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All business of this nature, will receive prompt attention, a 1 the Office of ihe AMERICAN DEMOCRAT. REMITTANCES UY MAIL.—“A Postmaster may en- ! close money in a letter Lo the publisher ol a newspaper, to pay the subscription of a third person, and frank the letter, if written by himself. ”, Awjs Kendall, P. MO. COMMUNICATIONS addressed lo the Editor—Post Paid. From the New York Mirror. RECOLLECTIONS OF JOHN RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE. Onr principal amusements on ship board were chess and whist, in Ixith of which games Randolph excelled nil the other passengers. The first time lie was challenged lo ploy by the captain, he re fused, and gave the following reason: “ 1 have not played at chess, sir, for the last seventeen years ; the very sight of the l>oaid and men give rise to painful reminiscences; for you must know, sir, that the last game I played lost rue a per sonal friend forever ! At one period of iny life I was on the most intimate terms with Mr. Jefferson, as you may have heard, it being now matter of history, and I soon toiind out that, politician and phi- j losopher as. he was, he took more pride | in his skill at chess than in any thing else. Very few, indeed, sir, could heat him* and at last he con'd not endure defeat. Knowing this, and feeling that I was his match, I had a! ways declined playing, as I did not want to quarrel with him, until one unfortunate evening, when he touched my Virginia pride in so point ed a way, I could no longer refuse with honor, and we sat down to the game. It was a warm contest, sir. Greek met Greek. I at length cried out, “check mate and lie never forgave me after wards, sir. None of us were great chess players ; j the captain, however, was a very respect able opponent, and after Mr. Randolph had conquered his first scruple against. renewing his taste for the game, not hav- j ing any longer the fear ot Mr. Jefferson 1 before his eyes, he used to honor the captain by beating him every fine eve ning. The captain, who was a model of good hunlftr, bore this very well, and used to say : j “ Yon have check-mated me again, Mr. Randolph, hut you and 1 will never quarrel. If I can only manage to beat you once, before we reach Liver| oot, 1 shall he proud of it all my days !” 31 r. Randolph, however, was too much for him, and continued victorious to the end of the voyage. Ile felt gratified, too, by this constant success, and used to laugh heartily at the captain’s discomfi ture. Whist was a favorite game on board ; and here, also, Mr. Randolph soon prov ed his superiority as a player, it became a contest each night who should have him as a partner, and finally they took turns. Our Ducth merchant prid. and him self on his knowledge of the game, and became rather jealous of Mr. Randolph's constant success. 1 shoud mention here, that the Dutchman’s manners were rath er too free to please a man of Randolph’s fastidiousness ; he could not bear any thing like familiarity from a stranger, and he once gave Mr. Mynheer a hint, which I thought would have checked him. We were conversing one evening at the tea table about some debate in Congress, in which Mr. Randolph had lakeu a par . and 1 said jokingly : “.sir. Randolph, suppose you recite a portion of your -peecii on that occasion. •‘Oh, no,” rep.iid he, “ I have no am bition lo exhibit myself before you in that manner.” “Cos no, come, Mr. Rando!| h,” exc'aim ed our Dutchman, “don't let your mod esly stand in your way ; it is out of plac< here.” “ My modesty, sir,” said Randolph, ii an excited tone, and turning lib fix*.* gaze on the Dutchman, “You will p ett i let that subject alone Mr. , it is to. de'ic.ita a one for you to touch; and wish you to recollect, sir, that too much DEr/'OCRATIC Uanker TREE TRADE; LOW DUTIES; NO DEBT; SEPARATION FRORI BANES; ECONOMY; RETRENCHMENT; AND A STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE CONSTITUTION.—jr C. C.1.110V.Y. familiarity may breed contempt!” This sharp rejoinder silenced Mr. and we changed the conversation. A few nights afterwards a whist party was made up ; the captain and Mr. Ran dolph against the Dutchman and one of acri Yorkshire passengers. After the ohds had been dealt and each genth'mun and examined his hand, the Dutchman crii and dut— “ I bet a guinea I get three tricks this time !” “Done, Mr. exclaimed Randolph instantaneously. This alarmed his opponent, who had so often previously witnessed Randolph’s good luck - , and who, moreover, had a ! natural antipathy to losing his guineas, 1 he, therefore, re-examined his hand, and then'said, inn sudden tone: “ Oh, stop ! I spoke too fast,” as I did not see. Eh ! well, l will bet a guinea that I get two tricks! •Done, Mr. ,’ exclaimed Randolph, in an excited tone. “ Ah, no !” What did I say ? Let me look again. Oil! I made a mistake. But, I will bet on one trick, any how ‘Done, Mr. exclaimed Randolph \ for the third time, and now very much excited ; his eyes sparkled, his lips coin pressed, and he was evidently very an gry. The Dutchman, however, either did not observe the change in his man ner, or if he did his love of money con quered his fears, and, very composedly looking once more at his cards, he said quite coo!y: “ What are trumps ?” Oh ! spades, you say ! That is bad. I forgot; and— , I won’t bet at all. lip this time Randolph was in a fnrv and before any of its con'd interpose he rose from his chair, threw Iris cards on the table, fixed his eyes on Air. , and Siiid “ \\ by, von lubberly fellow, do you know where you are? Is this the first tiru.g you ever played with a gentleman ? Ale you sure that you took a cabin pas sage ? (Captain, where’s his ticket?) You belong to the steerage, sir. You arc out of place, sir ! Three times you have offered to bet, and three times have I ta ken it; and now you back out, sir ! Then throwing down a guinea on the table, he continued—l believe I owe you a few shillings, sir. Give me change this in stant, sir. I will not remain another in stant in your debt, sir. Come, sir, the change, and then we shall bo quits for ever !” Mr. was astonished. He opened his eye«, and replied : • “ Why, Mr. Randolph, you make a great fuss about nothing. I cannot change your guinea all iti a hurry, and if you’ll only listen to reason, I’ll show you where ” But Randolph cut him short, and in an exciting tone said : “ Give me change this moment, sir, or by heavens, you shall go ashore.” (We were then on the banksof .Newfoun Hand.) “ Yes sir, von shall go ashore. I’ll not remain in the same ship with you, sir. What sir ! to back out of a bet with aj ! gentleman, and tnen defend your con duct. Go ashore, sir.” Mr.— , more and more confounded, exclaimed : “ Now, Air. Randolph, what do you get into such a passion for? Only listen to reason, and I will show' you where you are wrong. Only listen ” Randolph cut him short again, in a perfect rage. “ Wrong, sir! And do you dare to tell me, John Randolph, of Roanoke, that l urn wrong in a mutter of honor. Wrong sir, did you say ! Take that !’* And, suiting the action to the w-ord, he thrust the cand e across the table, into Mr. ’s face, and then fell back ou his seat quite exhausted. All this passed in quicker time than I have taken to relate it. We were thun der struck ; but before any of us could interfere, the deed was done, and Mr. v quietly arose and left the cabin. 'Phe moTient he was gone, Air. Randolph said, in a mild tone : “Gentlemen, 1 beg your pardon. You are gentlemen. Adm understand my feelings. My Virginia pride was aroused, and 1 con and not resttain myself: but l am sorry if I have offended you, for 1 did not mean it. He then went to his state room. Before we retired for the night the captain said that lie coil'd not permit the recurrence of such an affair, and that he would have interfered had it not all oc curred so unexpectedly and so quickly; and we agreed, th t next morning, 1 should see Mr. Raudo'ph, while he uiw Mr. . Next day I took an opportunity of ex po induing writ Mr. i.undylf I’, a: and o*; in that, in.ltd as we \\> r villi n he power of “going a Ore,” bill e! Jigt and to remain c> op inion , we must u.ala due allowances for each other’s pecn un ities, give and take jo' es, and avoid ail tr until quarrels; that at his time of life, and with hi knowl* dge of the word, he was inexcusable in ihtis giving way .O'tidden | ass ion. aid acting like a toy ■list fresh non cel tge; Mr. con and ot have tin ant o nsnlt him, and dj| ot attach the ante mao umee to at de ot I ett ing that he did. He heard me very patiently, and then MACON, \\ EDNES AY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1843. j replied : , “ I believe you are right, sir. God I forgive me tor being passionate ; but you must know that 1 am like a hair trigger, and go off at half-cock. Mr.- and myself must keep apart. We don’t un derstand each other, sir, I shall not cross his path if he will not cross mine ; and you may tell him so, sir.” Meantime the captain had taken Mr. aside and said to him : “ Mr. , I am sorry for what occur red last night, but permit me to say you are partly to blame yourself. You must have perceived that Mr. Randolph is in if health and of a very irritable tempera ment, and we have ail made allowances for him and humored his eccentricities, and I am surprised that you have not fo.lowed our example.” “Oh, captain !” exclaimed Mr. , interrupting him with a good Matured laugh, "don’t make any hiss about it ; 1 don’t mind him at all. He is halt crack ed, and it> ail a joke, tie'll lorget all j about it he.ore to-morrow.” The captain, de.ighted with the suc cess of Ins mission, came to me and said : “ We need not give ourselves any more trouble about Mr. ’s feelings; he hears it like a philosopher, and we shall have no fighting.” For three days no words passed he-1 tween Mr. Rando'ph and ,M. but in every other respect tilings went on as usual. Ou the fourth, day it so happened that, just as we Were sitting down to dm- j ner, the captain was suddenly called on deck. As fie left the table he said: “ Don’t wait for me, gentlemen, but ; take the soup whilst it is hot.” Mr. , may I tiouble you to take my place?” The Dutchman was in a “fix.” Mr. Randolph, as a matter of respect, was al ways helped first ; but it was necessary to a- k first whether he wished for any soiqi, as he did not always take it. Poor Mr.——, first looked at one side and then at the other; at last he made a low bow to Air. R. and aid : “ Mr. Rando ph, shall I thn twn. Os Of* hplpini< yen* tu JHIIIC SOUp ! “If you please, Mr. ,” replied Air. R. in the most affable tone. The Dutchman’s face brightened up, he became loquacious, and after the soup was removed, he ventured to say; with another bow : “ Mr. Randolph, shall 1 have the very great honor of taking a glass of wine with you, sir ?” “ \Y ith the greatest pleasure, Air. ,” i responded Mr. R. in great good humor. 1 Thus was the mighty quarrel healed, and day after day it was —“Air. Randolph, do me the honor of taking wine wine; ’ or “ Air. , the pleasure of a glass of wine with yon.” But it really seemed as if nothing could open the eyes of Air. , as to his true position, or rather false position, with Mr. Randolph ; for one evening when we were discussing some question of lan guage, Air. Randolph gave his opinion, which, happening to confict with Air. ’s notions, he exclaimed : “Oh, Mr. Randolph, that is all non sense ! Yoir might as well say that high Dutch and Spanish is the same !” Air. Randolph looked astounded and fixing his dark eye upon Mr. , said in a very slow, distinct tone : “ Mr. , 1 really thought by this time you had discovered that it will not do for us to quarrel, sir? This rebuff had the desired effect and no more altercation took place between tlicon. Indeed, they afterwards became more intimate, to our no small amuse ment; tor when the rest of us were read ing, or writing, or sleeping,and Air. Ran do'ph was at a loss fbr a listener, he woul 1 pin poor Air. in a corner and keep him for an hour or two listening to his reading of Greek poetry, of which Mr. did not understand one word, hut the beauties of wb.ch Kandolph point ed out to him ! This happy state of peace and good will continued thence forth until our arrival in Liverpool, where they paried never to meet again. Two more dissimilar characters, having no feelings whatever in common, rarely come together in such close contact. Rkvolutionry Relic. —There is now at the Lazaretto below Ballimore, lying among the condemn* and stores a brass can non, whiclt was presented by Lafayette to Congress in the early days of the Revolution. It was u-ed at the battle of Brandywine, and bears an inscription proving it to have been cast 140 years ago. The Secretary of the Treasury, learning this fact, has ordered that it may be preserved among the trophies of the Govern uit. N, w M i> ok Killing Whiles A Yankee and a i-'r aich jkiu have t-oth it on the same plan for kil.iug Whales, o as to make that trad ■ less fata to hu man ife. Prussic acid is concealed in the bath of +h‘ harpoon, and when the fish is struck, ki s hi n in ranter, so that he ha *o tiineio flounder about, smash boats, ».Vc. T r. Poi>rr !i ;mu v .—The iCassvi! e P.oncer <> the Is; ittst. sa_,s:-- HVe have been m some ot fheeouuti o. mis Circuit lately, and conversed with 1 gout.emen from ail putts of if, aud cuu | assure our friends below, that Cherokee will do her duty nobly at the coming election. There never has been a nom ination made in the State, which was supported with more enthusiasm by the Democracy of the Mountains. We again tell our friends that Chero kee will give Cooper and Slade a larger majority than it has ever before given, the boastings of the Whigs to the contra ry notwithstanding. THE TWO CENTS. A grocer in Clinton county sold a man a pint ot new rum according to fair, and made two cents clear profit. The drunk ard shot his son-in-law while intoxicated, and his apprehension, confinement in jail, execution, &e. cost the county more than one thousand dollars ! which tem perate men had to earn by the sweat of their brows! What say you, tax payers ? Are you willing to pay a thousand to en able the grog seller to make two cents ? But the Larabee case is comparatively no hing contrasted with a recent transac tion about the first of July, 1843. An! Indian, one of Vno e half civiliz and, rum- ! loving creatures who abound in the west, stepi>ed out of Cattaraugus county into the state of Pennsylvania, where, it seems, men sell indulgences to sin, as well as in the Empire State; and then filled his pocket (bottle with real hedeye,) and the seller of poison made two cents clear profit again. While under its mac’d ning influence, he went into a farmer’s house near by, : with whom he was totally tin cquainted, and murdered a mother and live chi'dren: nil that comprised the little family except ing the husband and father, who was from home. W hen he returned to his little interesting family, what a sight met his eyes ! enough, it would seem, to cur-1 d ; e his h'ood, and change the man to stone. There lay the mother arid her fivv little ones—from ten years of age, down to infancy stretched upon the floor, swimming' in blood, and all dead ! Oh t wliat desolation u-ue there! "No more for * >itn the blazing- hearth shall burn, Or busy house wife ply her evening- care* No children run To lisp tnoir sire's return, Arid climb lit* knr e the envied ki&s to share.” Shall I say it? Yes, I must, if it does i disgrace God’s image. The Legislature legalized the sale o' the reason-destroying drink, the town officers sold the indul gence to kill, itnd the pauper-maker clear ed two cents. — Clinton Whig. Real K untuck.— A worthy youth from Old Kentuck, who put up last week, during a visit to mine hosts of the Foun-j tain House, Dix & Fogg, having risen at j daylight and taken a stroll throughout half the city’, to see the early fashions, and watch the manners living as they rise returned at what he thought “ ’bout hreakfast time." He Was, however, doom ed to find himself too early for the hotel ordinary, and with a terrible appetite that looked out of his eyes annihilation to all edible creatures he roamed about the va cant apart rue ts, seeking wliat lie might devour At length, spying the tremend ous gong, that copper tocsin of the soul, whicli had arrested his attention on the preceding evening, when summoning the hoarders to supper, and encountering one of the colored servants, at the same mo ment he caught him by the arm with the salutation—“ I say stranger ” “ Well, sir?” “When are you goin’ to ring that ’ere thunderin’ pan o’ yours, eh ?” Baltimore Sun. \V!IAT IS VIRTUE! “A'irtue is the highest proof of under standing, and the only so'id basis of great ness.”—Dr. Ben Johnson. “ Virtue is that quality in our actions by which they are fitted to do good to oih rs, or to prevent their harm.”—Ruth erfo and. “ There can lie no happiness without virtue”—Seneca. “The Christian Religion hath ascer tained the precise quantity "f virtue ne cessary to salvation.” Fa ley. “An action, though honest, is not there fore truly virtuous, unless it be out of choice, and with a good will.”—Cicero. “Virtue dwells not upon the tip of the tongue, but in the inmost temple of a just and purified heart.”—Seneca. “That virtue which requires to he ev er guarded is scarcely worth the sentinel.” —Goldsmith. “ Virtue presented singly to the imagi nation or the reason, is so well recom mended by its graces, and strongly sup ported by arguments, that a good man wonders how any can lie bad. —Dr. Johnson. “h L utter-y i npo sib!e there shoud be ny virtue uu ess it is disinterested. —Cicero. “ irtne is beauty.” -Shak c peare. “Virtue nuk-tii m -:i on earth famous, in their grave# i'ltt tri 'iG, and iu Heaven immortal.”—Ci.ilo “Such as have virtue always in th ir mouths and neglect its practice, are like a h ,rp, wmcli emit a sound peasing to others, w hile itself is insensible to the music.” Diog n s.' •• Every thi ig gr t.s not always goxl, but a I godd tiling are great.”—Demos- I thenes. , . . I “ \ iruie, and the laws auu ordinances of men, is the rule of a wise man.”— Antisthenes. “ Virtue is hold, and goodness novel fearful.”—Shakspeure. Did uoi jru forth u! m, ’twerc sit alika As if we hail them not.”—Sha&speara. The wintry btam of death Kills not tiie bad of viitue, no, they spread” Beneath the Heavenly beams of brighter suns, Through endless ages into higher power.” Thompson. Virtue’s a solid rock, whereat being aimed The keenest darts of envy, yet unhurt, The marble hero stands, built of stu b basis, While they recoil aud wound the shooters face. Beaumont. The whigs, in their speeches and pa pers, are quoting with much complacen cy the writings of Gen. Washington, Mr. Madison, and other distinguished citi zens, in support of a National Bank. As they misrepresent the expressions of those eminent and pure patriots, we beg leave to submit to our readers, the following extracts from undoubted documents : Extract of a letter from Mr. JcJTermn to Mr. Gallatin , dated December, ISO3. This institution is one of the most deadly ho-tilitv existing against the prin ciples and form of our constitution. The nation is, at this time, so strong and uni ted in its sentiments, that it cannot b*e shaken at this moment. But suppose a series of untoward events should occur, sufficient to bring into doubt the compe tency of a republican government to meet a crisis of great danger, or to unhinge the confidence ol the people in the public functionaries ; an institution like this, penetrating by its branches every part of tbm Union, acting by command, and in phalanx, may, in a critical moment, up set the government. * * * * I deem no government safe, which is under the vassalage of any self-constituted authori ty, or any other authority than that of tiie nation or its regular lunctionaries. * * * * What an obstruction could not this Bank, with ;.]| its branches, be i>> time nf war / it uiigm oietate to uo the peace we snould accept, or withdraw its aids. * * * * (merht we, then, to give further growth to an institution so powerful, so hostile? * •* * * That it is c.o ho tile, we know : first t from a> knowledge of the n r '"» ; r l — - r f; •- * - sons composing the body oi the directors in every bank, principal or branch, and those of most ot tiie stockholders ; second ly, from their opposition to the measures ad principles of thc,government, and to the elect.ou of those friendly to them ; thirdly , from the sentiments of the news papers they support. OPINION OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. “ i do not scruple to declare that if I had a voice in your Legislature (Mary land) it would have been given decidedly against a paper emission, upon the gen eral principles its utility as a representa tive, and the necessity of it ns a medium. To assign. reasons for this opinion would be as unnecessary astedious. Thegrouud lias been so often trod, that a place hard ly remains untouched. In a word, the necessity arising from a want of specie is represented as greater than it really is. contend that is by the substance not by the shadow of a tiling w-e are to be bene fitted. The wisdom of man, in my hum ble opinion, cannot at this time, devise a plan by which the credit of paper money 9won'd be long supported. “An evil equally great is the door it immediately opens lor speculation ; by which the least designing, aud perhaps most valuable portion of the community are preyed upon by the more knowing and crafty speculators.” CONSTITUTIONALITY OF A BANK. OpijiioN of James Madison. “ This power (to incorporate a Bank,) was proposed to be vested in Congress, in the original plan, reported by the com mittee of ihe convention, among the enu meration of powers which now form the eighth section of the Ist article—hut that alter three days ardent debate on the spe cial subject in that body, the power was rejected and stricken out, upon the prin cip e that it was a power improper to be vested iu the General Government.” OPINION OF HUGH L. WHITE. “ I hold lhat, by the constitution of the United States Congress lias no power to create a Bank, and having no power to create it, we have no power to continue it beyond the jieriod limited for its termi nation. •‘ Alueh has been said of the President’s (Jackson) opinion upon the subject of Banks, and his ideas respecting the dan gers to be apprehended from the opera tions of this Bank. He appears to be maintaining the same doctrines maintain ed by the Republican People ol Pennsyl vania in 178 , 178(3, and 17 7, and, as I veril y believe, the same doctrines intend ed to be incorporated into the constitu tion, and made j erpetual by it.’ A UNITED STATES BANK. Testimony of Langdon Cheves, the Second President of the U. S. Bank, as to the powers of such an institution. The following extracts are from his corresfiondence in 1837: “ 1 am of the opinion, that a National Bank will not aid but embarrass the restoration of the currency, and that af- • \ NO. 18- - terwards, it would be an institution in finitely dangerous under many circum r stances and in many views.” “ I admit, that under a very wise and circumspect management, it might be an useful institution ; but it is as certain as any thing depending on human action and human will that it will not be so managed. Besides, I have no doubt, Congress have no'constitutional power to establish such an institution ; and this has been the clearly expressed judgment of that school of public men who claim Air. Jefferson as their head, and who have administered the government for almost forty years." “The institution of the late Bank was a departurf. from the PRINCIPLES of THAT SCHOOL, BADLY JUSTIFIED, OR RATHER LAMELY EX CUSED AT THE TIME } SINCE GENER ALLY REGRETTED BY THEM J AND FI NALLY BY THEMSELVES ATONED FOR IN THE BEST MANNER IN THEIR POW ER BY PUTTING IT DOWN.” The author of these sentiments, Lang nox Cheves, was the President of the late Bank, which he redeemed from the ruin and disgrace brought upon it by his predecessor Jones. He was a member j of the South Carolina delegation in Con gress, during the late war; he ranked with stern distinguished men of that State then in Congress:—as Gen. Will j iams, Wm. Lowndes and John C. Cal houn. Upon the Speaker’s chair becom | ing vacant, by the appointment of Mr. . Clay as one of the commissioners to ne ' gotiate the peace, Langdon Cheves was elected to fill the vacancy. Accident to the Harry of the W est. —The steamer Harry of the West, on her route to New Orleans, grounded near Cape Girardeau. She swung round violently against the bank, and came near sinking, but was saved by throwing over board a qnantity of the deck freight. JMeiO- Orleans paper. How very like the history of the real “ Harry of the West,” is this calamity of the steamer. He was once a noble dem ocrat, “a steam engine in breeches.” (as. 11 the Englishman said of Uamei vteOstor.) But he'got on too great a deck load ol « swung round violently on a bank,” and has been of little value to any body since. To be sure, the federal wreckers got him off, and tried to run him two or three times, but he always broke down insight of port. — New Haven Register. Air. Clay carries misfortue to all water craft—as it were a judgment of Heaven upon the hostility to commerce of his fa vorite. measures. This “Harry of the West” has been bogged once before. long since we noticed that the “ lotion, y Frigate, knocked up a schooner bearing his name, at Norfolk. The ‘Hen ry Clay,’ anew and very spendid boat was dished in the Alississippi, on her first trip, a few months before the Louisiana election. Let all who go down to the sea in ships, or who exchange the pro ducts of distant regions, beware how they offend Castor and Pollux, by christening their craft after the great enemy of Free Trade. —Charleston Mercury. A Singing Mouse. —A very remark able little animal, a mouse, having the surprising ability of warbling notes which very closely resemble those of the lark, has lately been exhibited in Lon don. 'Phe animal also imitates various other birds with ease and fluency. It was very recently caught, and has be come very tame, and sings very fre quently. An Hibernian Blunder. —The. “Knickerbocker” tells the following, as coming from an Eastern correspondent. It is clever and amusing : Not many days since, a little child, two years old, the son of a poor Irish widow, lay in the middle of anew road, kicking up a dust, and roasting in the sun. Presently came along an Irish teamster, who in the most deliberate and careless manner walked his team over the little fellow, and crushed him to death. Some dozen or twenty Irish shan ties were in full view of the catastrophe; and as might be expected, there was a rush and an ullulloo from a hundred wo men at once. While some took up the dead body, others shouted after the team ster, who, apparently unconcerned, was making slowly off. They forced him back to the scene of the catastrophe, where they did not hesitate to accuse him of having caused it purposely. Pat of course denied it strenuously, declaring that he did not see the child, and was therefore wholly blameless. But with a hundred fierce eyes glaring upon him at once, and fifty tongues hissing in his ear, he became coufused, began to waver,and finally gave up the point entirely, prob ably us a peace otiering to his tormen tors.: “Thrue, thrue, Mistress Conolly,” said he to one of them, while he scratched his head sorrowfully, “I did see the boy lymg there, ’pon me word; but I thought he teas asleep !” Rum the root. —A man had his choice of three things; murder, robbery, or drunkenness. He chose the latter, got drunk, and then committed the other' two.