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LVot/t Chi n'crs' Jaim'll.
'l iu; I'irst Oflence.
In the cheerful dining room of my
bachelor-friend Stevenson, a select party
was assembled to celebrate his birth day.
Avery animated discussion had been car
rit‘d on for some time, as to whether the
first deviation from integrity should be
treated with severity or leniency. Vari
ous were the opinions, and numerous
iiie arguments brought forward to sup
omt them. The majority appeared to
i um to the side of “crush all offences in
|mJ ” win n a warm hearted old gen
tleman exclaimed, “Dependupon it, more
youn (T p •!• are lost to society from u
first oflence being treated with injudi
cious severity, than from the contrary cx
lreuio. Not that l would pass over even
the slightest deviation from integrity, ei
ther in word or deed; that would certain
ly i,e mistaken kindness : but, on the oth
e'e lend, neither would 1 punish with se
verity an offence committed, perhaps,
miller the influence rtf temptation—temp
tation, too, that we ourselves may have
thoughtlessly placed in the way m such
a manner as to render it irresistible.
For instance, a lady hires a servant; the
mrl has hitherto borne a good character,
hut it is her first place; her honesty has
never yet been put to the test. Her mis
tress without thinking ol the continual
lemptaiiori to which she is exposing a
fellow-creature, ism the habit ot leaving
small sums of money, generally copper,
Ivmg about in her usual sitting-room.—
After a time, she begins to think that
tlin.se sums are not always lound exactly
as she left them. Suspicion falls upbn
the mil, whose duty to clean the room
every morning. Her mistress, however,
thinks she will bo quite convinced, before
she brings forward her accusation, (she
counts the money carefully at night, and
lhe next morning some is missing- No
one had been in the room but the girl;
her cuilt is evident. Well, what does
her mistress do? Why, she turns the
jrirl out of her house at an hour’s notice ;
cannot, in conscience, give her a char
acter • tells all her friends how dreadful
ly dressed she is; declares there is noth
in<r but ingratitude to be met with among
servants; laments over the depravity of
human neve . r hi
s„inj? herself lor her wicked-yct it is
wicked— thoughtlessness in thus con
stantly exposing to temptation a you
10-00 rant girl: one most likely whose
S if not enveloped in total darkness,
has only an imperfect twilight knowledge
XS to distinguish right from wrong.
At whose door, “I ask ” continued he
.-rowing warmer, “wnl the sin lie, if that
Trul sinks ill the lowest depths ot vice
T i niiscrv ? Why, at the door of her
who after placing temptation in her ve
ry path,turned her into the pitiless world,
den lived of that which constituted her
o,dv means of obtaining an honest live
lihood —her character; and that without
one effort to reclaim her—without afloid
incr a single opportunity of retrieving the
past, and regaining by future good con
duct the confidence of her employer.
‘ ; There is, I fear, too much truth in
what yon say,” remarked our benevo
lent host, who had hitherto taken no
part in the conversation ; ‘‘and it reminds
me of a circumstance that occurred in
the earlier part of my life, which, as it
may serve to illustrate the subject you
have been discussing, 1 will relate.
There was a general movement of atten
tion ; for it was a well known fact, I hat
no manufacturer in the town of was
surrounded with so many old and faith
ful servants as our Triend Stevenson.
“In the onset of my business career,”
; said he, “I took into my employment »
I>3IICSJF.ATIC 3JL27173F.—“ jmc UTabc, ZLoto Duties, ito Debt, Separation from uanlts, Stations, lictrcuchmnu, nuts a Strict inherence to the GronslltutlJn.”
young man to fill the situation of under
clerk; and, according to a rule I had
laid down, whenever a stranger entered
my service, his duties were of a nature
to involve as little responsibility as possi
ble, until sufficient time had been given
to form a correct estimate of his charact
er. This young man, whom I shall call
Smith, was of a respectable family. He
had lost his father, and had a mother and
sisters in some measure dependent upon
him. After he had been a short time in
my employment, it happened that my
confidential clerk, whose duty it was to
receive the money from the bank for the
payment of wages, being prevented by
an unforeseen circumstance from attend
ing at the proper time, sent the sum re
quired by Smith. My confidence was so
great in my head clerk, who had been
long known to me, that I was not in the
habit of regularly counting the money
when brought to me; but as, on this oc
casion, it had passed through otherhands,
I thought it right to do so. Therefore
calling Smith back as he was leaving tny
counting-house, 1 desited him to wait a
few minutes, and proceeded to ascertain
whether is was quite correct. Great was
my surprise and concern on finding that
there was a considerable deficiency.
“From whom,’ said I, ‘did you receive
this money?’
“He replied,‘From Mr. ,’ naming
my confidential clerk.
‘lt is strange,’ said 1, looking steadily
at him, ‘But this money is incorrect, and
it is the first time I hav;e found it so.’—
He changed countenance, and his eye
fell before mine; but he answered, with
tolerable composure, ‘that it was as he
received it.’
“It is m vain,’ -1 replied, ‘to attempt to
impose upon me, or to endeavor to cast
suspicion upon one whose character for
the strictest honesty and undeviating in
tegrity is so well established. Now, I
am perfectly convinced that yon have ta
ken this money, and that it is at this mo
ment in your possession; and I think the
evidence against you would be thought
sufficient to justify me in immediately
dismissing you from my service. But
you are a very young man : your con
duct has, I believe, been hitherto per
fectly correct, and L am willing to afford
you an opportunity of redeeming - the past
All knowtecfge of this matter rests be
tween ourselves. Candidly confess, there
fore, the error of which you have been
guilty; restore what you have so disho
nestly taken; endeavor by your future
good conduct, to deserve my confidence
and respect, and this circumstance shall
never transpire to injure you.’ The poor
fellow was deeply affected. In a voice
almost inarticulate with emotion, he ac
knowledged his guilt, and said that, ha
ving frequently seen me receive the mo
ney*without counting it, on being intrust
ed with it himself the idea had flashed
across Ins mind that he might easily ab
stract some without incurring suspicion,
or at all events without there being suffi
cient evidence to justify it; that being in
distress, the temptation had proved strong
er than his power of resistance, and he
had yielded. ‘I cannot now,’ he conlin
-1 ited, ‘prove how deeply your forbearance
| lias touched me; time alone can show
j that it has not been misapplied.’ He left
| me to resume his duties.
“Days, weeks, and months passed
away, during which 1 scrutinized his
conduct with the greatest anxiety, whilst
at the same time I carefully guarded
against any appearance of suspicious
watchfulness; and with delight I obser
ved that so far mv experiment had suc
ceeded. The greatest regularity and at
tention—the utmost devotion to my in
terests—marked his business habits; and
this without any display; for his quiet
and humble deportment was from that
time remarkable. At length, finding his
conduct invariably marked by the utmost
openness and plain-dealing, my confi
dence in him was so far restored, that,
on a vacancy occurring in a situation ol
.rreater trust and increased emolument
Than the one he had hitherto filled, I
placed him in it; and never had I (lie
slightest reason to repent ot the part 1
had acted towards him. Not only had I
the pleasure of reflecting that 1 had, in all
probability, saved a fellow-creature irom
a confined course of vice and consequent
misery, and afford him the opportunity
of becoming a respectable and useful
member of society, but 1 had gainedfo,
myself an indefatigable servant a faith
ful and constant friend, For years he
served me with tbt greatest fidelity and
devotion. His character for rigid, nay,
oven scrupulous honesty, was so well
known, that ‘as honest 'as Smith,’ be-
I came a proverb amongst his acquaintan
■ ces. One morning I missed him from
i his accustomed place, and upon inquiry;
| learnt that he was detained at home by
indisposition. Several days elapsed, and
still he was absent; and upon calling at
his house to inquire after him, I found
the family in great distress on hisaccount.
I lis complaint had proved typhus fever
of a malignant kind. From almost lie
commencement of his attack, he had, as
his wife (for he had been some time mar
ried) informed me, lain in a state of to
tal unconsciousness, from which he had
roused only to the ravings of delirium,
, njid fjjitt the physician gave Uttlt hq* °l
MACON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1844,
his recovery. For some days he contin
ued in the same state : at length a mes
sage was brought to me, saying that Mr.
Smith wished to see me ; the messenger
added, that Mrs. Smith hoped 1 would
come as soon as possible, for she feared
her husband was dying. I immediately
obeyed the summons.
“On entering his chamber, I found the
whole of his family assembled to take
farewell of him they so tenderly loved.
As soon as lie perceived me, he motion
ed for me to approach near to him, and
taking my hand in both of his, he turn
ed towards me his dying countenance,
full of gratitude and affection, and said,
‘My dear master, my best earthly friend,
1 have sent for you that I may give you
the thanks and blessing of a dying man
for all your goodness to me. To your
generosity and mercy I owe it, that l
have lived useful and respected, that I
die lamented and happy. To you I
owe it, that I leave to my children a
name unsullied by crime, that in after
years the blush of shame shall never finite
their cheeks at the memory of their fath
er. ‘Oh God!’ he continued, ‘Thou
who hast said, “blessed are the merciful,”
bless him. According to the measure lie
has meted to others, do thou mete unto
him.’ Then turning to his family, lie
said, ‘My beloved wife and children, I
intrust you, without fear, to the care of
that heavenly parent who has said, — j
“Leave thy latherless children to me !
and 1 will preserve them alive, anil let
thy widows trust in me.” And you my
dear master, will I know, he to them as !
you have been to tne—guide, protector. 1
and friend.’ “That,” continued the kind i
old man, looking around upon us with
glistening eyes, “though mixed with sor
row, was one of the happiest moments of \
my life. As I stood by the bedside of
the dying man, and looked around up |
on his children growing up virtuous, in
telligent, upright, respecting and honor
ing, as much as they loved their father; j
when I saw his wife, though overcome j
with grief for the loss of a tender and be
loved husband, yet sorrowing not as one
without hope, but even in that moment
of agony deriving comfort from the be 1
lief that she should meet him again in
that world where
‘Adieus and farewells are a ’
when 1 listened to his. fervent expressions j
of gratitude, and saw hint calmly await- j
ing the inevitable stroke, trusting in the
mercy of God, and at pence with his lei
low-men; and when I thought of what
the reverse of all this might have been ;
crime, misery, a disgraceful and dishon
ored life, perhaps a shameful and vio
lent death—had l yielded to the first im
pulse of indignation, 1 felt a happiness,
which no words can express. We are |
told that there is more joy amongst tilt:
angels of Hod over one sinner that ie
penteth, than over ninety and nine just
persons that need no repentance. With
such a joy as we may imagine theirs,
did 1 rejoice over poor Smith, as 1 closed
his eyes, and heard the attendant minis
ter ill ten ant tones exclaim, ‘Blessed are
the dead who die in the Lord; yea. saith
the spirit, for they rest from their labors,
and their works do follow them. My
fiiends, 1 am an old man. 1 hiring a
long and eventful career in business, I
have had intercourse with almost every
variety of temper and disposition, and
with many degrees of talent, but l have
never found reason to swerve lrom the
principle with which 1 set out in life, to
‘temper justice with mercy. ”
Such was the story of our friend. And
I believe not one in that company but re
turned home more disposed to judge le
niently of the failings of his fellow-crea
tures, "and, as far as lay in his power,
to extend to all who might fall into
temptation that mercy which, under
similar circumstances, lie would wish
shown to himself, feeling “that it is
more blessed to save tlum to destroy.
♦ liniaynut be superfluous to remark, that this
liitie paper describes events oi actual occurrence •
A BLACK SCAUP AND A BEAUTY. A
very nice little story is related in the Mo
bile Herald and Tribune, telling hc,w a
fair one “came it over” an unsuspecting!
merchant of that city, in following |
simple and amusing r entier :
“We received yesterday a cominnni
ceUon, detecting how a very pretty wo
man deceived a very credulous gentle
man who keeps a store on Dauplnn St.
The communication is written by the de
ceived gentleman himself, and its im
port runs alter this fashion. It appears
that the lady in question wanted a scarf,
and after overhauling and tossing and
tumbling a variety ot all sorts, averred
that there was not one to suit her , she
was looking for a black scatl ot a pecu
liar fabric, and she had been in every
store in the city, and her labor was all
she had got for her pains. I his was
said with the sweetest pout of the sweet
est lip in the world. She appeared fa
tigued—she was vexed. She had set
her heart ujion a black scarl, ol a certain
fashion, and she vowed she would ex
pire unless she got it. r l he store-keep
er believing no guile could harbor under
so sweet an exterior and so impulsive a
manner, was happy in assuring her that
although he had no black scarfs, a friend
of his, a short distance off, had some
which he had just received from New Or
leans. Tlie clerk was instantly des->
patched, the scarf was brought, and the
lady was in raptures. It suited exactly
—it was a love of a scarf. !She had ne
ver seen such a one in her waking mo
ments, but had often dreamed of it. She
was now content, and all she asked and
pleaded of the store-keeper was, to pre
serve the scarf until she could go home
get the money to pay for it—her present
trip being more to know if there was
such a stars in the world, rather than
with any hope of finding it.
“The rqan, like a gallant youth as lie
was, insisted that ‘money was no object’
—that he was delighted to oblige so
sweet a.creature, and that if she would
take the long sought for frabiic, he won Id
sleep until she could send the price of it.
The lady was overcome. She had no ;
bounds to her gratitude. She vowed
she would be his good customer, and
with a courtesy and a smile so smilike j
that it lighted up the store, departed with
the treasure in her possession. This was
eight days ago, and the lady lias not l>eeii
seen since. The store-keeper is ready to |
be qualified that she looked exactly like j
an angel, and lie begins and ends his J
communication with a request to all pec- j
pie to beware of the seductious of beau
tiful women.”
“Poetry of Life” —When the celebra
ted Dr. Samuel Johnson was asked why
so many literary men were infidels, his
reply was, Because they are ignorant
of the Bible. If the question be asked
why the lovers of general reading so of
ten fail to acquaint themselves with the
sacred volume, one reason that may he
assigned doubtless is, they are not aware
its interesting variety. This feature of
the Bible is well illustrated by Mrs. Ellis,
in the following eloquent extract from
her recent work, entitled the Poetry oj
Lift ■■ . ■
“With our established ideas bt beamy,
grace, pathos, and sublimity eithoi con- j
centrated in the minutest point, or ex-j
tended to the widest range, we can de- ]
rive from the Scriptures a fpnd of grati- 1
licatiou not to lie found iu any'olher me '•
morial of past or present time. From the !
feer,"to th(Ttrack of the leviathan in the j
foaming deep—from the moth that cor
rupts the secret treasure, to the eagle that j
soars above hiseyry in the clouds—from
the wild ass in the desert, to the lamb
within the shepherd’s fold —lrom the con j
suming locust, to the cattle.upon a thou- J
sand hills —from the rose of Sharon, to
the cedar of Lebamion —from the crystal
stream, gushing out of the flinty rock,
to the wide waters of the deluge—from
the barren waste, to the fruitful vine
yard, and the land flowing with milk
and honey —from the lonuly path ot the
wanderer, to the gathering ot a mighty
multitude —from the tear that tails in se
cret, to the din of battle, and the shout
of a triumphant host -from the solitary
m the wilderness, to the satrap on the
I throne —from the mourner clad in sack
; cloth, to the prince in purple robes—
from the gnawings of the worm that di
i eth not, tothe seraphic visions ot the blest;
! from the still small voice, to the thunders
of Omnipotence—from the depths ot hell,
; to the regions of eternal glory ; there is
| no degree of beauty or deformity, no ten-
I dency to good or evil, no shade of dark
ness or gleam of light, which docs not
i come within the cognizance of the Holy
I Scriptures ; and therefore there is no im
pression or conception ol the mind that
may not find a corresponding picture;
no thirst lor excellence that may not
meet with its full supply, and no condi
tion of humanity necessarily excluded
from the unlimited scope of ada ptation
and of sympathy comprehended in the
; language and the spirit of f’,ie Bible.
Another utilise 0 j America.
Mr. Fcat’nerst'jphuugh, who travelled
through this, country several years since
as a Geologist, has been writing a work
abot’j the United States, which is said by
'me English Journals to surpass in viru
lence of abuse the famous works ot Trol
lope, Marryatt, Hall and Dickens. The
London Spectator says, “Uncouth lan
guage and behavior, even on the part ot
females, offensive and disgusting con
duct by the men, habitual blasphemy,
with pure unmitigated blackguardism
and ruffianism, and an universal wor
ship of Mammon superseding every oth
er object in life, stand out strikingly in
the traveller’s pages; whilst his plain
! spoken, straight-forward manner, give an
air of truth to his pictures.”
This Featherstonhatigh, says the N.
York Post, when in the United States,
did not have a very high reputation, and
was known to have licet) engaged in
some mean and rascally tricks. It is
certain that he is a very superficial man,
altogether unqualified to write a trust
worthy book on any subject.
A New Tea.—An old lady while read
ing the papers just alter the nomination
oft he Whig Vice Presidential candidate,
suddenly paused and exclaimed—“W ell,
I've heard ot liysen skin, old hysen, and
young hysen teas, but liftver heard ol
I'tcs Ling Liysen before! ’
ADDRESS
| To the Ministry and Membership of
the Methodist Episcopal t 7 lurch in
the Slave-1 folding Strifes and Terri
lories.
The undersigned, delegates in the late
General Conference ol the Methodist
Episcopal Church, from thirteen annu
al Conferences in ' slave-holding States
audTerritories, would most respectful- \
ly represent, that the various actions of
the majority of the General Conference
at its recent session, on the subject of
slavery and abolition, have Lyu such ■
ns to render it necessary, in the judg
ment of those addressing you, to call at
tention to the proscription and disabil- \
ity under which the Southern portion
of the Church must of necessity labor iu j
view of the action alluded to, unless j
some measures are adopted to free the
minority of the South lrom the oppres
sive jurisdiction of the majority of the
North, in tills respect.
The proceedings of the majority, in
several cases, involving the question of
slavery, have been such as indicate most
conclusively that (lie legislative, judicial,
and administrative action of the (tenoral ,
Conference, ns now organized, will be
extrente!y hurtful, if not finally ruinous,
to the interests of the Southern portion
of the Church ; aud must necessarily pro
duce a state of conviction and feeling in ;
the slave-holding slates, entirely iiicon |
sistetit with either the pence or prosperity j
of the Church.
The opinions and purposes of the
Church iu the North, on the subject of:
slavery, are in direct conflict with those
of the South, and unless the South will
submit to the dictation and interference >
of the North greatly beyond what the cx- j
istiuglaw of the Church on slavery and
abolition authorizes, there is no hope ot
any thing like union and harmony. The
debate and action of the General Confer
ence in the case of the Ke\. Mr. Hard
ing, of the Baltimore Conference; the do
bate and action in the case of Bishop An
drew, aud the opinions amt purposes
avowed and indicated in a manifesto of
the majority, iu reply to a protest from
the minority against the proceedings pom
plained of—together with hundreds of
bff separated from (he Church ; these,
aud similar demonstrations, have convin
ced the undersigned, that they cannot re
main silent or inactive without hazard
and injustice to the. different portions of
the Church they represent.
They have therefore thought proper to
invoke the attention of the < 'hurcli in the
South to a state of things they are com
polled to regard as worthy the immediate
notice and action of the Church through
out all the slave holding states and terri
tories. The subject of slavery and ;fbo
lition, notwithstanding the plain law ol
the discipline on the subject, was agitated
and debated in the late General Couter
ence,for five successive weeks; and even
at the very close of the session, the as
pect of things was less satisfactory arid
more threatening to the South than at any
former period ; and under such pircum
stauees of mutual distrust and disagree
ment, the General < adjourned.
Some time before the adjournment,
however, upon a declaration made by
the Southern delegation, seating forth the
impossibility of endurin g such a state ol
things much longer, f'rie General Confer
ence, l»y a very lagge and decided ma
jority, agreed t-j a plan of formal and
pacificsepar ,tiion by which the South
ern Conferences are to have a distinct and
| independent organization of their own, in
j no way subject to Northern jurisdiction.
• It affords us pleasure to stale that there
j were those found among the majority,
I w ho met this proposition with every man
ifestation of justice and liberality. And
should a similar spirit lie exhibited by the
annual Conferences in the North, when
submitted to them as provided for in the
plan itself, there will remain no legal
impediment to its peaceful consumtna
j tion.
j This plan is approved by the under
j sioued, as the hot, and indeed all that
I cun be done at present, in remedy ot the
great evil under which we labor. Pro
vision is made tor a peaceable and con
j stitutional division of Church property of
i every kind. The plan does not decide
when that division shall take place, blit
simply, and it is thought securely, pm\ t
dcs tli.it it may, if it be found necessary.
i >fthis necessity you are to be the judges,
| after a careful survey and comparison ol
all the reasons for and against it.
As the undersigned have had op
portunity and advantages which those
at a distance could not possess, to form a
correct judgment in the premises, and it
may be exacted for them that they ex
press their views fully on the subject,
they do not hesitate to say that they re
orjtrd a separation at no distant day as
evitable; and farther, that the plan ot
separation agreed upon is as eligible as
the Southern Conferences have any right
to ex(x:ct at any time. W e most respect
fully, therefore, and with no common
solicitude, beseech our brethren ot the
ministry and membership in the slave
holding states, to examine this mattei
carefullv, and weighing it well in all its
; . ..-..-.ad t.'v to reach the conclusion
it* S'-j
VOL. II—NO 7.
most proper under the circumstances.
! Shall that which in all moral likelihood
must take place soon, be attempted now,
ior are these reasons why it should be
)H»stponed ?
We deprecate all excitement; w ,sk
; you to be calm and collected, ami ,-> ap
proach and dispose of the stibjt-i uuhati
the candor and torliearance the . < asion
demands. The separation proposed is
'not seism, it is not secession. It is a state
or family separating liito two different
states or families, bv mutual consent.—
As the “Methodist Episcopal ’Church”
will lie found North of the dividing line;
so the “Southern Methodist Episcopal
Church” will lie found South of the same
line.
The undersigned have clung to the
cherished unity of die Church with a
firmness of purpose and force of feeling,
which nothing but invincible necessity
could subdue. If, however, nominal
unity must co-exist with unceasing strife’
and alienated feeling, what is likely to
be gained by its perpetuation? Every
minister and member of the Church in
the slave holding States must perceive at
once that the constant not to say interm
inable, agitation of the slavery and abo
lition question iu the ermuils of the
Church, and elsewhere must terminate
iu incalculable injury to all tfie South
ern Conferences. Our access to slave
and master, is to a great extent cut off.
The legislation of the Church iu conflict
with that of the State--Church policy
attempting to control public opinion and
social order—must generate an amount
of hostility to the Church impossible to
heovercome, and slowly but certainly
diminish both the means and the hope of
usefulness and extension on the part of
the Church.
Disposed, however, to defer to the
judgment of the Church, we leave this
subject with you. Our first and most di
rect object has been to bring it fully be
fore you, and giving you an opportunity
to judge and dctemiine’ for yourselves,
await yont decision. The majority from
’/be South iu the late General Conference
were most anxious to adjourn the decis
ion iu the ease of tjishop Xnrlfewp with
j a[l ils attendant results, to the Anting
and’ fffeulUupofi
I next four years, as no « barge was pre
sented against the Bishop, and especial
ly as this measure was urgently recom
mended by the whole bench of Bishops,
although Bishop Hed(i Vj subsequently
withdrew Ins name, '/he proposition,
however, to appeal the whole subject to
die Church, was promptly .rejected by
! die majority, aird immediate action de
manded and had. But as all the facts
i connected with die equivocal sus|kiiisioii
of Bishop Andrew will come before you
m other forms, it is unnecessary to detail
them in this brief address, the main ob
ject of which is to place before you, in a
summary way, the principal facts and
reasons connected with tire proposed sep
• aration of the Southern Conferences into
a distinct organization.
Adopted at a meeting of the .Southern
I delegations, held ill New York at the
j close of the General Coulee :ic *. feme
1 lth, 1844.
Signed, in behalf I their roufr> <.-e. inj
H. B. Bascom, W. Gunn. *i i.Kava
-1 naugli, E. Stevenson, RT. n 1 u G.
iW. Brush, of Kentucky :\\ • fied
-1 man, W. Patou, J. C. Berryman, J.
Jameson, Missou i; E.. F. Sevier, S.
Patten. T. Stringfield, Holston: H Paine,
J. B. McFenin, A. E. P. Green, T. Mad
din, Tennessee, ; J. Blake, J. Jameson,
P. Douh, North Carolina; G. W. 1).
Harris, S. S. Moody, W. McMahan, T.
Joyner, Memphis; J. C. Parker, W. P.
Ratcliffe, A. Hunter, Arkansas; J. Ear
ly, T. Crowder, W. A. Smith, 1/ M. Lee,
Virginia; W. Winans, H. M. Drake, J.
Lane, G. M. Rogers, Mississippi; Lit
tleton Fowler, Texas'; J. Boring, J.
Hamilton, W. Murrab, G. Garrett, Ala
bama; G. F. Pierce, \V. J. Parks, L.
Pierce,-J. W. Glenn, J. E. Evans, A. B.
Longstrcet, Georgia ; W. Capers, W. M.
Wightnian, (-. Betts, S. Dunwody, H.
A. C. Walker, South Carolina.
| 83= It will be seen that there are no
! signatures in behalf of Maryland. In
; case of a division, she will either go with
j the free States, or compose part of a cen
tra! conference of which we hear some
talk.— Ed. Sal. Visitant.
Mirim- and Main.— Lord Charles
Somerset was telling a long story about
Ins walking in the woods at die Cape one
day, when lie came suddenly upon a
huge shaggy lion. “Thinking to fright
en him,” said the noble lord, “ 1 ran at
him with all my might.' ‘ Whereup
on,” saitl another, .interrupting, “ he rail
away with all his mam . “Just so,”
said his lordship.
Au accepted suitor, one day walking
a village in England, with the object ol
Ins affection hanging upon his arm, and
describing the ardency of his affection,
said, “how transported I am to have you
hanging on my arm.” “I p°n my word,
you make us out a very respectable cou
ple, when one is transported and the oth
er is hanging." said the lady.