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Telfair “ Rev. Charles J. Shelton
Mclntosh “ James Blue, Esq.
Houston “ B. J. Smith, Esq.
Pulaski “ Norman MeDuffie, Esq.
Twiggs “ William H. Robinson, Esq
IVayne " Robert Howe, Esq.
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BY AUTHORITY
AN ACT
To provide for the call of a convention to re
duce tire number of the General Assembly
of the state of Georgia, and for other purpos
es therein named.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the. Senate and House,
nf Representatives of the state of Georgia in gen
eral assembly met. and it is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same. That the first Mon
day in April, eighteen hundred and thirty
nine, be, and the same is hereby designated and
set apart as the day which the citizens of Geor
gia, qualified to vote for members of tlie Legis
lature, shall, at the several places prescribed
by law for holding such elections, vote for del
egates to represent them in convention, in
number equal to their representation in both
branches of the. Genera! Assembly, according
to the last census; such election to he con
ducted, managed, and certified under the same
law's as are of force in respect to elections of
members of tile General Assembly.
Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, That it
shall be tjie duty of such managers to transmit
to his excellency the governor the result of
said elections under the laws now of force, con
ducting, managing and certifying elections of
members of the General Assembly, as aforesaid,
within ten days after such election, whereup
on it it made the duty of his excllency the
governor, to issue his proclamation declaring
the result of such election, by notifying the in
dividuals severally elected to represent the
good people of Georgia in convention, as con
templated by this act.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That every
citizen of the United States shall be eligible to
a seat in said conventioa, who has attained the
age of 25 years, and been an inhabitant of the
state three years, immediately preceding the
day of election, and who shall have resided
one year in the county for whieh he shall be
elected.
See. 4. And be it further enacted , That each
member returned as duly elected, shall, previ
ous to taking bis seat in said convention, take
the following oath or affirmation, viz :
I do solemnly swear that I will not attempt
to add to or take from the constitution, or at
tempt to change or alter any other section,
clause,or article of the constitution of the state
of Georgia, other than those touching tiie rep
resentation in the General Assembly thereof,
and that I have been a citizen of this state for
the last three years, so help me God. And
any person elected to a seat in said convention
who shall refuse to take the oath aforesaid,
shall not be allowed to take his seat in said
convention.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the
members of said convention shall assemble on
the first Monday in May, after their election,
at Milledgeville, in the Representative Cham
ber of the" State House, for the purpose of en
tering upon and consummating the great ob
jects of their convention, to wit: a reduction
and equalization of the General Assembly,
shall have power to prescribe their own rules
and forms of business ; and to determine on
the qualifications of their own members; elect
necessary officers, and make all orders which
they may deem conducive to the furtherance
of the objects for which-such convention shall
assemble. . .
Sec. t). Andbcit further enacted, Thatitsliall
be the duty of his excellency the governor, to
give publicity to the alterations and amend
ments made in the constitution, in reference to
the reduction 01 the number of members com
posing the General Assembly; and the first
Monday in October next, after the rising of*
said convention, he shall fix on for the ratifi
cation by the people, of such amendments,
alterations, or new articles, as they may make j
for the objects of reduction and equalization of |
the General Assembly only; and if ratified by
a majority of the voters who vote on the ques- j
lion of “Ratification,” or “No Ratification, |
then and in that event, the alterations so by j
them made and ratified, shall be binding on the
people of this state, and not otherwise.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, Thatitshall
be a fundamental article in the formation or a
mendments of the Convention each coun
ty of the State now organized » laid out, or
which may hereafter be created by law, shall
be entitled to at least one Representative in the
Representative branch of the General Assem
bly. The Senate shall be composed ot torty
six members only, from forty Senatorial Dis
tricts, composed of two contiguous Counties,
and in the event of the creation of any new
County, it shall be added to some contiguous
Senatorial District; and that the said Conven
tion shall not disturb the Federal basis in ap
portioning the representation in the General
Assembly of the State of Georgia.
Sec 8. And be it further enacted, That so soon
as the act shall have passed, his excellency
the Governor be and he is hereby required to
cause it to be published in the Gazettes of this
State, once a week until the day fixed on by
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, IN THE CITY OF BRUNSWICK, GLYNN COUNTY, GEORGIA.
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2,1839.
| this act for the election of Delegates to said
Convention; as well as the number to which
.each county shall be entitled in said Conven
j tion, according to the apportionment of mem
bers of the General Assembly, to be made un-
If tke lute Census, taken and returned dur
! ing the present year.
1 Sec. 9. And he it further enacted, That the
Delegates to said Convention be paid at and
j after the same rates that the members of the
General Assembly now receive: and that his
. excellency the governor lie requested to draw
' his warrant on the Treasurer for the same, out
| of any money not otherwise appropriated; and
all laws and parts of laws militating against
| this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY,
President of the Senate,
j Assented to 2(«th December. 1838.
GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.
TABLE
: Showing the Representation of the sereral Coun
| ties oj thin State by the late act of apportion
| went.
| Appling, ] Gilmer, 1 Muscogee, 4
Baker, 1 Glynn, I Newton, 3
; Baldwin, 2 Greene, 3 Oglethorpe, 3
; Bibb, :i Gwinnett, 3 Paulding, 1
| Bulloch, I Habersham, 3 Pike. 3
Butts, 2 Hancock, 3 Pulaski, 2
Burke, 3 Heard, 2 Putnam, 3
Bryan, 1 Henry, 3 Rabun, I
Campbell. 2 Houston, 3 Randolph, 2!
Carroll, 2 Hall. 3 Richmond, 3
Cobb, . 2 Harris, 3 Scriven, 21
Cass, 2 Irwin. I Stewart, 3
Columbia, 3 Jones, 3 Sumter, 2|
Crawford, 2 Jasper, 3 Talbot, 3
Coweta, 3 Jefferson, 2 Taliaferro, 2
Chatham, 4 Jackson, 3 Tattnall, J !
Clark, 3 Laurens, 2 Telfair. 1
Cherokee, 2 Lee, 1 Thomas, 2
Camden, 2 Liberty, 2 Troup, 4
Dade, 1 Lincoln, 2 Twiggs, 21
Decatur, 2 Lowndes, 2 Union, 1
DeKalb, 3 Lumpkin, 2 Upson, 3
Dooly, 2 Macon, 2 Walton, 3
Early, 2 Madison, 2 Walker, 2
Effingham,l Marion, 2 Ware, 1
Elbert, 3 Mclntosh, 2 Washington,3
Emanuel, 1 Meriwether, 3 W'ayne, 1 !
Fayette, 2 Monroe, 4 Wilkinson, 2 j
Floyd, 2 Montgomery, 1 Wilkes, 3
Forsyth, 2 Murray, 2 Warren, 3j
Franklin, 3 Morgan, 3 j
Total, 207!
O’ All the papers in Georgia will publish j
the above Act and Table weekly, until the
first Monday in April next.
Ail Ordinance
To prevent Peddling at the Wharves, tfc.
BE it ordained by the Mayor and Council
of the city of Brunswick, and it is hereby
ordained by the authority of the same, That
from and after the passing of this Ordinance,
any person who offers for sale or sells any
goods, wares or merchandize, on board any
vessel or boat, or on or near any wharf or land
ing, in this city, without license for that pur
pose, from the Mayor and Council, shall be
subject to pay a fine ot not less than thirty nor
more than one hundred dollars, for each and
every offence; one Half of said fine to go to
the informer and the other half to be paid into
the City Treasury for the benefit of the city.
And be it farther ordained by the authority
aforesaid, That the City Clerk shall be and
he is hereby authorized to grant licenses to
persons wisning to sell goods, wares or mer
chandize, on board any vessel or boat, or at or
upon the wharves or landings in this city, and
that for each of said licenses said Clerk shall
ask and receive the sum of thirty dollars, which
to shall pay into the city treasury for the ben
efit of the city, and one dollar and twenty-five
cents for his fees for making out the same.—
And no license shall he granted for a longer
time than six days from the date thereof.
Passed Dec. 17, 1838.
A. L KING. Mayor.
Attest: Chas. Davis, c. c.
jan 12—liw
Cirorjjia—4-lviin Comity.
WHEREAS Alexander W. Ww.lv lias
applied to me for Cotters of Adminis
tration on the Estate and Effects of John A.
Wvi.i.v, late of said County, deceased —
These are therefore tocite and admonish the
kindrwd and creditors of said deceased, to be
and appear at my office within the time pre
scribed by law, to shew cause if any they have,
why said fetters should not lie granted.
Witness the Honorable H. F. Grant, one of
Justices of said Court, this third day of Jan
uary, 1839. JOHN BURNETT. Clerk !
jan 12 C. O. G..C.
Cieorjjia—t*lyi»n County.
WHEREAS Mrs. Ann Pettigrew applies
for Letters of Administration on the
Estate and Effects of James W. Pettigrew,
late of said County, deceased—
These are therefore tocite and admonish the !
kindred and creditors of said deceased to be j
and appear at my office within the time pre
scribed by law, to shew cause, if any they have,
why said letters should not be granted.
Witness the Honorable Henry Ditbignon,
one of the Justices of said Court, this third
day of Jan. 1839.
JOHN BURNETT, Clerk
jan 18 C. O. G. C.
Notice.
171 OUR months after date, application villi
be made to the Honorable the Inferior
Court of Wayne County, when setting for or
dinary purposes, for leave to sell the land ly
ing on the Great Satilla River, being part of
ihe real estate of Sherrod Sheffield, de
ceased, for the benefit of the heirs and credi
tors. ELIZABETH SHEFFIELD,
jan 12 Executrix.
Notice.
FOUR months after date, I shall apply to
the Court of Ordinary of Wayne Coun
ty, for leave to sell a negro man by the name
of Caleb, part of the Estate of Richard W.
j Bryan, deceased. MOSES S. HARRIS,
jan 19 Admr.
Eeots for Sale.
PERSONS wishing to purchase lota in de
sirable situations in this city can be accom
; modated on reasonable terms, by applying to
! the subscriber.
N „v 82 A L. KING
POETKI.
MY MOTHER.
.Xupoleon and the British Sailor.
HV THOMAS CAMPBELL.
I love contemplating, apart
From all his homicidal story,
The traits that soften to our heart
Napoleon’s glory.
Twas when his banners at Boulogne
Arm and in our island every freeman,
His navy chance to capture one
Poor British seaman.
They suffered him, I know not how,
Unprisoned on the shore to roam:
And aye was bent his youthful brow
On England's home.
His eye, methinks, pursued the flight
Os birds, to Britain half way over,
With envy, they could reach the white
Dear cliffe of Dover!
A stormy midnight watch, he thought;
Than this sojourn would have been dearer,
If but the storm the vessel brought
To England nearer!
At last when care had banished sleep,
He saw one morning—dreaming—doating-
An empty hogshead, on the deep
Come shoreward floating!
He hid it in a cave, and wrought
The live-long day—laborious—lurking,
Until he launched a tiny boat
By mighty working !
Heaven help us! ’twas a thing beyond
Description,— such a wretched wherry
Perhaps ne’er ventured on a pond
Or crossed a ferry.
Fron ploughing in the salt sea field
’Twould make the very boldest shudder;
Untar’d—unconipass’d—and unkeeled, —
No sail—nor rudder!
From neighboring woods he interlaced
His sorry skiff with wattled willows,
And thus equipped lie would have passed
The foaming billows!
The French guard caught him on a bench—
His little argus sorely jeering,
Till tidings of him came to reach
Napoleon’s hearing
With folded arms Napoleon stood,
Serene alike in peace or danger,
And in his wonted attitude
Addressed the stranger:—
“Rash youth! that wouldst yon channel pass,
With twigs and staves so rudely fashioned;
Thy heart with some sweet English lass
Must be impassioned?”
“I have no sweetheart,” said the lad;
“But, —absent years from one another—
Great was the longing that I had
To see my mother.”
“ And so thou shall! Napoleon said,
“Ye’ve both my favour justly won,
A noble mother must have bred
So brave a son.”
He gave the tar a piece of gold;
And with flag of truce commanded
He should be shipped to England Old,
And safely landed.
Our sailor oft could scantlv shift
To find a dinner plain and hearty;
But never changed the coin and gift
Os Bonaparte.
lIBCELLA\Y.
SELF EDUCATION.
The subjoined account of a most extra
ordinary and successful instance of self
education under great difficulties deserves
to be inserted in every paper in the coun
try. It shows what may be accomplished
by industry and perseverance united
with a strong determination and a passion
ate attachment to a good object. The
learned Gifford, one of the best classical
scholars in England, was an apprentice to
the shoemaker’s trade; and in his passion
ate study of mathematics shut himself up
in hours stolen from sleep, in a garret, and
worked out his problems with an awl on
some of the waste leather of the shop.—
We design to revert to this subject again,
but have at present only time for the an
nexed letter. .
“It is a great mistake to suppose that it
is necessary to be a professional man in
order to have leisure to indulge a taste
for reading. Far otherwise. I believe
the mechanic, engineer, the husbandman,
the trader, have quite as much leisure as
the average of men in the learned profes
sion. I know some men busily engaged
in the different callings of active life,
whose minds are as well stored with vari
ous useful knowledge acquired from books.
There would be more such men, if educa
tion in our common schools were, as it
well might be, of a higher order; and if
Common School Libraries, well furnish
ed, were introduced into every district,
as I trust in due time they will be. It is
surprising, sir, how much may be effected,
even under the most unfavorable circum
stances, for the improvement of the mind,
by a person resolutely bent on acquisition
of knowledge. A letter has lately been
put into my hands, bearing date the Gth
of September, so interesting in itself,
and so strongly illustrative of this point,
that I will read a portion of it; though it
was written, I am sure, without the least
! view to publicity:
‘I am the youngest (says the writer) of
j many brethren, and my parents were
j poor. My means of education were limit
;ed to the advantages of a district school,
; and those again were circumscribed by
|my father’s death, which deprived me at
j the age of fifteen of these scanty opportu
nities which I had previously enjoyed.—
A few months after his decease, I appren
ticed myself to a blacksmith in my native
village. Thither I carried an indomitable
taste for reading, which I had previous
ly acquired through the medium of the soci
ety library-all the historical works in which
I had at that time perused. At the expira
tion of a little more than half my appren
ticeship, I suddenly conceived the idea of
studying Latin. Through the assistance
of an elder brother, who had himself ob
tained a collegiate education by his own
exertions, I completed my Virgil during
the evenings of one winter. After some
time devoted to Cicero, and a few other
Latin authors, I commenced the Greek;
it was necessary that I should devote eve
ry hour of daylight, and a part of the even- (
ing, to do the duties of my apprenticeship.
Still I carried my Greek grammer in my i
hat, often found a moment, when I was j
heating some large iron, when I could j
place my book open beforeme against the!
chimney of my forge, and go through with
tupto, tupteis, tuptei, and, unperceived by
my fellow apprentices, and to my confus
ion of face, with the detrimental effect to i
the charge in my fire. At evening I sat
down unassisted, to the Iliad of Homer,
twenty books of which measured my pro
gress in that language during the evenings
of another winter. I next turned to the
modern languages, and was much grati
fied to learn that my knowledge of Latin
furnished me with a key to the literature
ofmostof the languages of Europe. This
circumstance gave anew impulse to the
desire of acquainting myself with the phi
losophy, derivation, and affinity of the
different European tongues. I could not be !
reconciled to limit myself in these inves- j
tigations to a few hours after the arduous 1
labors of the day. I therefore laid down
my hammer and went to New Haven,
where I recited to native teachers in
French, Spanish, German and Italian.
I returned at the expiration of two years
to the forge, bringing with me such books
in those languages as I could procure.
When I had read these books through,
I commenced the Hebrew, with an awak
ened desire of examining another field;
and by assiduous application, I was enabled
in a few weeks to read this language with
such facility that I allotted it to myself as
a task to read two chapters in the Hebrew
Bible before breakfast each morning; this
and an hour at noon being all the time
that 1 could devote to myself during the
day. After becoming somewhat familiar
with this language, I looked around me
for the means of initiating myself into
the fields of oriental literature, and to
my deep regret and concern I found my
progress in this direction hedged in by
the want of requisite books. I began
immediately to devise means of obviating
this obstacle; and after many plans, I con
cluded to seek a place as a sailor on
board some ship bound to Europe, think
ing in this way to have opportunities of
collecting at different ports such works in
the modern and oriental languages as I
found necessary for this object. I left the
forge at my native place to carry this plan
into execution.
I travelled on foot to Boston, a dis
tance of more than a hundred miles, to
find some vessels bound to Europe. In
this I was disappointed, and while revolv
ing in my mind what steps next to take,
I accidentally heard of the American An
tiquarian Society in Worcester. I imme
diately bent my steps towards this place.
I visited the hall of the American Anti
quarian Society, and found there, to my
infinite gratification, such a collection of
ancient, modern and oriental languages,
as I never before conceived to be collect
ed in one place; and, sir, you may imag
ine with what sentiments of gratitude I
was affected, when upon evincing a de
sire to examine some of these rich and
rare works, 1 was kindly invited to un
limited participation in all the benefits of
this noble institution. Availiug myself
of the kindness of the directors, I spent
three hours daily at the hall, which, with
an hour at noon and about three in the
evening, make up the portion of the
day which I appropriate to my studies, the
rest being occupied in arduous manual
labor. Through the facilities afforded by
this institution, I have added so much to
my previous acquaintance with the ancient
modern, am) oriental languages, as to be
able to read upwards of fifty of them
with more or less facility.”
I trust Mr. President, I shall be par
doned by the ingeniouwauthor of this let
ter, and the gentleman to whom it is ad
dressed, (VV. Lincoln, Esq. of Worces
ter,) for the liberty which I have taken,
unexpected I am sure by both of them,
in thus making it public. It discloses a
resolute purpose ofimprovement under ob
stacles and difficulties of no ordinary kind,
w hich excites my admiration, I may say
my veneration. It is enough to make
one who has had good opportunities for
education, hang his head in shame.”
Crab Apple Eloquence. —The follow
ing jury speech was perpetrated in Pike
county, Illinois, by a buck-eye lawyer of
those parts. It was upon a case of a dead
cow.
Gentlemen of the jury—it are one thing
for a man to be brought up, and it are i
another thing for him to think he are: as ,
for that are man (his opponent,) I don’t j
think he war ever brought up at all, but
jist naturally fotclied down on a raft! He
have saida great deal about vexatious;
suits, and sich; but, gentlemen, if he had
come dow to this court, and hadn’t found
no suits on docket, I guess there’d a been
another sort of vexations then. And vex
ations or not, the gentleman gits ns many
fees out on ’em as any body else. He
told you that we have not proved our cow
to be worth a single cent, and you don’t j
know that she was worth any thing. Now i
this are not the idea of a sound and legal |
lawyer, but are the notion of a mushroom! {
Sir, there never were a cow since the
days of old Adam that war not worth a
single cent —for if she warn’t worth noth
ing for a breed cow, she are worth some
thing for hide and taller, and the tail goes
with the hide! He have said much more
about our evidence. Now this are not a
criminal case, and we an’t oblige to have
prima facie evidence. Ifit war a criminal
case like murder, then, before you could ]
find him guilty, you must have prima facie
evidence of the fact—l say prima facie ,
evidence that is, self-evident of itself!
But this an’t a criminal case, and we an’t
bound to have prima facie evidence.
And now I think on’t the gentleman told
you it war a civil suit for damages and he
said the law, I read to you war for a crim
inal offence. It war so, gentleman, and
I read it to you to show you what we
mought have done, if we had a choose to be
vexatious as the gentleman supposed—we
•nought have made a criminal case, but we
did’nt, and now, gentlemen, I’ll tell you
a case that came into my head, but I
don’t know war it is. A man war tuck
up for stealing ducks, and they tried him,
and war going to find him guilty, when
he proved that they war all drakes, and
so they did’nt have prima facie evidence
of the fact. But as I said before, gentle
men we ain’t in a criminal case, and we
ain’t bound to have prima facie evidence.
The gentleman have said his client’s are
a hard case. It are a hard case gentle
men of the jury, and it ought for to be;
for what says the good book—it says “The
trangressors are all hard!” and that’s the
reason why the gentleman’s client’s are
a hard one.
Mather Bvi.es. —He had the greatest
readiness at a pun or repartee: and many
instances of these, and of his sarcastic
humor, are still repeated. A few of them
will give an idea of his manner: After
his trial, he was sentenced to confinement
in his house, and a guard was placed over
him. This was done for a short time,
and then the guard was removed. On
some further complaint, a sentinel, was
again placed over him. He was soon
freed, and no further noticed. In speak
ing of these transactions, he said “Ac had
been guarded, reguarded, and disregard
ed."—Directly opposite to his housj:, still
standing at the angle of Nassau St., which
was formerly without pavement, there was
a very bad slough in wet weather. It hap
pened one day that two of the selectmen
who had the care of the streets, driving in
a chaise, stuck fast in this hole, and were
obliged to get out in the mud to extricate
their vehicle. Dr. Byles came out, and
making a very respectful bow, said, “Gen
tlemen, I have often complained of this
nuisance witlwut any attention being paid
to it; and I am very happy to see you
stirring in this matter now.”—ln the year
1780, a most extraordinary obscurity per
vaded-the atmosphere, on a particular
day, which is always designated as ‘the
dark day.’ The darkness, though perhaps
not greater than what happens for a day
or two in London almost every year, from
an accumulation of fog and smoke, excit
ed astonishment among people accustom
ed <o a clear atmosphere, and to some
timid minds a good deal of alarm. A lady
who was a neighbor of the Ddfctor, though
above any superstitious fears herself, yet
sent her son, a young lad, with her com
pliments to him, to know if he could ac-'
count for the uncommon appearances of
the day. His answer was, “JVly,dear, you
will give your compliments to your mama,
and tell her I am as much in the dark as j
she is.”—A ship from London brought
out 300 street lamps for the town of Bos
ton. It chanced that on the same day a
female neighbor, who was a new light,
with a weak mind and whining manner that
was not very pleasing, called to see him.
Wishing to get rid of the visit, he soon
asked, with a tone calculated to excite cu
riosity, if she had heard the news. “Oh,
no dear Doctor? what news?” “Why three
hundred new lights have come over in the
ship that arrived this morning from Lon-
[TERMS *3 IN ADVANCE.
NUMBER 35.
don; and the selectmen have wisely order'
ed them to be put in irons immediately.”
His visiter at once hurried away in great
anxiety to make further inquiries.
The Vicksburg Duel. The following
! account of the recent duel opposite Vicks
burg we copy from the Free Trader of
| Monday the 3lst ult.
j The ullima lex regorum, the final ap
peal to arms, after the customs of the
1 darkest, days of chivalry, was resorted to
on Saturday, (day before yesterday) on
the Louisiana shore, opposite Vicksburg,
between Alexander K. M’Clung, attorney
at law in the city of Jackson, and John
W. Menifee Esq. of the city of Vicksburg,
brother of the Hon. Mr. Menifee of Ken
tucky, now in Congress. The weapons
used were yagers. The first fire proved
harmless, only wounded the skirts of
M’Clung’s coat. At the second fire M,-
Clung only discharged his yager, the ball of
which striking Menifee on the head, above
tlie temple, chose to plough a ftirrow round
the scull instead of passing through it. It
was afterwards extracted, and the proba
bility is strong that he may recover.
A Scene in Court. —“l*call upon you,”
said the counsellor, "to state distinctly
upon what authority you are prepared to
swear to the mare’s age.” ‘‘Upon what
authority?” said the other, interrogatively.
‘‘You arc to reply, and not to repeat tne
questions put to you.” “I doesn’t con
sider a man’s bound to answer a questiou
afore lie’s time to turn it in his mind.”
“Nothing can be more simple, sir, than
the question put. 1 again repeat it; Up
on what authority do you swear to the an
imal’s age?” “The best authority,” res
ponded the witness gruffly. “Then why
such evasion?—Why not state it at once?"
“Well, then, ifyou must and will have it,”
rejoined the ostler, with impurtdrbable gra
vity, “why, then I had it myself from the
marc's own mouth.” A simultaneous burst
of laughter rang through the court. The
judge on the beqeh could with difficulty
confine his risible muscles to judicial de
corum.
The Book Making Business. —The
following is an extract from a lecture on
printing, delivered some time since be
fore the Portsmouth Lyceum, md after
wards published. After speaking of the
establishment of the Harpers, at New-
York, the author says, “At Brattleboro,”
in our sister State, Vermont, is one which
is deserving of notice. The printing es
tablishment there keeps in operation [sev
eral] power presses. Connected with it
is a paper mill at one end, and a book
bindery at the other, so that, (like the
chrysalis, changing of a vile caterpilier to
a beautiful butterfly, what enters at one
end, the cast off covering of the human
body, is, by a regular and rapid change
brought out at the other extremity, beau
tiful paper, finely printed and bound—a
material for the permanent dress of the
immortal mind. So rapid is the process
that rags have been received at the mill
in the morning, manufactured into paper
and printed before night. The “Compre
hensive Commentary” is now printing at
that establishment. When it is complet
ed. it wiii have consumed fifteen thousand
reams of paper. Think not that the wool
en or cotton manufactures aro the only
ones [which benefit the agriculturalist,]
for this one work will use the amount of
a thousand bales of cotton in paper—and
will have required the skins of sixty thou
sand sheep for its binding'.
We understand that during the five
years ending with the present, there will
have been published at this establishment
about one hundred and sixty thousand
imperial octavo volumes, averaging more
than eight hundred pages each? The
volumes contain each more than ten of
the average of those issued by the. Har
pers, the largest publishing house in
America —making an amountof matter is
sued, equal to one million six hundred
such volumes as theirs! The business
is now carried on by the “Brattleboro’
Typographic Cos.” incorporated in 1836.
with the privilege of holding a capital of
two hundred thousand dollars. [Vt.
Phoenix.
Small Mistakes. —As a minister and
a lawyer were riding together, says the
minister to the Sir, do you ever
make mistakes in pleading! I do, says
the lawyer. And what do you do with
mistakes? inqured the minister. Why sir,
if large ones, I mend them — if small ones
I let them go, said the lawyer. And pray
sir, continued he, do you ever make mis
takes in preaching? Yes, sir, I have.—
And what do you do with mistakes! said
the lawyer, Why sir 1 dispense with them
in the same manner as you do — l rectify
the large and correct the small ones. Not
long since, continued he, as I was preach
ing, I meant to observe that the devil was
the father of LiAaapsnd made a mistake
and said, the father of lawyirs. Tliq
mistake was so small that I let it go.