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' mm^ BY S. B. SANDERSYILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1852. VOL. YI--“NO. 4 a 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 00 These terms wile be strictly adhered ^o, WITHOUT RESPECT TO PERSONS, AND ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE SET TLED UP EVERY YEAR. Advertisements not .exceeding twdl /e lines, will be inserted at one dollar for the first in sertion, and fifty cents for each continuance. Advertisements not having the number of in sertions specified, ■will be published, until for bid. Sales of Land and Negroes by Executors, Administrators and Guardians, are required by law to be advertised in a public gazette forty days previous to the day ot sale. The sale of Personal Property must be ad vertised in like manner at least ten days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an es tate ir ust be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of ordinary for leave to sell Land and Negroes, must be published weekly for two months. Citations for letters of administration must- be published thirty days—for d’-smission from administration, monthly for •'Lv month**- for dis mission from Guardianship, forty days. Rules for forec'osure of Mortgage must be published monthly for four months—dor estab lishing lost papers, for the full space of three months—for compelling titles from 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 BUSINESS DIRECTORY. XA/WSOtf & GODTRESTj Commission Merchants, 93 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GEO. [P. A. LAWSON. J. E. GODFREY.] XtOUS) & CO. Factors and Commission Merchants, 118, BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA. J. W. C. Loud.] [P. II. Loud. nov. 4, 1851. 42—ly Seen & rosTHE, Factors and Commission Merchants. Savannah, Ga. P.H. BEHN,] [JOHN FOSTER, feb. 10,1852. 3—-ly JOHN 3£AX.XiE&'2 > , Draper and Tailor. Dealer in Ready-Made Clothing and Gentle- i' en’sfttrnishing Goods. 155, Bay street, Savannah, Ga. feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly PHXXiI? ESAK. Draper and Tailor, And dealer in Ready-made Clothing, shirts stocks, suspenders, handk’ffs, gloves, Marino and silk under shirts, drawers, &c. No. 98, Bryan street, Savannah, Ga., feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly MISCELLANEO US. THE WAY I MADE MY FORTUNE. Three of us were sitting in a small room, and complaining of the hardships of our destiny. “Without money one can do Dotbing,” said George ; “were I to hit upon a specu lation that would have done honor to a Rothschild, coming from a pauper like my self, no one would think it worth attending to.” “I,” said Albert, “have actually finished a work which would establish my reputa tion as an author if 1 could only find a book seller to buy it.” “1 have petitionod my employer for an increase of salary.” 1 exclaimed, anxious to contribute to the chorus of lamentation; “and he told me that for forty louis a year he could get more clerks than he wanted.” “It would not so much matter,” said Geoige, thoughtfully, “if besides being poor, we did not seem poor. Could one of us on ly be thought rich —” “What is the use of the shadow without J. T. JOKES. Manufacturer and importer of Guns, Pistols, Rifles, Sporting Apparatus, &c., No- 8, Monument Square, Savannah, Ga. feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly* the substauce?” I asked. “Ofevery use,” said Albert. “I agree with George—the shadow- sometimes makes the substance. The next best thing to cap ital is credit.” “Especially,” returned George, “the Cied- it erf having a good fortune. Have none of ns a rich uucle in India?” “A cousin of mine went to Jamaica or Martinique, I forgot which,” I said, inno cently, “and he never came back.” “Capital! that is all one requires,” ex claimed Geoige, “we will conjure up this cousin of yours—or could we not kill him? Yes; James Mevan, ofMairtiniqne, deceased, leaving a sugar plantation, a hundred ne groes, and a fortune of a hundred thousand louis to his well-beloved cousin Louis Me- ran.” We laughed at the joke, and I thought no mol e of it; but George and Albert— slightly excited by the fumes of a bowl of punch which I had sent for to do honor to the testator—lost no time in concocting and afterwards publishing a full account in a local newspaper of the fortune that bad been left me. The next day, sundry friends dropped in to compliment me. Of course, I endeavored to undeceive them, but they would by no means take denial. In vain I assured them it was a hoax; it was of no use. Several people remembered my cousin James very well, and had seen him at Nantes before be embarked in 1789. Among others came my tailor, to whom I owed a small sum which it was not quite convenient for me to pay at that moment. No doubt the rumor of my cousin’s decease bad sharpened his memory. I wished my two friends at a place that shall be nameless. “Good morning, Mr. Mayer. I suppose you are come for those fifty francs?” “I hope, sir, you don’t think I came for such a trifle as that. No, sir; 1 came to take your orders for a suit of mourning.” “A suit of mourning?” “Yes, sir; cousiu’s mourning. Hark brorze frock, for mourning- wear, dark trou sers and waist-coat.” “At the present moment, Mr. Mayer t. DASSM’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 for cash, eer Please call and examine, feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly 8 S . BOfBWELL & CO. Wholesale and Retail Store No. 173, Bay street, Savannah, Ga. DEALERS IN LIQUORS, WINES, GROCERIES, dfc s. E. BOTHWELL.] [R. L. GAMBLE. feb. 10, 1852. 3—ly SCRANTON, JOHNSON & CO. GROCERS. Savannah, Ga. D. T. SCRANTON, ) g avaim?Jl . JOSEPH JOHNSTON. ( 5 W. B. SCRANTON, } No. 19, Old Slip, Nf Yor feb. 10, 1852._ 3—ly HUMPHREYS & JOHNSON Wholesale and Retail Druggists, Smets’ Buildings, corner of Broughton an J Whitaker streets, Savannah, Ga. Dealers in Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Perfumery, Fancy Articles, &e. gggf” Soda water of a superior quality. • feb.HO, 1852. 3—ly HENRY ROTSdHIIILD, Dealer in Ready-Made Clothing, DRY GOODS, 4-c. No. 178, Congress street, next door to H. J. Gilbert, Savannah, Ga. Gentlemen’s garments made to order, feb. 10,1852. 3—ly Walking Canes and Umbrellas "T/BINE assortment of Walking Ca my V Umbrellas, just received and for sale bd " ' rr HAINES & BRO. nov. Plastering and Bricklaying* T HE undersigned has located in Sander.- vide, for the purpose of carrying on th Plastering and Brick-laying business. Spev i= mens of workmanship can be seen in the place. Jobs taken in the country. mar. 4. 7—ly D STEVENSON. . “I hope, sir, I have done nothing to for feit your patronage?” “But, 1 repeat I have received no money at all.” “I hope, sir, you wont mention such a thing, there is no sort of hurry,” exclaimed the tailor; who busily employed himself in taking my measure with slips of paper. After all my wardrobe did want some additions, and I said nothing more. “My dear sir,” said the next visitor. “I have a very great favor to ask of you. Buy my bouse. You are very rich; you must be on the look-out for safe and lucrative invest ments. Sixty thousand francs are nothing for you—a mere fraction of your income. With me the case is different. I thought Mr. Felix had made up his rated to purchase the premises, and now I hear he has changed his intention. What is to become of me? I have heavy demands to meet, aud I don’t know where the money is to come from.” “I buy your bouse? -Why, it would be madness to think of such a ihteg.” “Madness? no such a thiog; you could not find a better investment anywhere. In two years, with triflng repairs, it will be worth double its present value; you will never see such a good opportunity again. Say ‘done,’ and I’m off.” And he was off, without leaving me time to put in a word. Two hours after, in walked Mr. Felix, evidently not in tbe best of tempers. “Really, sir,” he began, you have taken meqnite by surprise. That house is quite indispensable to me; I reckoned on it as if it were mine, and only offered fifty thousand francs because the owner is embarrassed, and I felt sure that he would be obliged to take them. With you, sir, the case is dif ferent; so I come to ask if you will let me have it for seventy-five thousand francs.’ Fifteen thousand francs, dropping all at once into the lap of a poor fellow who had to work hard to gain eight hundred francs a year! I could hardly believe my ears. “I cannot give you an answer j ust now, sir ” I said, “but if yon will take the trou ble to call again at five, I’ll see what I can do.” At a quarter to five Mr. Felix made his appearance. I spoke to him with candor: 1 “I should tellybu, sir, that I had no idea of buying the house, tW the owner prevailed on me to so. You say you want the house; any other will suit me equally well, so I accede to your terms.” “You shall have a draft on Paris for the amount in a fortnight,” replied Mr. Felix, who bowed and withdrew, apparently en chanted at my way of doing business. A draft upon Paris ? The circumstance appeared so unusual to me that I thought I ought to send it to Paris to get it cashed. I wrote accordingly to Messrs. Flanges and Bergeret, the only firm I knew there. I was in the habit of receiving through them the interest of a small sum, that had been left me by an uncle. I informed them that having funds at my disposal, I wished for information as to the best mode of invest ing them. The signification of the word “funds” varies very much according to the name and position in life of the speaker. The rumor of mv legacy had reached Paris so that when I spoke of “funds,” it was evi dent I meaut a considerable sura. This was proved by the following letter : “Sir.—We are in receipt of your esteem ed favor of tbe I5lh current, which reach ed us just after tbe conclusion of tbe last loan negotiated by tbe Cortes, in which onr firm lias an interest. Desirous that our friends should have an opportunity of par ticipating in an investment which we con sider profitable, we have taken the liberty of placing twenty thousand piasters at your credit. Should that amount appear too considerable, the rise of those securities ad mits of yoflr selling out at a premium. “We remain, sir, “Yours to command, “Flanges & Co.” To this was added aposteript written by the head of the firm : “We have heard with pleasure of tbe re cent good fortune that has fallen to the lot of our old friend aud correspondent, and beg to offer him our services, as occasion may require.” Twenty thousand piasters ! I let the. teller fall in sheer amazement. What would have been my astonishment, if more conversant with te.ms of commerce, and more attentive to the enclosed account cur rent, 1 hud seen that what I took for the principal, was only the yearly interest? 1 lost do time in writiog to my correspon dents to inform them that the sum was too large—“I have received no money,” I said from Martinique; audit would be impossible for me to meet my engagements.” An answer came by r< turn of post: “We learn, with regret, that you have misgivings with regard to Lhe Spanish loan. Accordiug to your order, which brings ycu iu already a net profit of eighty thousand francs. With regard to your property at Martinique, we are too well acquainted with the delays which bequests at such a distance must necessarily involve, to think for a moment that you can immediately put in possession of your inheritance'; but your simple signature will suffice to procure you all the money you may require in the mean time. We take the liberty of reminding you of tbe advantage of making timely in vestments ; lest, when tbe legal arrange ments aie ended you should find some dif ficulty in getting good interest for so large a capital. With the hope that you may entertain a better opinion of German secu rities than you do of Spanish, we hand you a prospectus for establishing a bank at Grunningen, You will please to observe, sir, that no deposit is required, and that, as calls are only made at Jobg intervals, it will be easy for you to sell your shares, should you change your mind, without your hav ing occasion to make anv payment. We have placed fitly to your credit, and have the honor to remain.” &c. Eighty thousand francs! The amount was a perfect mystery to me; no doubt the clerk bad made some mistake in the figures. My position was becoming embarrassing. Congratulations poured m from all quarters especially when I made my appearauce in b’ack from head to foot. The Journal de Goubmoroes thought it right to publish a biographical sketch of my cousin, and tbe editor wrote to me asking for further par ticulars. Ladies connected with all sorts of societies, begged that my name -might be added to their list of subscribers, and the money 1 had to pay for postages was some what alarming. To escape from this ava lanche of inquiries I hastily departed for Paris. Directly I got there, I called on mv bankers, by whom I was received as heirs to a large property, geuerally are. “Sorry that you have such a poor opin ion of the Spanish stock,” said MoDsieur Bergeret; “there has been a great rise; however, we only sold out half your par cel.” “Would you have tbe goodness to let me know what the present value of the remain der might be?” I replied. “Certainly, sir; ten thousand piaster’s stock at seventy (the piaster being at five francs, thirty-five centimes) tbe sum already paid being If you sell out to : day you will, with the proceeds of last sale, have from two hundred and ten to twenty thou - solid francs.” “Very well. You skid something about a German bank, I think!” “Yes ; the Government made some dif- doubt, well informed. I should like to find a secure investment for those sums ; would you have tbe goodness to tell me what would be the best ?” “Yon cannot have anything better than ouv own five percents. I know of nothing more secure; at the present price of that stock, you get six per cent for your money. I can easily understand that you should be worried by such trifling details as these ; you will soon have more considerable sums to look after,” “Then, if I invest the combined produce of the German and Spanish stocks iu the five per cents, what should I get a year ?” “Let me see. Three hundred thousand francs—funds at eighty—eighteen—twenty —yes, twenty thousand francs a year'” “Ah! twenty thousand francs a year I And when can the investment be made?” “To-morrow morning; that is, if you will allow our firm to conduct the transaction.” “Certainly ; in whom could ray confi dence be better placed ?” The banker made a polite bow. “And now, I continued, “I should feel obliged if you would have the goodness to a dvance me a few louis, as I am rather short o^ cash - ” “My dear sir, all the cash I possess is at your service. How much do you want- two hundred—four hundred 1” ri Thank you, fifty wil! be quite sufficient.” ‘ ‘May I hope,” added the banker, when I rose to the continuance of your patron age ?” “Certainly,” I replied. There are few moments of my life on which I look back with more satisfaction than on those occupied in my interview with Mr. Bergeret. I doubt if I should have believed in the twenty thousand francs a year, if it had not been for the fifty Napo leons. In the mean time, my two friends were shocked at the success of their story, and were not a little alarmed at my sudden journey to Paris, which was attributed by olhers to legal business. George and xVlbert then began to fear that I really believed in the authenticity of the invention they had concocted Three days after my return, they eame to see me with loDg faces. “My dear Louis,” said George, “you know your cousin is not dead 1” “I cannot be sure of that,” I replied, “for I am by no means convinced of his exist ence.” “Well; but you know that this inherit ance is only a hoax ?” “To telUhe tiuth, I think we are the on ly people who are of that opinion.” “We have been very wrong to originate such a foolish invention; for which we are Oil very sorry. -‘On the contrary, I am 7ery much ob liged to you.” “But it is our duty to contradict it, and to confess how foolish we have been.” Trnth cannot remain long concealed; people began to wonder that no news came from Martinique; the wise and prudent shook their heads ominously when my name was mentioned. “The most ludicrous feature iu the case is,” said one, “that he has ended by believ ing in the truth of his own invention. . For my part, I must say that I was always rath er sceptical about that inheritance.” “I also,” said Mr. Felix, “though it has cost me fifteen thousand francs.” On seeing a dozen letters on my table one morning, I guessed that the bubble bad burst. Their contents were much alike; for instance— “Mr. Mayer’s respects to Mr. Meran, and having heavy payments to meet, will feel obliged by a cheque for the amount of the enclosed.” My replies disarmed all doubts of my perfect solvency. “Mr. Meran’s thanks to Mr. Mayer for having at Iasi sent in his account, auden closes a cheque for the amount.” My cool and unconcerned demeanor kept curiosity alive for a few days longer. “What a lucky fellow'!” said one. “Luck has nothing to do with it,” rejoin ed another; “he has played his caidB well aDd has won.” Once or twice, I confess, I felt compunc tion of conscience ; but a moment s reflec tion convinced me that my own exertions had no share in my good fortune, and that lowed all to a universal pub.ic worship of the Golden Calf, and to tbe truth of Albert’s axiom, “the next best thing to capital is credit.” South Carolina Resolutions.—-The South Carolina Legislature, during its recent ses sion, passed the following resolutions: Be it resolved, That the General Assem bly of South Carolina deplores the bereave ments which have fallen upon tbe confedera cy at large, te the decease of those illustri ous citizens and eminent orators and states men, Henry Glav and Daniel Webster; and that whilst’we have recalled to us the mem ory of sorrows nearer home, it but adds to the poignancy of our grief to know that oth ers mourn as we have mourned. Resolved, That we offer, with fraternal feelings, our condolence to our co-States of tbe Union on this sorrowful occasion, and Remarks ol General Pierce Mr. Webster’s Death* At Concord, N. H. on Monday, at 10 o’clock, most of the stores and offices were closed, and business was genera’ly suspend ed. A meeting was soon after held in the Representatives’ Hall, which was crowded full of citizens; a large number of ladies be- ing present. Hon. Ira Perley was chosen Chairman, and Dr. Parker Secretary. An appropriate series of resolutions were report ed and unanimously adopted. The Chan- man, after the resolutions had been read, called upon General Pierce to address tbe meeting. The crowded hall became as still as death as General Pierce rose to comply ; and with deep emotion, whieh at times al most overcame him, and In a calm and im pressive manner suited to tbe occasion, he spoke as follows : Mr. Chairman:—How deeply have all hearts been impressed by the fervent appeal to that Power in which our fathers put their trust, in the hour of their weakness and tri als. And now has that solemn impressk a been enhanced by tbe last words ot tbe tru ly great man just read by Rev. Dr. Bouton. But a few weeks have passed since a deep gloom was cast over our country, by the death of the great statesman of tbe West. It had long been understood that this light was flickering in its socket, and must soon go out. Still, the announcement, when it came, was laden with sadness ; aud we have all since then been disposed to look with warmer affection and more glowing grati tude- to his compeer and associate, the in telligence of whose sudden decease will fall like a funeral, pall upon the public mind throughout that Union, to which he gave his best affections and noblest efforts, I had met Mr. Webster repeatedly prior to 1833, but my personal acquaintance with hirn may be said to have commenced with my first winter at Washington. His attach ment to our State was singularly strong, and this circumstance, perhaps, led to a se ries of kind acts and courtesies towards me, during the session of 1833-4, and after wards^ the grateful recollection of which will never be effaced. I mourn for him as a friend for whose personal regard my own heart has given back a true and full response. Among eminent citizens of commanding poweF and influence while I was in the Sen ate, he stood perhaps pre-eminent. In bis rich combination of qualities as an orator, lawver and statesman, it may be safely said he had r.o rival. How forcibly aud sadly are we reminded of the great men with whom he was associated in the Senate chamber, and who preceded him in his tran sit through the dark valley!” White, Grundy, Forsyth, Southard, Wall, Linn, Se vier, Silas Wright, Hill, Woodbury, Cal houn, Clay—men who left their impress on the age—names indissolubly connected with the fame and history of their country ; all like him, whose death we are now called upon, to deplore, were links in the chain which bound the past generation to the present, and all like him are now on the other side of that narrow line which divides time from eternity. Upon whom have their mantles fallen? Who are to take their places in the perils through which our coun try may be called to pass ? Who with pa triotic courage and statesmanlike forecast, are to guide in the storms that will, at times inevitably threaten us, in our unexampled developement of resources as a nation, our almost fearful progress, our position of amazing responsibility as tbe great, confed erated self governing power of the globe ? These are questions which will press them selves upon all minds : but who, alas ! can satisfactorily answer them ? To speak of Mr. Webster’s genius, his va ried aud solid attainments, his services, would be to discourse of matters as familiar even to the children of his native State, as household words. Besides, this must be left to the vigorous pens and eloquent tongues, after the first gush of grief, and the opppressive sense of loss, shall to some ex tent have passed away. It is, and long has been, my firm conviction that Mr. Webster bad a bold upon the minds and hearts of his countrymen, which will fail to be justly estimated ; only because there has been no full opportunity to measure it. You, Mr Chairman, have truly said, that Mr. Web ster’s greatness was of that rare character which no earthly position could exalt’ He came to official stations, as he approached all subjects presented to his mind, their su perior and their master. He has reared for himself a vast pillar of renown, which will stand in uodiminished strength and gran deur, when the works of men’s hands, erec ted to his honor, will be like Ninevah, and I fear, when this Union may have shared the fate which was the dread of his latter years. A few years ago,.wheu the distin guished brother of the deceased was called in an instant from time to eternity, in the Court room of this place, with the words of a perfect sentence lingering upon his lips auother citizen, most eminent and beloved, (the late lamented George Bullivau,) ex claimed, “what shadows we are, what shad-, Scully about granting a charter; but it sis j more particularly to the Commonwealths of all settled now, and the.promised shares Kentucky aud Massachusetts. have risen considerable.” “Can I sell out ?” Resolved, That his Excellency the Gov ernor be requested to communicate a copy “Certainly; you have fifty, at four hun- 0 f jjj 3 message to the General Assembly, to dred and fifty florins profit: that will bring 1 aether with the foregoing resolutions, to tbe vou in about sixty thousand francs.” * “Without any calls to pay?” “None whatever.” “Thki seeiiis' strange; but you are, no Executives of Kentucky and Massachusetts. Ohio sends two farmers and onecarpeu ' ter to the next Congress; Wellington Saving Napoleon’s Life* —The following passage from the memoirs of the late General V. Muffling, written by himself, under the title of “Aus meineiu Leben,” will perhaps at this moment bei read with some interests Muffling was tbe agent of all the communications between the headquarters of Blucher and the Duke of Wellington, during the march of. the allies oh Baris, after the return of Napoleon Elba. “During the march after the battle oi Waterloo, Blucher had once a chance of ta king Napoleon prisoner, whieh he was very anxious to do. From the French Commis-* sioners who were sent to him to propose an armistice, he demanded tbe delivery of Na poleon to him as tbe first condition of the negotiations. I was charged by Marshal Blucher to represent to the Duke of Wel lington that tbe Congress of Vienna had declared Napoleon outlawed, and that he was determined to have him shot the mo ment he fell into his hands. Yet he wish ed to kuow from tbe Duke what he thought of the matter; for if be, the Duke, had the same intentions, the Marshal was willing to act with him in carrying them into effect. Tbe Duke looked at me rather astonished, and began to dispute the correctness of the Marshal’s interpretation of tbe proclamation of Vienna, wbieb was not at all intended to authorities or incite to tbe murder of Napo leon, he believed; therefore, that no right to shoot him, in case he should be made prisoner of war, could be founded on this document, and he thought the position both of himself and the Marshal towards Napo- leon, since the victory bad been won, was too high to permit such an aet to be com!’' raitted. I bad felt all the force of tliet Duke’s arguments before t delivered the message I bad very unwillingly undertaken, and therefore was not inclined to oppose them. ‘I therefore,’ continued the Duke, ‘wish my friend and colleague to see this matter in the light I do, Such an act would give our names to history stained by a crime, and posterity would say to us, they were not worthy to be his conquerors; tbe more so, as such a deed is useless, and can have no object/ Of these expressions, I on ly used enough to dissuade Blueher from his intention.” There are three despatches given by Muf fling in the appendix to his memoirs, in which the execution of Napoleon is urged on the Duke of Wellington by Blucher.— They are signed by Gneisenau, and leave no doubt,of the determination to revenge tbe bloodshed of the war on the cause of it had he fallen into the bands of the Prussian commander. Blucher’s fixed idea was that the Emperor should be executed on the spot where the Due D’Enghien was put to death. The last despatch yields an unwil ling assent to the Duke-of Wellington’s re monstrances, and calls his interferance, “dra matic magnanimity,” which the Prussian head-quarters did Dot all comprehend.-— Probably but few Frenchmen are aware of the existence of this correspondence, or that it is a historical fact that Napoleon’s life was saved by his rival, whom it cost, no small exertion to save it* L .T ows we pursue!” How these emphatic words come back to us here, as if by an echo. How mere earthly honors and dis tinctions fade amid a gloom like this; how asperities are chastened.; w hat a lesson to the living ; what an admonition to personal malevolence, now awed and sub dued,.as the great heart of tbe nation throbs heavily at the portals of his grave. I have no heart to speak, or to contem plate the; extent of the loss we have sustain ed. As a personal friend, as a son of New Hampshire—-as an American citizen, I shall be wU’i thousands, a sincere mourner of his obseqnV-. A Reason for Noisy Praying.—A w or- thy physician of Baltimore, a member of the Society of Friends, has a favorite negro coachman, who is as bright and shining a light in the church as is possible for such a piece of ebony to be. You know I pre sume how the blacks conduct their devotion, Well, Sam was in the habit of selecting his master’s ki tchen as the scene of his devotions which he led; and these religious services were not conducted entirely on a plan which a Quaker would altogether approve.- The doctor, however, is famous for his good na ture, and he endured the boisterous piety of his servant and his friends with wonder ful equanimity. One night, however, when they had beed unusually “powerful in pray er,” the doctor thought proper to adminis ter a gentle reproof. So tbe meeting over, the zealous coachman was summoned be fore his master. “Sam,” said tbe old gen tleman, “why does thee make so much noise in prayer? Doesn’t thee know that the Almighty is not far off, hut nigh unto thee; neither is his ear deaf that it cannot hear ! He can hear thee as well when thee as well when thee whisper, as when thee roars? “Massa Doctor,” replied Sam, full of confidence in his superior theological love, “you isn’t read de Scriptures'wid no kind ob‘tention.” “How so,Sam?” “Whyyou done forgot, ‘pears to me, how it says dar‘ l Holored be dy name!’ ” The Doctor gaves Sam up in despair, for there was no answer ing that “argument.”.—Kni ckerbocJcer’ Magazine. jRlfThe Postmaster General has accep" ted the proposal of Mr. George F. Nesbitt, of New York, to furnish his department with the postage stamp envelopes author ized by the law of the last session of Con gress. We understand that these conveni ent little wrappers will consist of three sizes, viz: “Note,” “letter,” and “official.” The denominations will be of three, six and twen ty-four cents ; the latter rate being intend ed chiefly for foreign correspondence. They will be self-sealing, and bear a stamp faroil- liar in style to the Engliah stamped envel ope, and are expected to be in all respects equal thereto. As the dies have yet to b cast, and the paper is to be manufactured expressly for this important purpose, it is probable that the envelopes will not be put in circulation before tbe first of January next, but every exertion will be made to | have them earlier. A.*