Pa’s first wife had eight more.’ ‘Eleven go into ten no limes and nanry one over!' said the astonishedP., who jump ed up, kicked over the chair and groaned in perfect agony, ‘I’m sold! and a d—m sight cheaper than an old hell weathei sheep, at that'.—Pittsburg Sunday Mercu ry. [FROM THE LITERARY MUSEUM*] Reverie of a Young Lady. How cold it seems, metfainks! but my fire burns brightly and tbe light-wood blaze dances merrily, and leaps up in the ebimney av if laughing to scorn tbe wild pranks of old Eolus. Still, I feel chilly. I will draw nearer tbe fire, and write down my thoughts as they run, Alas t' I am quite alone. My parents are both absent, and my brothers and sisters have retired. Heigho, I wish I had a lover J This is such a charming evening for him to whisper in loving tones of love. We would have no light bat that from the glowing fireplace } and there would be no one to dis turb us. Ok, it must be so nice to have a lover, Oh, dear [ I was nineteen yesterday Dow Jr's Faith.—-I believe that kicking against custom and spitting in the faee of fashion, is a futile and foolish endeavor.— Both may need correction—but they must and will have their own way. I believe that if the devil be the father of liars, he has a plagued large family to look after, and that it is rapidly increasing. I believe girls are like kittens; gently smooth them down the right way, they rub and purr most affectionately ; but give them the contrary brush, and their back is up in the most disdainful manner. They like to be kissed, but sham a delicacy about and have had no offer yet i What is to be come of roe ? Ah, I know! Harry Leonard is not married yet, and I intend to keep myself for him. Papa says I am too young to marry. Too young to marry !■ Indeed, be must forget bow old I am. But Harry will come back some time, and he is worth waiting for. He used to dob himseli my champion in all our little school difficulties and I love him yet. I ean see him now, gazing on me with his dark, earnest eyes. Ah, he is a noble fellow 1 1 wish he would come back. He nover said in words that he loved me, but I could see that he dkj 1 ****** Now, with tbe dim firelight flickering on our faces, Many is by my side. We have spoken long of the old times, when we were but children l , . Harry is gazing upon roe I And now, in soft low tones, he tells me of Lis love and his hopes, and bow be feared, during that wea ry absence, that when he returned be would find me the happy bride of another. And then how he rejoiced to bear that I was still unmarried. And now, (oh, how I tremble) be asks me if 1 will be his wife! His wife \ how happy this word makes me ! But I'can not speak, I place roy hand silently in bis and he needs no other answer. He thanks me again and again ; and, in strange, fitful conversation we pass the time away; Now he is gone. He went with a whispered as surance that he would be here to-morrow. And to morrow comes. Harry is here early, to see my fatther. And now it is over—papa has blessed me, and called me his dear, good child; and mamma’s tear# are mingled ones of joy and sorrow. Weeks pass, and Harry and myself are living in our own house. He is caressing me as usual, and I begin to believe that I am really married and have a husband whom I am to ‘love, honor and obey.’ And but what is this ? I am all alone in the dark l Where is Harry ? Pshaw ! All this was but a dream. How provoking ! At any rate, if one cannot have a reaiity.it is very pleasant to dream. Don’t you think so?' No surer destroyer smiiten household—to arrest tbe downward erase tbeir own rights; and who shall deny steps ofmany a noble youth—and to remove them this liberty? tbe temptations to tbe most debasing and Let all the counties of the State send up brutalizing of vices out of the way of our Representatives to the Atlanta Convention; servants, 'our sons, and our daughters’ there to devise the proper measures to be To Keep Young. of youth, of youth’s privileges, and powers the operation. ; aud delights, than yielding the spirit to the I believe that simple honesty, the nakeu empire of ill-temper and selfishness.. We D. T. SCRANTON, JOSEPH JOHNSTON feb. 10, 1852. HUMPHREYS W. B. SCRANTON, No. 19, Old Slip, N. Yor 3—ly m ‘ JTCHNfeOPI Wholesale and Detail Druggists is. new of the case Tbe Smets’ Buildings, corner of Broughton an • Whitaker streets, Savannah, Ga. . Dealers in Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Perfumery, Fancy Articles, &c. iragr*> Soda water of a superior quality. fcb. 10, 1862,’ 3 -ly - HENRY ROTSCHHXI.D, Dealer in Ready-Made Clothing, DRY GOODS, cf c. No. 178,,Congress street, next door to H. J. Gilbert, Savannah, Ga. Gentlemen’s garments made to order, feb. 10,1852. 3 -ly Importer N ( A. PONCE, and Manufacturer S E G A R S, O. 13, Whitaker street, keeps constantly apt on hand a well selected stock of imported But there is another v which adds strength to the argument money thus spent not only makes no .profit able return, but its expenditure m this way makes such a return as diminishes very con siderably the amount of absolute capital) , the country. Labor is the poor man s cap ita!, and intemperance destroys Loth the di position and tbe ability to labor. Tbe pwo is found in &e multitude ot men m otn State who have been enervated and made indolent, or, worse still, have Lfomeincii- rablv diseased from indulgence .n stiong drink. If collected they would make an an army of consumers army- -a dead weight on the community, producing noth in etc add to the general wealth ; an array perpetuated in our midst by the liquor traf fic Suppose that all our citizens were such, where Sid be our agriculture our com merce, our internal improvement*, the gen eral prosperity oor jmW JWgl We and Segars,' X£ Manufactured To^acg Sn«| Pipes, and all other articles usually kept m his P ie of business, which he offers on the m reasonable terms. Savannah, - feb' 10,1852. t _ . J. fc 6- -ly t would soon degenerate iuto barbansm ovevv individual among us of the class spec ified" tends to drag us back to that con di ion’or at least to hinder our progress.to a tion, oi Tbit there are thousands such’and'the public interests loudly demand that wd eradicate tire traffic; the prohbc Su ce of this class of unproductive ctizens. The argument is not yet exhausted.-- Tbpsf* citizens" non-produces as they me, aie ye^consumersj’often of the most expensive husbands. In view of these facts we maintain that tbe public weal demands the suppression of tbe Traffic: and now assert, upon tbe ax iomatic principle, that each citizen is bound to advance tbe public weal, that it is our duty to suppress it it we have the moral power and tbe Constitutional right to do it. Whether we have tbe moral power is an open question, is now submitted to your selves. In many counties, without doubt, tbe Traffic can be easily abolished ; and this Committee is loathe to believe that there is a county or even a community in tue State where tbe “Liquor Influence” predominates over the power of sound morality, patriotism and good citizenship, where these elements of our prosperity shell succumb to the de mand of the liquor dealer and his besotted adherents. Experience has proven that we cannot extirpate this vice by “moral sua sion.” YYhat can be done in this way has been done; but inexperienced youth is too easily seduced from the path of sobriety— the slave is too entirely tbe subject of bis appetite-the moderate drinker is. too se cure in bis own strength--the drunkard is too much under the dominion of a diseased physical and moral nature and of depraved habits to avoid the snares which everywhere around spread-for their feet;. and. the ven der, ready to take advantage of this fact and anxious to accumulate gain, even at the sac rifice of every private and public interest, will not abandon the traffic, and withdraw the temptation while a victim remains to be ruined, unless the Law compels him to. so. “Moral Suasion” can do nothing with him, nor save his hopeless victims; the mor al power of the community must do its act- in* through the Law. We believe that his moral power does not lie with the er ring young or the moderate drinker, or the inebriate or the vender, and that therefore we can array it against the traffic, and on the side of right, virtue and humanity; aud we now invoke every citizen to do ffis duty to his race and country. . The right is clearly on our side. Dm J9 not, as the last, an open question. What : ever it may have been in past Tune, it is no longer a debateable point,- for it ha3 been definitely settfed by the highest tribunal at taken for the suppression of the Liquor Traffic. God save the State. B. BraNtly, Green Co. W. S. Williford, Bibb Co. J. E. Evans, Muscogee Co. Dan’l. Sanfod, Monroe Co. J. W. Burke, Cass Co. J. H. Newton, Clarke Co. D. McGeiiee, Meriwether Co. C. Welborn, Houston Co. E. H. Myers, Bibb Co. Oct. 29th, 1852. truth, pure virtue, and a straight up and down way of dealing with the world, have as much advantage over the vices, tricks and stratagems of the devilish, in the long run, as a good square-trotting horse has over a prancing pony or racker that goes his mile or two like the mischief, and is done for the rest of the journey. A Case of Conscience.—A gentleman re siding in OlairborUe county, Mississiopi’ sends the following letter to the Port Gib son Herald for publication, remarking that the amount spoken of in the note was actu ally received by him: “Dear Sir: Enclosed you will find forty dollars as a representa tion for withholding twenty dollars from you six or eight years ago. You knew it not, but I did, aud it has hung a weight on my soul ever since. I have prayed for forgive ness, but I feel I cannot be forgiven till I make restitution. Will you, sir, forgive me, and pray God to forgive me.” Reader, do you owe for your newspaper, Pitching into Greely.--The Albany N. Y. Knickerbocker, a violent Whig, paper, ... thus discourses concerning the Tribune man: j If you do, you can hope for no forgiveness “So Ion* as the Whig pa 'ty looks upon i until you make restitution. As in tbe above Greelvr? one of the fathers of the church, case, notling but prompt payment can or and takes every thing be utters for gospel, j ought to give you peace of mindand a clear so long may they expect to stand where conscience, bo pay up at once, they now do among the ‘used up’ and an- should all be cautious, as we advance in life, of allowing occasional sorrowful experience to overshadow perception of the prepon derance of good. Faith in good is atone© its own rectitude and reward. To believe good, and to do good truly and trustfully, is the healthiest of humanity’s conditions* To take eveuts eheerfully, and promote the happiness of others, is the way to ensure the enduring spring of existence. Con tent and kindnes are the soft vernal show ers and fostering sunny warmth that ke ep# a man’r nature and being fresh and green* “Lord keep my existence fresh and green,” would be no less a wise prayer than the one so beautifully recorded respecting man’s memory. If we would leave a gra cious memory behind us, there is no way better to secure it, than by living gracious ly. A cheerful and benign temper, that buds forth pleasant blossoms and bears sweet fruit, for those who live within its influence, is sure to produce an undying growth of green rememberances that shall flourishish immortality after the present stock is decayed and gone.—Mrs. Cowden Clarke. nihilattu. General Scott was not defeated A Knotty Question Settled.—We enter ed a lo* school-house once, where a “De by the Democrats, but by TheKew York j batjn , » was holdi forih upon the Tribune. The leaders which that paper is j question . a man saw his wife and rao th- ’ er in the water drowning, which should he A New Title to the Lobos Islands.—The New York Courier says that, the persons concerned in the guaho expedition fiom that city have despatched an agent to Madrid to negotiate through the American Minister there, with the Court of Spain, for the lease or purchase of the Lobos Islands. This is said to have been done by the advices of eminent counsel^ who are of opinion that if any nation has a claim to those islands, it constantly getting ont on pig iron, temper ance and satinet, would crush another Washington.” SiST “Run,” and get me an armful of wood,” said a woman to her husband on© rainy day, “as you are wet and I atn dry.” The same plea was used for a dozen errands. At last it was, “get me a bucket of water, for you a:e wet and I am dry.” The buek- et of water was brought, when the husband The question was considered j ^ rew ^ over her,exclaiming “Now do your help.frcstf'L with animation upon both sides for a while, gha ^ for y0H are wet too.” when a backwardness began to manifest lt- fif is the Spanish, who discovered and naimed, . anofcher mother? not easy.” Thissettl them, and through whom alone Peru claims Qn ^ the verdic [ accordingly, title tO‘thfiHfif self. The president desired debaters; they had anything to say to continue on.” Afeer a pause a peaked looking man in the backpart of the “meeting” got up and said," with considerable diffidence and embarrass ment: “Mr. President—I think if-a man saw his mother and his wife in the water drown ing, he ought to help his mother out first: because, you see, if his wife did git drownded, he could git another one, but he couldn’t This flettled jjgy A gentleman was agreeabiy sur prised to see a plump turkey served up for dinner, and inquired of bis servant bow it was got. “Wy, sar,” said Cuff,'“dat dave turkey hab bin roosrin’ on our fence dese tree nights, so dis raorhiu* I t’ougbt I would seize him for de rent oh de fenc -1 .” join* down the vale of teirsf as the barrel of flour said ven it was gettin’ lowered into the ship’s hold. At Cincinnati, Ohio, when Tom Thumb was selling his pamphlet, and greeting the ladies with a kiss, a negro woman bought one, and puckered up her mouth for a salute. Tom drew back—“Ah ah,” said he, “go away, colored person, dis child iyn t g vino to ’malgamate.” “Well, please de lor,” ex claimed the negro in astonishment, “if he wasn’t no bigger dan a mouse, he’d be sure to have suffiu against de colored ~~— u - tion”. Law Quibbles.—A tippling lawyer, no ted for his ingenions pleading, while he was reading about' Eve’s fall, the other day, at once exclaimed: “If she had known this flaw, it would have been quite easy; to avoid the law. The right of Eden could never have been denied her, if she had squeezed the fruit and drank the cider.” ,v>' JJST* “How many rods make a furlong?’ asked a father of his son, a ‘fast’ urchin, as became home one night from the town school. “Well, I don’t know, boss,” was the reply of the young hopeful, “but I guess you’d think one rod made an acker, if you got such a tanning as I did from old vinegar fkc«, this afternoon.” The parent stood a- A lady who wished some stuffing from % roast duck which a gentleman was earvnSg at a public table, requested him to transfer from the deceaseded fowl to her plate r of its artificial intestines, I®*" • i V - . a, . si,: '• ■■ —-■ ^ -- ---